Sunday, December 24, 2017

Gibson 2018: Late elite



Gibson made a late announcement pertaining to their 2018 line up. It seems that the guitars you see above are members of the Elite range, a slightly up-market look compared to the Standard range without asking too much from your finances (oh, really?). 


It's rather bewildering how the LP Studio here is part of the Elite range because it's simply off- the only model without gold hardware attributes & sporting a Bigsby whammy bridge. Unlike its other two siblings, it has a rosewood fretboard (baked granadillo for the rest). The Elite range is a respectable offering by the manufacturer but there needs to be some consistencies because these instruments are grouped together & propel a common theme. 'Common' here might prove to be a little sticky. Whatever it is, be glad there's no robot tuners there, yes?

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