[araT]

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Gibson-T...01-i1149382.gc

You've gotta see this.. Make sure you read the reviews, too..

[Bengal65]

Yeah, 4 out of 5! Gotta get me one. I just need to wait till next payday.

[S. Rock]

whew !!! that was a scary thought. I thought that someone had started playing banjo.

where does Gibson get these prices ? the Robot guitar didn't do too well. and I don't think that their last venture has gone over very well. what was it the "Dusk Tiger" or something similar ? and now a $50,000 banjo. I don't think that even Earl himself could afford one. anyway, the price is distinguishing. not everyone will be able to get one.

[araT]

It's like GC & Gibson got together, smoked some ganja, and came up with the brilliant idea to play an April Fool's joke on us in the middle of July.. lol

[Hot Rod Michelle]

Hmmm, I play banjo. Not well, but I play it.

[gigatron]

Like this?

[araT]

Or like this?..

[S. Rock]

I'll refrain from making my comment.

[Hot Rod Michelle]

Tara, now don't be showing off your family photos. I hardly think this is the site for that.

[Crooner]

I'm basically laughing too hard to type much.

Great $h*t! The reviews are fantastic.

Poor, poor Gibson. Can anything be done to save them? Does anyone really want to?

[Jukebox]

Gibson must be out of debt now at that price! lol

Hold up guys, I play banjo also!

[S Macp]

Hey, cynics, it comes with a whole freakin' case. So knock it off.

Let's face it, we'd all buy one if we had the money and the stupidity.

[Bengal65]

I was actually looking into a 6 string banjo for years. I might need to just get one now.

Decent pricing, fun to play. great quality.

http://www.goldtone.com/products/det...anjitar-Deluxe

[araT]

Ahhh but I bet it sounds like utter crap next to that unbef#$%^lievable Gibson!!

[Viper]

A long time bandmate of mine played banjo for a couple of years with Bill Monroe and a couple more with Buck White. He recorded three albums with Monroe and a half dozen or so with Kenny Baker, Monroe's long-time fiddler. He would be the first to tell you that few professional banjo players could ever afford such a thing.

[pilgrim]

Originally Posted by Viper

A long time bandmate of mine played banjo for a couple of years with Bill Monroe and a couple more with Buck White. He recorded three albums with Monroe and a half dozen or so with Kenny Baker, Monroe's long-time fiddler. He would be the first to tell you that few professional banjo players could ever afford such a thing.

My banjos are all put back as investments, but the RB-75 BlackJack J.D. Crowe is gold plated seems they could have done that for Earl. Yes, he IS the banjo man, I heard Bella
live and sold all my Deerings there is one still on Elderly.

[araT]

Originally Posted by Viper

few professional banjo players could ever afford such a thing.

I think that's the best part of it - the irony that maybe .0001% of their target market can afford to buy it..

They really flew off the handle with this one - they must have been smoking crack or something

[Michiel]

Hilarious!

"I bought this baby straight cash about a month ago and boy i gotta say, it has filled all my reggaeton needs. I have never been able to cover Daddy Yankee until now. i would say if you gotta few bucks lying around and you need a banjo to play some rap, hip-hop or reggaeton, this is the banjo for any beginner."


Tara, the question that rises here is... HOW ON EARTH DID YOU RUN INTO THIS?! seriously!

[araT]

Someone posted it at the Orange forums.. I figured you lot would get a kick out of it