NAMM ‘18!!!!!

Pretty sure I'm going to get one. I got a thing for offset guitars, and the maple fingerboard with the black inlays looks killer in my opinion. Looks-wise, it ticks all my boxes. And in the end, it is essentially a Telecaster. What's not to like?

 

Does it come in sea foam green?

 

I am 100% in agreement. People are crying it signals the end of Gibson but they forget what NAMM is, it’s a venue to show your wares and hopefully get dealers to buy them, plenty of other avenues for that these days.
NAMM could disappear tomorrow and the big brands would be fine, the smaller guys would have to get more creative.

 

No , the better question is " why am I not going to NAMM " .... just once I'd love to go

 

OK, that body, in a 3 tone sunburst, with a rosewood fingerboard, & maybe a trio of P90s. Then it would be unique enough to warrant my attention. Oh, the headstock is fine, properly proportioned to the body.

 

Ahhhh, the horror!!!

 

c'mon now it looks like a 70s fender guitar instead of some half melted pointy 80s Katana meets Lace guitar reject

 

Small color change and some P-90s and THIS version is perfect for Unknown Hinson!!

 

So is NAMM like a shopping mall? Does it need the "anchor" on each end for the smaller retailers to survive? Just thinking that if the big brands are not there, does it strain the show as a doable deal?

 

Other than the cheap looking Tele hardware, pickguard and those ‘70s block inlays I love it!

 

It's essentially a Telecaster. That's fine, Telecasters are good and an offset one is a good idea... but that's why they did a thing called the Offset Telecaster last year. This is called the Meteora, so why is it basically a Tele? It just seems like if they're going to launch a whole new model with a new Jetsons body shape they could do a lot more to set it apart. Imagine if this had a Broadcaster bridge pickup and a Jaguar neck pickup. And the four way switch and phase switch from the AmPro Jaguar, while we're at it. And a trem. And imagine it came in two finishes: purple sparkle with a pearloid guard and silver sparkle with an anodized gold guard, both with a rosewood board and matching headstock. That would be something different.

 

I have spared a good person from the Golden Food Additive! My live is complete

 

I like the big Strat headstock. It's my Fender fav. I don't like the goofy Starcaster one. Bring back the big CBS Strat headstock.

 

I dig that, check out this oddball.