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08-06-2012, 04:24 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Avezzano AQ (Italy) | | | Why do they never get it right? (Epi Casady content)
I mean: you have to boost the sales of a classic, established model, creating a "limited edition" for a given bass, right? Well, it's reasonable and legit, to me. So, why in the whole damn world don't you make a poll first and only after you select the color for said special run? I mean: would you like better the first or the second, instead? (Just asking for opinions)  
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Fender: reissue the Coronado! We would appreciate very much. Even Gibson came out with the beautiful "Midtown"!!!
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08-06-2012, 04:26 AM
|  | Registered User | | | | | No silverburst for me. Like Antigua, to me it was ugly then, and ugly now. YMMV
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08-06-2012, 04:59 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wisconsin | | | i like the silverburst, the standard 3tsb is SO common a dime a dozen with that finish...how many sunbursts in that scheme does one actually need....IMO
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08-06-2012, 05:13 AM
|  | mi la ré sol | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Reims, Champagne, France | | | The silver finish looks a lot better to me. Sunbursts are boring.
Just wondering, what makes you think that Gibson didn't enquire before releasing this model? |
08-06-2012, 05:35 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Avezzano AQ (Italy) | | Quote: |
Just wondering, what makes you think that Gibson didn't enquire before releasing this model?
| the fact that most comments in the forums are not exactly full of enthusiasm.... I might be wrong, but my impression is three/four "bleah" and maybe one "wow"... (and maybe a couple of "well...")
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Virgilio Venditti - ITALY Quote: |
Fender: reissue the Coronado! We would appreciate very much. Even Gibson came out with the beautiful "Midtown"!!!
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08-06-2012, 05:59 AM
| | mi la ré sol | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Reims, Champagne, France | | | Which one are they releasing? |
08-06-2012, 06:25 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Avezzano AQ (Italy) | | you can easily find the black, the golden one and (recent) the silverburst. For only a brief period it was possible (several years ago, 97/98 if I am not wrong) to find the standard tritone sunburst, that to me, despite its large diffusion, is still one of the most appealing colors...  
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Virgilio Venditti - ITALY Quote: |
Fender: reissue the Coronado! We would appreciate very much. Even Gibson came out with the beautiful "Midtown"!!!
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08-06-2012, 06:28 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Cary, Il | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jazz Ad  Which one are they releasing? | They already release the silverburst. To me, I can't stand either one...
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08-06-2012, 06:49 AM
|  | A Hard Rockin Lover of GREENBURST Moderator | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Where I lay my head is home | | Thats why I took the liberty of refinishing mine 
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08-06-2012, 09:38 AM
| | mi la ré sol | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Reims, Champagne, France | | | Glittery greenburst, a la G&L. Lovely. |
08-06-2012, 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Jazz Ad Glittery greenburst, a la G&L. Lovely. | Thank you 
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08-06-2012, 11:14 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Lancashire UK | | | I like the goldtop and sunburst - the silverburst possibly looks better 'in person', but
from the photos I've seen, it does little for me. But if you like them, great..
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08-06-2012, 11:16 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: D'Shaw | | | I don't like the Silverburst but I like the black pickup, ring, knobs, and guard.
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08-06-2012, 11:23 AM
|  | Earth-based Alternative Scientist, Sex Researcher | | Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Dallas, Texas | | | Liked the gold one. Bought the gold one. Love the gold one.
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08-06-2012, 11:27 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: wyoming | | | Im not a fan of the silverburst. I wish they would make a white one or a aged cherry,even just bring back the regluar sunburst.. You know the "good" gibson colors.
Silverburst looks cheap. Although the silverburst is in my oppinion was not ment for me,but emo kids wanting somthing thats "not for old people".
Well atleast there 3 color options. |
08-06-2012, 01:40 PM
|  | Groove farmer | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: the 5th dimension | | | Not everyone thinks they "got it wrong". The Silverburst is an unknown quantity at this early point. It may very well prove to be the most popular finish of all. I like all the finishes, including the new Silverburst.
Just because a few nabobs on a web forum find it necessary to express their disgust with something hardly "proves" anything.
If anything has been "proven", it's that the Sunburst version was the least popular finish. Maybe that's why it is less common and no longer offered. |
08-06-2012, 02:04 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Saskatchewan Canada | | | Silverburst with cream plastics would give it the more vintage feel and add some contrasting tones to the monotonous tones of the body.
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08-06-2012, 02:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2012 Location: vanvouver, bc | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Ninja>Pirate Silverburst with cream plastics would give it the more vintage feel and add some contrasting tones to the monotonous tones of the body. | That silverburst is about is about as far from "vintage" as you could get. As far as I've seen the original Gibsons came in black, gold and a tobacco burst.
The fact there's as much difference of opinion over the silverburst says loud and clear Epiphone blew it. If it were one of a dozen options that would be one thing but since it's one of what, three? it was pretty poor market research to come out with something that wasn't more widely liked. How about a trans-orange for example? or a reverse cherry burst? Lots of options that 95% of people would ooh and ah over.
I've had my eye out for the right JC Model for a while but I detest that silverburst and unless I got one cheap enough that I could comfortably afford refinishing it would keep me from buying one.
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08-06-2012, 02:58 PM
| | Groove farmer | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: the 5th dimension | | Quote:
Originally Posted by jeffbonny
The fact there's as much difference of opinion over the silverburst says loud and clear Epiphone blew it.
| Why? On this board there are differences of opinion about everything. Just means different strokes. Quote: |
it was pretty poor market research to come out with something that wasn't more widely liked.
| How on earth can anyone know that already? The Silverburst just came out. Quote: |
How about a trans-orange for example? or a reverse cherry burst? Lots of options that 95% of people would ooh and ah over.
| Yeah? 95% ? lol |
08-06-2012, 03:03 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: White Plains | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Templar How on earth can anyone know that already? The Silverburst just came out. | On the JC, yes. Silverburst has been around for quite awhile though.
With that said, I don't think Epi blew it by choosing that color.
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