Why does this anger me?

[bongomania]

I would hit that with a vengeance if it was a bass! I think it looks awesome, and not in a bad way.

However there is something about it that angers me. It has nothing to do with zoot suits, unless there is some specific band/artist reference that I'm missing. Zoot suits were not originally those tacky bright-colored pimp costumes that frat boys and party bands wear these days. Also, the phrase "daddy-o" was a beatnik thing, nothing at all to do with zoot suits. I just hate it when people write meaningless, ignorant ad copy. The only way I can see this making sense is if it is a Cherry Poppin' Daddies sig instrument.

Anyway, I like how it looks, I'd play it.

 

[Number27]

aww thats awesome! i'd get a bass version of that in a heartbeat..... in fact....

i could buy a cheap sx...

my sister can paint.... maybe i should................

 

[Number27]

I would hit that with a vengeance if it was a bass! I think it looks awesome, and not in a bad way.

However there is something about it that angers me. It has nothing to do with zoot suits, unless there is some specific band/artist reference that I'm missing. Zoot suits were not originally those tacky bright-colored pimp costumes that frat boys and party bands wear these days. Also, the phrase "daddy-o" was a beatnik thing, nothing at all to do with zoot suits. I just hate it when people write meaningless, ignorant ad copy. The only way I can see this making sense is if it is a Cherry Poppin' Daddies sig instrument.

Anyway, I like how it looks, I'd play it.

yea, weren't zoot suits those pinstriped suits gangsters wore in the "swinging" 20s?

[EDIT]apparently not, they were what the italian mobsters wore in the 30s-40s.. so nevermind:

A zoot suit has high-waisted, wide-legged, tight-cuffed pegged trousers (Spanish: tramas), and a long coat (Spanish: carlango) with wide lapels and wide padded shoulders. Often zoot suiters wear a felt hat with a long feather (Spanish: tapa or tanda) and pointy, French-style shoes (Spanish: calcos). A young Malcolm X described the zoot suit as: "a killer-diller coat with a drape shape, reet pleats and shoulders padded like a lunatic's cell".[4] Zoot suits usually featured a watch chain dangling from the belt to the knee or below, then back to a side pocket.

 

[srxplayer]

Because lolypop guitars get sticky when wet?

 

[wld3]

It has nothing to do with zoot suits...

This ^


And it does look like one of those swirled lollipops.

 

[Jimmy Bones]

They have a ton of different schemes. I was just looking at them and I LOVE the orange and blue one.

GO GATORS!

 

[T-Bird]

Hi.

Isn't it just paint?

I'm with Pilgrim on this one, looks like a coloured laminate to me also.

I made an "arch-top" LP once using regular plywood and the effect was stunning even if it was unintentional.

Regards
Sam

 

[MikeBass]

because you're ga........never mind, I don't want to be hit with a TB rule violation just for making a joke......

 

[DerHoggz]

Hi.



I'm with Pilgrim on this one, looks like a coloured laminate to me also.

I made an "arch-top" LP once using regular plywood and the effect was stunning even if it was unintentional.

Regards
Sam

Hmm, I always thought SGs were flat-top, but I don't really know. Looking at it again, it might be laminate.

 

[amphlett7]

Hmm, I always thought SGs were flat-top, but I don't really know. Looking at it again, it might be laminate.

I think he means that the guitar is made from multiple laminates of a certain wood, each having been dyed a different colour.
I had this conversation a couple of days ago at scool with my guitarist friends

 

[Dominic D]

For clarification to those who are confused, this is what the Gibson website says:

The body of the Zoot Suit features a brand new body built with multiple birch wood laminate pieces (each one approximately .075” thick), each dyed with a different color then compressed and bonded together to form one solid block of wood. No paint is used. Each body is given two coats of satin nitrocellulose lacquer.

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[peterbright]

Looks good fine.

 

[fleita]

because you'll never see Angus Young playing it

 

[blockinlay]

They should have called that color The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

Plywood Gibson. Who'd a thunk? Probably never see a headstock break off one of those.

 

[lbanks]

Because lolypop guitars get sticky when wet?

Plausible, plausible.

 

[lbanks]

because you saw six tiny strings instead of four big fat ones

Oooo! I think that it. Gibson spends a ****-load of time making stuff like this and no time on basses! (However, if they did that to a Ripper, I won't be responsible for my actions!)

 

[fishsticks]

THIS one, on the other hand...

DAAAAAAANNNNNNG!

 

[Greyvagabond]

Well, you've got to get seen to get noticed...and it'd be impossible not to be seen playing that!

 

[Rune Bivrin]

Because there are no fret markers or inlays. Makes it pretty awkward to play, IMO.

 

[MegaSwing]

Boy, if that were your only instrument, you had better be able to lay down every lick in the world.