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GMC Forum _ GEAR & PRODUCTION _ Gibson Les Paul "push Tone"?
Posted by: Scott Gentzen Sep 2 2008, 05:25 PM
http://www.gibson.com/en-us/divisions/gibson%20usa/products/gotm/lespaulpush-tone/
I missed this one from Gibson's "Guitar of the Month" series...this being GOTM from May 08...
Something for you guys that are always looking for pickups to try. Apparently, there's a Les Paul that you can just pop the pickups out and pop others in.
This version's US$4500 though. 
Posted by: Marcus Siepen Sep 2 2008, 06:39 PM
Yep, this is actually the idea behind this guitar, and it is of course a nice one if you are changing pickups a lot. But to be honest, I might test some pickups from time to time, but as soon as I found the right one for a guitar it will never be changed again, so at least I don't really need this option.
Posted by: Bedlam Sep 2 2008, 06:45 PM
Very cool, but how often would you want to change them out? For that price you could have a couple of guitars with different pickups... Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Sep 2 2008, 06:47 PM
Great feature. If all pickups would support this standard, it would make things a LOT easier. It's one of those things that you say: " How come they haven't invent this before?" 
Posted by: Canis Sep 2 2008, 06:51 PM
Great comcept, but Gibson seem to stay expensive, so I'll problaby never get to own one since I usualy fall in love with cheap to middlepriced guitars ^^
Posted by: audiopaal Sep 2 2008, 08:54 PM
Looks cool, but I really don't need it..
Posted by: Gus Sep 2 2008, 10:20 PM
Hmmm. Every guitar shop should have this guitar so that we can try different pickups before buying one
Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Sep 2 2008, 10:38 PM
That is a very good point. For a regular player who knows the sound, this is a good feature, but for stores this is "ideal" guitar. Too bad it is that expensive. Specs are top class tho.
Posted by: Scott Gentzen Sep 3 2008, 12:22 AM
Thought of something else for this...
Studios.
Have the guitar in house for recording and a stack of pickups to swap in and out. Gives a lot of possible tones in one guitar without having to have a rack of different LP's.
Also, the previously mentioned guitar shop demoing different pickups in LP's
Posted by: Danilo Capezzuto Sep 3 2008, 09:32 AM
I'm very angry cause yesterday I found my self thinking a new way to let pickups change more fast and easy...I was thinking to a very similar concept but now...Gibson have win...oh damned Gibson! 
Posted by: Canis Sep 3 2008, 04:51 PM
They're always in our heads to steal our good ideas
Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Sep 3 2008, 08:07 PM
Fortunately with this idea, everybody who knows around wood can use it. Just plug two wholes in the body, make brackets, and connectors for pickups.
Posted by: Marcus Siepen Sep 8 2008, 02:21 PM
For studio work it might really be a nice thing to be able to change pickups fast.
Posted by: OrganisedConfusion Sep 8 2008, 02:32 PM
If only it wasn't on a Les Paul. I think I'd vomit before getting to change the pick ups 
I'm sure other guitars will have the technology soon. Would be great for music shops and studio work. Not so great for the rest of the time though as it really isn't needed. I have 5 guitars with different pick ups.
Posted by: Toni Suominen Sep 9 2008, 11:56 AM
A neat idea indeend, kind of similar to the idea that EMG have with their Quik-connect system where you can change different EMG-pickups with ease. It would be so great for the basic consumer if all the pickup and guitar company's would make their products with this idea in mind. Maybe one day
Posted by: Juan M. Valero Sep 9 2008, 01:02 PM
mmm I don't think it would be useful... but looks good
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