The Gibson Firebird X : Ugliest guitar ever made?

KarateBob

..or will we learn to love it like the red headed 10 year old step son that kills the neighborhood pets...

singemonkey

We've already had a thread about this.

I'll just say, as a member of the vast, vast, majority that loathes this thing, that it has no design coherence. It's not merely eccentric, it has no discernible design direction.

This is the classic analogy:

KarateBob

Shit sorry. Obviously missed that thread.

Haha! The resemblance is uncanny.. .

singemonkey

Whereas if you make the comparison with the other Gibson that the handfull of apologists for the FailbirdX make you get this:

Which equates nicely with this:

The guitar above was destined to be admired even if it was considered eccentric at the time. The FailbirdX? Not so much.

Jack-Flash-Jr

singemonkey wrote: We've already had a thread about this.

I'll just say, as a member of the vast, vast, majority that loathes this thing, that it has no design coherence. It's not merely eccentric, it has no discernible design direction.

This is the classic analogy:

I would kill for a car like that, watcha mean?

nicovlogg

I would rather compare it to: