As owner of the Custom Shop Theodore, I think Gibson made a wise choice in making a very diverse instrument in a different price range. I do like the neck, with binding and squared inlays.
@CompanyGrip5 ай бұрын
I too like the binding and inlays as well. Cheers!
@standingbadger5 ай бұрын
Best demo of this on YT. I can't believe I am liking this design, in that finish especially.
@CompanyGrip5 ай бұрын
Thank you for the very kind words. Glad you enjoyed the video! 🤘🏽
@LPManic4 ай бұрын
It looks so different (in a very good way) when played standing up with a strap on. The tulip ears are not as noticeable and dare I say it even cool. Would love to see a standard p90 version.
@Siggy_Sour4 ай бұрын
feels like an old guitar is a new production. really cool, i kinda want one for sure!
@CompanyGrip4 ай бұрын
Thank you for checking out the video! Cheers!
@Chris-yq7xv29 күн бұрын
Ben, I think your reviews are one of the best, if not the best, on KZbin! You do a thorough deep dive mentioning and pointing out things that I would never even considered. Your SG review has educated me so much that I know exactly what to look for when I move up to a Gibson. Thank you, Chris
@CompanyGrip29 күн бұрын
Thank you for the very kind words! I appreciate them. And thank you for checking out the videos too! Cheers!
@gavrilopricip115 ай бұрын
are we sure Theodor was making a design sketch for a guitar and not drawing tulips on a mothers day card he never sent?
@CompanyGrip5 ай бұрын
😂
@msaintpcАй бұрын
🤣Lol, that was funny! My kids say it looks like one of those goldfish shaped cheese crackers. But in person it's really a very, very beautiful guitar that grows on one the longer one stares at it -- and did I mention the fact that it plays like a wet dream?
@gavrilopricip11Ай бұрын
@@msaintpc i think your brats are right "Golden Cheddar Dust " is an official finish option (the guys at murphy labs spend 3 days straingt eating cheetos to hand smear the color and realy bring out the grain)
@gavrilopricip11Ай бұрын
@@msaintpc ..."plays like a wet dream"?...and like a wet dream you dont want anyone to know and ridiccule you for having one -!(obvioulsy i jest in good fun)
@TheJeffcurran4 ай бұрын
Excellent review. I'm happy that they chose the 57s over the burstbuckers.
@CompanyGrip4 ай бұрын
Me too! Burstbuckers are nice, but 57s are nice and missed!
@TheJeffcurran4 ай бұрын
@@CompanyGrip 57s just have a smoother tone. A little less highs than the burstbuckers. And for this guitar I think they're a great fit. I really expected this guitar to sound like an SG. But it's a little different, and it's the pickups. This guitar begs to get the Junior treatment. A single P90, no pickguard, wrap tail bridge. I'd buy in a second.
@CompanyGrip4 ай бұрын
I’d bet something like that will come - IF it sells.
@olganesterowicz21124 ай бұрын
I love the tulip shape, has an easy access to frets. Reminds me of a Telecaster. It should be less expensive...
@papasmamas15 ай бұрын
The model have grown in me. I like it, it remembers me to a Tele (a model that I love). Yeah, the tulip shape looks kinda funny, but I would play that, looks very comfortable.
@CompanyGrip5 ай бұрын
It’s growing on me! Thanks for watching the video!
@jorgelanzas61595 ай бұрын
Man! I really like the control graphics you add! The best I’ve seen! 🔥🔥🔥🔥 love you see people come up with new ways of doing things! Keep it up brother!
@CompanyGrip5 ай бұрын
Thank you for checking it out! I’m glad you appreciate those graphics - they are a bit time consuming to make! Haha! Cheers!
@stockholm17525 ай бұрын
As a fan of early Rickenbackers, I’m drawn to this shape. The only Gibson I have is an SG, which I like very much but for one thing: the way everything feels shifted to the left. Seeing this guitar on your lap, it seems more like sitting with a Telecaster. I wish I could swap the trapezoid inlays for the dots on the CS version, though (and add the walnut stripe). It sounded really good. Nice demo.
@CompanyGrip5 ай бұрын
Thanks for checking it out! SG is my guitar weakness. Absolutely love them! Thanks for checking out the video! Cheers!
@jfiery5 ай бұрын
Nice Job Grip, I was really hoping you'd chose one of these to review. I'm not an SG guy but these intrigue me.
@CompanyGrip5 ай бұрын
Awesome! Glad you enjoyed it. Cheers!
@linkinparkfan4154 ай бұрын
If they come out with one in Pelham blue, I think I’d bite. Sweet playing btw 🤝
@msaintpcАй бұрын
I love this video, and the guitar playing is beautiful.
@CompanyGripАй бұрын
Thank you very much for the kind words and for checking out the video!!
@BoojayDeeth5 ай бұрын
Enjoy your style, relaxed and informed with great playing and well presented. The guitar sounds good (gotta love those 57's), I like the finish and detailing too. Sadly, I just don't think I can grow to love the tulip shape.
@CompanyGrip5 ай бұрын
Thank you for the kind words and for checking out the video! I hear ya on the Tulip shape. It’s a love it or hate it for sure. Cheers!
@jayclark7255 ай бұрын
Also binding verses no binding. I tried to edit my last post but it wouldn't let me.
@CompanyGrip5 ай бұрын
You’re right. I noticed that I excluded that detail when I recorded the video. I actually recorded it twice because the first time I didn’t have the audio mic on. 🙄 then I redid the whole video and left that detail out. 😂 just can’t win sometimes!
@barrymiller22724 ай бұрын
Damn, great demo..now i want one! To me, the USA is spec'd out more to my liking than the CS. Heck, a USA Gibson with a really nice case for 2 grand..good deal. Also..long neck tenon & 57's..hell yes...
@CompanyGrip4 ай бұрын
I tend to agree! I haven’t played a set of 57s since this old SG Future Tribute I had a few years ago. Didn’t like the guitar much, but it sounded monster… loved those 57s. Only reason I regretted selling it. 😆
@keithlightizer1565 ай бұрын
Thanks buddy, you did a really great review. I've been looking at this new issue as it is a good price point. I love that early 60's Supro that's in the display case behind you when you're playing. I'm going to dive into your previous posts... New sub from an old man in Northern Canada.
@CompanyGrip5 ай бұрын
Thank you for checking out my video! Yes, please, dive in! Hope you enjoy the channel. Thank you, the Supro is not as old as it might look, but it’s a limited edition that has meaning to me. Cheers!
@harbonip5 ай бұрын
I had a cheap version of that back in the 70s. I think it was a Tesco ? Ugly isn't bad if you buy it .Once again, great research on guitars . 😎👍🏽
@CompanyGrip5 ай бұрын
True! Ugly can sometimes be fun. Like those old Vox teardrops. 😂 thanks for checking it out! Cheers!
@daveshamir7293 ай бұрын
So, if I understand correctly, navigating your "location" along the the fretboard (for lack of a better term), is far more similar to a Les Paul or a 335 and quite different from an SG where the headstock seems farther away. This would present a major advantage in comfort in my view if you're debating between the Theodore and the SG
@CompanyGrip3 ай бұрын
Thanks for your comment, and sorry for the delay! For me, it’s all about where the pickups sit between the strap buttons, right? For example, the Iommi SG button, being at the end of the horn is closer to the Theodore than a DC LP, so they hang similarly. But when lapped, the Theodore’s body cut has it sitting closer to LP, but with the neck feeling and sitting closer to how an SG neck is with the abundance of access. I hope that makes sense. Thanks for checking out the video!
@buzzycoyote25733 ай бұрын
I like it! There are so many boring/ cookie cutter guitars today. Thank you Gibson! Thank you as well for the great video and review!
@CompanyGrip3 ай бұрын
Thanks for the kind words!
@msaintpcАй бұрын
Any mixed feelings between the Theodore and Satan's Guitar is best resolved by buying both models!🙂 My son has both and says the Theodore is so smooth that it almost plays itself.
@CompanyGripАй бұрын
Haha! I do enjoy the Theodore! I haven’t played it in a bit though… perhaps it’s time..? 🤔
@msaintpcАй бұрын
@@CompanyGrip Dogs need love and good guitars do too. So take it out and play it, give it some love my brother.👍
@CompanyGripАй бұрын
Too true!
@mikeyohe47504 ай бұрын
Very good and thorough review! Thanks.
@CompanyGrip4 ай бұрын
Thank you for checking it out!
@lost_in_gravy5 ай бұрын
Looking forward to buying a barely used one on Reverb dirt cheap in 2 to 3 years from now
@stop7364 ай бұрын
I like them personally. I like simple guitars, like the Tele. Or the Les Paul Jr. Guitars like that. They’re easy to work on and less to go wrong with them. And this is just a unique shape that you don’t see often. That’s cool to me.
@CompanyGrip4 ай бұрын
Thanks for checking it out! Cheers!
@jrhguitarbassdrumsАй бұрын
Damn, i hated this at first. Im falling in love with it now. I want one. I might buy
@CompanyGripАй бұрын
I like it quite a bit actually, but I understand the styling being a turn off for some. But it’s got killer pickups and a nice neck. Also - I like oddball Gibson’s… 😜
@GeoffN.4 ай бұрын
Great in depth review 👍🏼
@CompanyGrip4 ай бұрын
Thank you for checking out my video and the kind words. Cheers!
@justincodyfox5 ай бұрын
They are using the same necks that they make for the current run of Explorers. Thats why the heel is different from the Custom Shop version. That way all they have to do is push start on the CNC with no new programming.
@CompanyGrip5 ай бұрын
Makes sense! Thanks for checking out the video. Cheers!
@bryancollins67964 ай бұрын
Dammed if you do, dammed if you don't. If you're Gibson, this is you. Try something new, and everyone hates it. Don't, and they accuse you of resting on past successes. I like it.
@CompanyGrip4 ай бұрын
That is too true!
@LPCustom34 ай бұрын
Thanks, but I’ll stick with my 3 Melody Makers (2- singles from 1960 & my dbl cut from 1961). I’ve got a Firebird VII & a Flying V & 3 Murphy Lab’s.
@tjh7805 ай бұрын
I liked it as soon as I saw it. Ordered one from Sweetwater.
@CompanyGrip5 ай бұрын
Nice! I got mine from there as well! 🤘🏽
@telecasteredtodeath5 ай бұрын
Great review, keep the weird guitars coming! This looks much like the 1983 Tokai Talbo 100d-blazing fire (Japanese made cast aluminium).
@CompanyGrip5 ай бұрын
I agree! Keep the weird coming! Thanks for watching.
@sinakaedwards20095 ай бұрын
Your model looks better than the cherry one. I think it would benefit from losing the horns and have it follow the pickguard to create a tear drop looking body. It might still look bad/weird but I think it would be more intriguing.
@CompanyGrip5 ай бұрын
I tend to agree! Cheers!
@chriscromelin4135 ай бұрын
Idk, I'm kinda a fan of "Ugly" guitars. Especially being a lefty. If they ever made or make a lefty version, I'd rock it!!
@CompanyGrip5 ай бұрын
This seems like a guitar that would be easy to make Lefty, it’s just a slab, they could do the routing on the backside to keep the round horn on the same side… but what do I know. Cheers!
@ywtcc5 ай бұрын
I'd like to see Gibson try a different approach to headstock design. I like the inline peg placement, but the styling doesn't work for me. What Gibson really has going for them is they can do a traditional, oversize headstock with all the inlays and artistic touches. Modern and minimal are fine, but Gibson's one of the only companies that can do the opposite without being corny. With this particular headstock, I think if it was a little longer, and the side panels were more like a slanted rectangle... So it looks like a traditional headstock, just longer, narrower, and slanted a little. With plenty of room for the Gibson brand and all the trimmings! There's similar retro/modern hybrid approaches to designing trapezoidal, staggered trapezoidal, 4+2, 2+4 headstocks that are a little oversized, with Gibson curves and colors. Just my 2 cents. It seems to me Gibson never really nailed the modern headstock design. I say just use a modern peg placement, and go with a traditional Gibson look and feel.
@CompanyGrip5 ай бұрын
Agreed! Wouldn’t mind some new headstocks. Thanks for checking it out!
@slave_planet5 ай бұрын
Dang, they had to put a thin neck on it . . . Sounds and looks great though.
@CompanyGrip5 ай бұрын
Agreed!! Thanks for checking it out!
@TheRange75 ай бұрын
Yeah, I'm in the are you kidding me camp. It looks like an unfinished wood shop project from a very unmotivated high school stoner to me. The fact that Gibson has the balls to charge 2K for this is unsurprising. Then again, it costs money to play authentic,< LOL< I'm just so used to traditional shapes, new stuff rarely excites me. I love LP's, SG's, 335's, and even the Explorer. Also, like most, I'm a sucker for Strats and Tele's. The one impressive thing about this Theo is the 57 Classics. You can never go wrong with a set of those babies. I also much prefer the Grovers over any other tuners. I've always had great luck with them. The only thing I'd add to your video is this. I rarely suffer from tuning instability with any Gibson or Epiphone. The key for me has always been just a tiny but of nut sauce or even pencil lead dust in the nut slots in a pinch. Enjoy your new baby and thanks for the thorough review.
@CompanyGrip5 ай бұрын
Thanks for checking it out! Yes - if people spend the time to set up their rigs and properly lube the friction points and wind strings correctly, stability can become a non-issue. Cheers!
@skye769020 күн бұрын
P90s would have really been a plus.
@CompanyGrip20 күн бұрын
Agreed!
@user-er3lp9pc5e5 ай бұрын
Damn I want one in antique natural!!!
@CompanyGrip5 ай бұрын
It’s the best looking I think. Thanks for checking out the video!
@skye769020 күн бұрын
It looks like a big tulip, why did Gibson design this?
@davidvaught77625 ай бұрын
Sooooo. A Les Paul /S.G. Hybrid…. At least Gibson didn’t make another High End Les Paul model…. Oh wait!!!! The first was. And I love my Gibsons. Looks like someone at Gibson found an old Rickenbacker catalog and went “ Hmmmmm, didn’t do too well as a “Rick”, let’s try it a a Gibson.
@CompanyGrip5 ай бұрын
😂 Maybe they did! Cheers!
@jophdfy2 ай бұрын
This guitar would make a good edition to a camp fire.
@SanDiegoHarry15 ай бұрын
not a fan.
@brandonlefton13464 ай бұрын
How much money did they save by only have two pots?
@CompanyGrip4 ай бұрын
Hard to quantify with labor costs factored in. But probably not a whole bunch.
@brandonlefton13464 ай бұрын
@@CompanyGrip I mean you can get a Ric for $2000 and artisanal care was put into it throughout the manufacturing process
@brandonlefton13464 ай бұрын
You get 5 pots and a through neck
@CompanyGrip4 ай бұрын
Through neck is always nice to me!
@sinakaedwards20095 ай бұрын
Honestly just cut the bottom horn off and it may look a whole lot better.
@CompanyGrip5 ай бұрын
It might….
@samsara-topic1864 ай бұрын
All the videos of this guitar I’ve seen, I just feel as though it sounds outa tune in every video, sounds very unstable.
@CompanyGrip4 ай бұрын
Interesting. Thanks for checking it out!
@samsara-topic1864 ай бұрын
@@CompanyGrip enjoy your videos though!
@CompanyGrip4 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@ZOOTSUITBEATNICK15 ай бұрын
👍
@Jesuswinsbirdofmichigan5 ай бұрын
#79_comment_WhyDidMakeThisEven_
@kingcormack80045 ай бұрын
The dog guitar of the 21st Century. Gibson better hope this disappears down the memory hole asap!
@CompanyGrip5 ай бұрын
😜 Who know! Only time will tell. Will it be the next 1980s Futura? 😂
@Turboy655 ай бұрын
Sorry, it's just too fugly. Almost Telecaster level of fugly. It's one Gibson I don't want.
@CompanyGrip5 ай бұрын
Thanks for checking it out! Funny you say that, Telecaster is about the only Fender I like! 😂 take care!
@sammyrothrock69813 ай бұрын
To me its just another ugly design just weird looking ? 🤔
@CompanyGrip3 ай бұрын
That’s fair enough!
@Jesuswinsbirdofmichigan5 ай бұрын
⚠️lost their weigh buy there choice stupid company, v v very lost🥀