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Luke
11-27-2008, 09:01 PM
First I saw a float at the NYC Thanksgiving Day parade in the shape of a Les Paul and then during the Cowboys halftime the Jonas Brothers were playing on a Les Paul shaped stage.
Old Tele man
11-27-2008, 09:13 PM
...which were they -- "hot-air" or helium filled?
JohnK24
11-27-2008, 09:26 PM
OMG...that halftime show...what a trainwreck (without Pitch Correction)....hint guys, don't try to sing live...ever....geesh....
Texas_Blues
11-27-2008, 10:32 PM
Duh only "rawkstars" use Gibsons, old people use Benders and televisioncasts...DUH!!!
drunkenguitar
11-28-2008, 04:24 AM
I guess this explains the reason behind the recent price hikes on nearly all models of their guitars. :dunno
Dr. Tweedbucket
11-28-2008, 07:42 AM
OMG...that halftime show...what a trainwreck (without Pitch Correction)....hint guys, don't try to sing live...ever....geesh....



If they have to use pitch correction to perform live, they need to find another line of work :messedup ..... or find a frontman who can sing :dunno
Suproman77
11-28-2008, 08:08 AM
Must have been one of the chambered one.
rog951
11-28-2008, 08:35 AM
I was very disappointed in that float. I thought it could've been set-up a LOT better. The cheaper floats were as good, if not better.
mcknigs
11-28-2008, 08:49 AM
I was surprised to find out that Darius Rucker is now a country music star. When did that happen?

-Scott
MikeMcK
11-28-2008, 09:30 AM
Gibson has always been a marketing machine. I realized that years ago when I was on a long flight somewhere. One magazine had an Apple ad on the back cover with a photo of a 335 (headstock intact, where it would be brushed out if a deal hadn't been made).

Someone had left one of those luxury-living magazines and the first ad I saw was a half-page Gibson ad run behind a whole different ad campaign than the one we see in the guitar mags... along the lines of "Show them you've made it to the top..."

So I finish reading and decide to watch the movie. For some reason a giant toddler is walking down the Las Vegas strip and stops for about 5 seconds, standing next to the giant Gibson headstock on a LP-shaped sign in front of a casino.

This all happened within a half-hour, and I hadn't even opened anything guitar-related.