Inside the Red Head's Head<p>The Gibson Theodore… a lot of people hate it. I… I guess I… I guess I don’t hate it. I sure don’t love it, but I don’t think I hate it. I almost think it’s cool.</p><p>I’ll embed a video below that goes into depth, but the deal is that a few years ago Gibson unearthed a guitar design that was unused back in the golden era of the 1950’s and did a short, very expensive, run out of their custom shop. Recently they released a standard production model that is also grossly expensive, but a whole lot less expensive than the original version.</p> <span class=""></span> <p>Yeah the body shape is kinda dumb. I liked the custom shop’s use of P90 pickups rather than the USA version’s use of humbuckers. I like the four knobs on the custom shop over the two master controls on the USA. I very much greatly prefer the bridge on the USA version.</p><p>I don’t know. Like I said, I don’t love it but I don’t really hate it. Weird, huh?</p> <p>Change of subject: unrelated, both the Bruins and the Red Sox won today. The Red Sox snapped a really ugly four game losing streak. The Bruins… I think… clinched the Atlantic Division title… I think… didn’t they? No… did they? I knew they needed a win over Pittsburgh tonight, but I can’t remember if it was a win OR a Florida Panthers loss would clinch things, or was it a win AND a Panthers loss? Also, did the Panthers need to lose, or lose in regulation? I don’t remember. The Bruins won in regulation and the Panthers won in overtime. I guess I’ll find out the answer to this question in the morning. Whatevs, both of my teams won today. Happiness.</p> <p>Back to the main topic. Where does the Theodore sit on my Gibson Guitar I-Want-One list?</p><ul><li>Les Paul Junior</li><li>Les Paul Standard 50’s with P90 pickups</li><li>Firebird, but not a studio. I want the Firebird mini-humbuckers, not standard humbuckers</li><li>Les Paul Deluxe</li><li>Insert the Theodore here? Maybe.</li><li>Les Paul Special, or SG Special, or SG Junior</li><li>ES-330</li></ul><p>Damn… that’s a long list. It’s also an insanely expensive list. Come on, Gibson USA. Help a brother out. Bring those prices down. I don’t want to start thinking about Epiphones. I’m a Gibson snob after all.</p><p><a href="https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/04/13/i-dont-hate-it/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/04/13/i-dont-hate-it/</a></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robertjames1971.blog/tag/baseball/" target="_blank">#Baseball</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robertjames1971.blog/tag/bruins/" target="_blank">#Bruins</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robertjames1971.blog/tag/firebird/" target="_blank">#Firebird</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robertjames1971.blog/tag/firebird-pickups/" target="_blank">#firebirdPickups</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robertjames1971.blog/tag/gibson/" target="_blank">#Gibson</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robertjames1971.blog/tag/gibson-firebird/" target="_blank">#gibsonFirebird</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robertjames1971.blog/tag/gibson-guitars/" target="_blank">#GibsonGuitars</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robertjames1971.blog/tag/gibson-les-paul/" target="_blank">#GibsonLesPaul</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robertjames1971.blog/tag/gibson-sg/" target="_blank">#gibsonSg</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robertjames1971.blog/tag/gibson-theodore/" target="_blank">#gibsonTheodore</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robertjames1971.blog/tag/guitar/" target="_blank">#Guitar</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robertjames1971.blog/tag/hockey/" target="_blank">#Hockey</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robertjames1971.blog/tag/humbuckers/" target="_blank">#humbuckers</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robertjames1971.blog/tag/nhl/" target="_blank">#NHL</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robertjames1971.blog/tag/p90-pickups/" target="_blank">#p90Pickups</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robertjames1971.blog/tag/red-sox/" target="_blank">#RedSox</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robertjames1971.blog/tag/sports/" target="_blank">#Sports</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robertjames1971.blog/tag/theodore/" target="_blank">#theodore</a></p>