WW Goldie

[cryptozoo]

This other limited Goldie run has me scratching the old noggin. How does a guitar that 'just left the factory' have a vivid top but a faded-out back? Must've been one of those that spent a lot of time in a store window... backwards...

http://www.wildwoodguitars.com/products/pr04.php?CategoryID=10&n=3

 

[Todd Louis]

SSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHH
They didn't think of that....:rofl :rofl

 

[cryptozoo]

I think you might be right, which is a little embarrassing :wah

I can imagine the conversation:

WW: "We want to do a limited limited run of Goldies for our shop, only they won't be gold in color, they'll be sunburst-new-from the factory! Sure, makes no sense based on the namesake alone and has about as much in common with the original as any run-of-the-mill R, but people will buy this!"

Gibson: "K. Got it, top like new, rest of specs like Goldie."

WW: "Yes, that's it! By jove, we're going to sell the crap out of these 5 overpriced R9s!"

*Guitars arrive*

WW: "Yay, these look great! Go ahead and post the press description online!"

*Turns over for photograph*

"D'oh."

 

[Tom Wittrock]

I think you might be right, which is a little embarrassing :wah

I can imagine the conversation:

WW: "We want to do a limited limited run of Goldies for our shop, only they won't be gold in color, they'll be sunburst-new-from the factory! Sure, makes no sense based on the namesake alone and has about as much in common with the original as any run-of-the-mill R, but people will buy this!"

Gibson: "K. Got it, top like new, rest of specs like Goldie."

WW: "Yes, that's it! By jove, we're going to sell the crap out of these 5 overpriced R9s!"

*Guitars arrive*

WW: "Yay, these look great! Go ahead and post the press description online!"

*Turns over for photograph*

"D'oh."

Why would they color a Burst gold? :wah

 

[Pat Boyack]

Why would they color a Burst gold? :wah

Indeed......:rofl

 

[cryptozoo]

Why would they color a Burst gold? :wah

I should've said GOLDEN, as in honey, lemon, etc. Not a friggin' goldtop, lol. Don't you own the original?

 

[poon99]

The CC#2 Gloss is badass.

 

[poon99]

Great tone on these as well.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p1O6EsM9yY&feature=share&list=UL6p1O6EsM9yY

 

[Tom Wittrock]

I should've said GOLDEN, as in honey, lemon, etc. Not a friggin' goldtop, lol. Don't you own the original?

I used to. Been gone more than 15 years now.

Wasn't the another Historic, that was called Goldie and was a goldtop? Maybe a Betts or Allman signature model? :hmm

 

[jhmp]

Howdoya like that - the body is listed as Mahogany and the neck is listed as Genuine Mahogany. ???
from some of the factory photos posted here, I have never seen real mahogany as pale as what they are using. The species has a lot of cousins that are lighter but not technically mahogany.