[noodles]

Hmm, never seen one of those. Essentially a pinched Explorer.

[darren]

* darren wonders if Elysian is aware of any guitars that existed before 1988.

[JPMDan]

Originally Posted by darren

* darren wonders if Elysian is aware of any guitars that existed before 1988.

[Shawn]

Originally Posted by bostjan

Have you guys ever seen this mostrosity?

That is wild.

[jtm45]

I don't think they actually built any of the Futura model when it was first designed.

It was designed at the same time as the original Gibson 'Modernistic' range but they only actually produced the Explorer (only 17 guitars) and the original Korina V (119-ish guitars). I don't know how many original Modernes they built but it was very few and they've never gone for anywhere near the prices that the other two go for.

I think they only actually put the Future out as a small run from the Gibson CS
in the 90's sometime.

Rick Nielsen bought the now legendary 'Gibson' Thunderbolt which is a V body cut in half and the top half reversed so it's sort of like a thunderbolt shape.
He paid over $100,000 for it and it turned out that it was a fake.

The model had never really existed and the few pictures that were floating around were mock-ups that two guys from a guitar magazine put together as a joke. Only problem was that they didn't tell people that at the time and Rick saw them and put the word out that he had to have one.

I think this was seen as an prime opportunity by some un-scrupulous luthier and he put one together and relic'd it very convincingly and Rick bought it.He mad it from a genuine old-stcok korina V body and all original vintage Gibson parts to make it as convincing as possible.

About a year later the guys from the guitar magazine confessed all but Rick refused to believe them,even though Gibson said that they'd never designed or built such a guitar,ever.
Apparently Rick still claims his is real (probaly feels a tad embarrased )

He even had Hamer make him a few copies of it and uses those quite regularly.
Here's a pic of one of the Hamer copies;

I don't think the 'Gibson' one is brought out too often,lol.

[JPMDan]

[Shawn]

Originally Posted by jtm45

I don't think they actually built any of the Futura model when it was first designed.

It was designed at the same time as the original Gibson 'Modernistic' range but they only actually produced the Explorer (only 17 guitars) and the original Korina V (119-ish guitars). I don't know how many original Modernes they built but it was very few and they've never gone for anywhere near the prices that the other two go for.

I think they only actually put the Future out as a small run from the Gibson CS
in the 90's sometime.

Rick Nielsen bought the now legendary 'Gibson' Thunderbolt which is a V body cut in half and the top half reversed so it's sort of like a thunderbolt shape.
He paid over $100,000 for it and it turned out that it was a fake.

The model had never really existed and the few pictures that were floating around were mock-ups that two guys from a guitar magazine put together as a joke. Only problem was that they didn't tell people that at the time and Rick saw them and put the word out that he had to have one.

I think this was seen as an prime opportunity by some un-scrupulous luthier and he put one together and relic'd it very convincingly and Rick bought it.He mad it from a genuine old-stcok korina V body and all original vintage Gibson parts to make it as convincing as possible.

About a year later the guys from the guitar magazine confessed all but Rick refused to believe them,even though Gibson said that they'd never designed or built such a guitar,ever.
Apparently Rick still claims his is real (probaly feels a tad embarrased )

He even had Hamer make him a few copies of it and uses those quite regularly.
Here's a pic of one of the Hamer copies;

I don't think the 'Gibson' one is brought out too often,lol.

Pretty weird looking, interesting though, i'd play it.

[jtm45]

It always worries me when i look at the Blackmachine site that he puts guitars like that on a concrete slab floor outside like that to photograph them.

At least put a towel or a piece of carpet or something underneath for protection man.

[JPMDan]

Red Carpet atleast

[metalfiend666]

Originally Posted by jtm45

It always worries me when i look at the Blackmachine site that he puts guitars like that on a concrete slab floor outside like that to photograph them.

At least put a towel or a piece of carpet or something underneath for protection man.

Yeah, that's something that's worried me too. Especially as they're only oil finished.