Back in November I posted about the Gibson Robot Guitar, a limited 4000 of this groundbreaking guitar were made and proved to be a great success even though they only came in that bright blue sunburst colour and cost about $4,000. Well it seems they were more popular than even Gibson predicted as they have just announced 2 new “Robot” models, and although they are both called “Ltd” it would apear they are fully fledged production models. First up is the Robot Les Paul Studio Ltd which is a mere $3,999 and the second is the Robot SG Special Ltd weighing in at a slightly more affordable $3,599.
Both of these guitars come with the same Powertune hardware that made the original Robot Guitar so unique, Powertune control knobs, Powertune tuners and Powertune bridge. The SG has a Carbon Fiber pickguard which looks, well modern I suppose… hard to describe against that Purple Metallic finish, but don’t worry they are also available in Metallic Green! Seriously what are Gibson thinking? They seem to be tailoring the look of these guitars for teenagers with a price tag of a boutique hand made guitar not a factory production model. I would rather spend the money on a Hamer Standard Custom and know that it has been hand crafted with the highest attention to detail and no fancy gadgets taking up the cost, but thats just me.
Both the “Robots” share similar construction with Ebony fretboard on a mahogany neck and while the SG has a solid Mahogany body the Les Paul differs slightly with a mix of Mahogany and Maple. I’m no expert but at this price I think that eventually the bubble will burst once the initial hype has calmed down and all the highly paid executives who can actually afford these instruments have got their bright green and purple self tuning instruments lying in their cases. Having said all that, the Les Paul Standard has a similar price tag, again too much in my opinion but then I have never seen their production process so maybe I’m being a bit hard on them!
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