Ebay has 3 of these little beasties.......implied is that they are Gibson seconds.....anyone heard of such a thing?
Ebay has 3 of these little beasties.......implied is that they are Gibson seconds.....anyone heard of such a thing?
If I recalll the Maestro series from Gibson is a series they were selling in big box stores and were incredibly inexpensive (I didn't say cheap) entry level instruments... I can't fathom what a Maestro second would be like.
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
Apparently a line of introductory instruments sold by Gibson, directed toward music education. Here's the explanatory page on G's website. Doesn't say they're imports, but I wouldn't be surprised. The web page only talks about electric and acoustic guitars; a Google search found nothing on "Gibson Maestro mandolin." Mike may well be right that an earlier incarnation of "Maestro" included instruments to be sold in non-music stores; G website doesn't mention this, of course.
Allen Hopkins
Gibsn: '54 F5 3pt F2 A-N Custm K1 m'cello
Natl Triolian Dobro mando
Victoria b-back Merrill alumnm b-back
H-O mandolinetto
Stradolin Vega banjolin
Sobell'dola Washburn b-back'dola
Eastmn: 615'dola 805 m'cello
Flatiron 3K OM
These were in Target or Best Buy or something. They appear to be very typical entry level inexpensive not extremely well built pacrim mandolins as opposed to decent, well built pacrim mandolins.
Speaking of Best Buy, I wandered into one their stores yesterday to find a mini guitar center, complete with Fender, Gibson, Martin, Taylor and a few other well known brand name guitars (electric and acoustic) hanging on the walls. They also had a fairly decent compliment of PA speakers and such.
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
These were pulled from eBay while I was looking at one of them.
Dave H
Eastman 615 mandola
2011 Weber Bitteroot A5
2012 Weber Bitteroot F5
Eastman MD 915V
Gibson F9
2016 Capek ' Bob ' standard scale tenor banjo
Ibanez Artist 5 string
2001 Paul Shippey oval hole
They were all imports. I cannot believe they would put their corporate name on these clunkers! But, what do I know? .
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Joe Vest
Walked into Big Lots! today and they had a Maestro by Gibson guitar on the shelf. (all of it in nice BIG letters on the box).
Bill Snyder
anyone remember Maestro Phase Shifters?
very early stomp box
i own a Maestro by Gibson 2 X 10" solid state amp made in the mid 60's
the logo on both was 3 different colored hornlike instruments
guess their recycling the name
going for the old nostalgia close
it was pretty cheesy stuff
sounds like they're staying true to the original brand
Big Lots gets the left overs that others could not sell. That's pretty low for anything new by Gibson.
Didn't Gibson try this same import thing in the 80's with the Noveau brand? Some don't learn from their mistakes.
The Maestro stuff makes the Noveau look like a signed Loar.
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
Hey Mike, what were the prices like? Any better than a 'real' music store?Speaking of Best Buy, I wandered into one their stores yesterday to find a mini guitar center, complete with Fender, Gibson, Martin, Taylor and a few other well known brand name guitars (electric and acoustic) hanging on the walls. They also had a fairly decent compliment of PA speakers and such.
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
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