All user reviews for the Gibson S-1

Gibson S-1:
Manufacturing: USA
Date: from 1975 1980
Type: Solid-body Gibson entirely of maple
Peculiarities:
this model prsentait a handle screwed.
The specialist of Bill Lawrence pickups had conceived his spciaux circuits (3 single coil pickups oil bath!)
Mcaniques gibson deluxe

Rsultat:
Very pretty face model in natural wood (I possde) a nice corp style Les Paul, a honey-colored more pleasant over the years, and oil bath microphones, transparent with their apparent winding is really beautiful ...

USE

The handle is particular and closer to that than a fender gibson!
It is thin, slightly bomb the button, the only problem (is it really a) is the polish gibson which wears on the most jous parties, but that takes a very nice color over the years.
The accssiblit is very corect because of the pan shot taken from "Les Paul".
Weight? ... I do not think this is the worst gibson, but it even when its weight ...
It has a good grip.
Level sound, this is awesome!
3 oil bath microphones give a round and warm in the clear worthy of a Start ', and in attack, it takes the sound of legendary gibsons ... regarding the good old distos it This has nothing to reproach ...
Versatile, really pleasant ...

SONORITS

I think she's really versatile, and having tried everything on it, it only remains for you to find your sound.
I am on power amps stro mesa-boogie with Pramp mesa boogie, and the effects vary my mood ...

NOTICE GLOBAL

I use it for 6 years and if c'tait again, I would ...
It is a model rather rare and if you get it do not hesitate ...

The 1976 model - alder body, maple neck, rosewood fingerboard. There was a later version with a notoriously heavy mahogany body and maple fretboard, and an early one with slightly different pickups. Mine is natural, gone a pleasant yellow with age. Bill Lawrence's update of a Les Paul Special to compete with a Strat. The classic Gibson LP single cutaway body style, with a flat top and bolted neck. Three single coil pickups wired to combine into spread humbuckers in 4 combinations: Neck and middle for fat rock tone (like middle on Strat, but gutsier) bridge and middle for bright rock tone (like bridge on LP) all 3 for thick melody/rhythm tone(like neck on Strat or Rick)and out of phase for spiky funk tone ( like bridge and middle on Strat plus toe down on wah-wah). Then another override switch brings up the bridge pickup alone (Like bridge on Tele)
I string mine with Ernie Ball Stainless 010s and play rock, blues and country on it, at home or sometimes at open mic nights

Bought from a Kentucky pawn shop through eBay for about $400. In 1975 or 76 Norlin (Gibson) sent a prototype around UK music shops. I tried it and loved it. Then they didn't release it for the UK market after all. I never forgot, though, and when internet shopping was invented, I started looking again.

Easy feel. Comfort. Versatility: 5 great tones. Amazing sustain for a light guitar, but crisp enough for very fast licks, too. General mojo.

Picks up hum from lights.

Sturdy and durable, although one switch needed fixing after 33 years and the other started to crackle after 34 years. Stunning neck, sloppily fitted. The slight misalignment of the neck gives more room for vibrato on the first string, so it is an accidental good thing. Feel is wonderful.

It instantly felt like I had owned it all my life and is the most playable, comfortable and versatile guitar I have ever had.

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I have been playing for about 4 yrs now, and I am not in a band.
I play thru a Behringer V-Tone GMX 212.
I like to move from classic rock to Heavy Metal.
It would be a normal day for me to play alittle Tom Petty, Pink Floyd, Pantera, Ozzy, and the Beatles.

I bought this unit from "Band Aid Music" in Lynnwood Washington.I Jammed on it for a couple of weeks and really came to love the thing.
I paid $675.00 for the Tradition S-1

Apart from the beautiful wood grains, at least AA quality, Rosewood fretboard with "Bird" inlay's it came with a wealth of esentials.

Locking Grover tuning keys.

Roller nut and Bridge, this was the first time I had used these and was AMAZED at how hard and long I could play and still stay in tune.

Body thru stringing.

3 rail humbuckers, great sustain on bends, Awesome chunk, I really cant say enought here.

3 toggles for switching the humbuckers to single coils independantly.

5 way switching for the pick-ups




Truthfuly there is only one thing I dont like about the guitar set up, the placement of the volume control is way too close to the bridge and became a pain in the backside, I found myself hitting the control knob and constantly lowering the volume!!

I took care of this by removing the tone control and relocating the volume control to the now vacated tone control spot.

This took care of everything, more room to work, who needs tone control anyway, and no volume issues.



As I have kind of stated above, the S-1 seems to represent overseas (China) advancements in the past decade in quality and fine workmanship. If you put the "Made in America" stamp on this you would never guess other wise, but the price would double!

The bottom line is this, if you like to play an assortment of different music styles and have high end sound with each style, not some bland we can do anything Wall-Mart crap, then you sould really give this guitar a serious look.
I have owned and played many "High end guitars" and this can easily play with them.

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The Gibson S-1 is another one of the guitars that was designed by the company in the seventies where new ideas were paramount. The S-1 was meant to capture the Strat players market by offering a bolt on, 3 single coil pickup instrument that looked and felt like a Gibson. It features an alder body, a maple neck with rosewood fretboard and 22 frets, Grover tuners, tune-o-matic bridge with stopbar tailpiece, and a trio of Bill Lawrence designed single coil pickups. The switching is a very cool 4 way pickup selector that offers some unique tones, and there is also a phase switch to further change up and alter the sound spectrum.

UTILIZATION

This guitar like its sister the Marauder is one heavy ax. It must weigh 11-12 pounds solid, and really is cumbersome to hold and play for long periods of time in my experience. Even compared to some of the Les Pauls or Strats I've had, these guitars really are weighty pieces and not the optimum choice for gigging and playing for long periods in my opinion. The upper fret access is decent considering the general design.

Getting a good sound out of this guitar is easy enough to do. The pickups have a nice Stratty vibe to them that can even be altered for some new tones with the 4 way and phase switches. It sounds like a Fender that's got a bit more of a thicker and punchier thing going on, very cool for rock or blues music.

SOUNDS

This guitar has a great range of tones to it surprisingly. The Bill Lawrence pickups have a really nice punchy tonal set that sounds particularly nice clean. It's like a Strat that sounds beefier and with a little more low end heft to my ears. Through a traditional sounding amp like a Fender or VOX it offers a nice chimey quality that's great for blues or funk tones. Using the phase switch really brings in the nasally classic tones. It's actually kind of surprising that a Gibson could sound this way, but here's the proof! Switching over to drive tones offers some very thick and biting tones that are great for rock music. I particularly liked toggling through the 4 way selector and finding new sounds that worked well for classic and hard rock tones. It wasn't as thick sounding as a typical Gibson, but in place of that was a nice Stratty brightness added to that Gibson-esque thing.

OVERALL OPINION

All in all I think the Gibson S-1 is a cool guitar for someone looking for a cool instrument that falls off the beaten path. It offers some nice Gibson meets Fender appointments in looks, feel and tone which is very cool. Sure it's quite heavy, but then again so are LPs, so if you're used to that it might not be an issue. At about $700 used these are a fairly good price for a vintage Gibson that is sure to gain some value as time goes on. Definitely worth a look.

I got this guitar in 1987, I think she were 76 then I stupidly sold ... huge mistake of youth, since I'm paying a dream again! Made in the USA, Easel fixed a handle super nice and the handle is one of the Flying V for those who have practiced.

There is a selector which offers coupled microphones or microphones isolate donations lot of different sounds, it added to a switch that I can not say more but that is somewhat similar to the system of Hagstrom (also very good guitars for elsewhere!) that boosts more or less the solutions proposed by the first selector ... the absolute versatility, great bass and midrange ...

Funny thing to Mount taste, it was designed in partnership with Ron Wood and has not met the success apparently certainemen t as "purist" Gibson did not find very representative of the mark but if you tomez top , buy it without hesitation, the coast fairly low (at 6 months there, she was sold 900 euros with a hard, black model, less fun) you will make a very nice purchase you will not regret!

Finally, to know everything about her 5 years of production (1975 to 1980) here is a page that summarizes the history and its various updates:
http://www.vintageguitars.org.uk/s1.php

And, of course, the special page Wiki ki goes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_S-1

Here, I think you know everything!

UTILIZATION

Channel gégial absolutely, it feels good, just as thick as it is for me anyway!
It is not too heavy, just a hair below the lespaul, access is typical of the acute form lespaul, I remember being very surprised to realize that it sounded quite strongly "unplugged" and c ' is nice!
It has the profile of the vintage guitar, beautiful varnished wood, she was also in black! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_S-1

in this color, the varnish is allowed to skate, it seems quite fine!


SOUNDS

Absolutely beautiful .... a very unusual guitar at Gibson, the meeting of lespaul and the best of Fender, but with much more rounded, warm harmonics. the game "funk" is a nice echo here is superb blues, jazz, everything in its place .... it makes you want to play and play again because of its mellow sound, it has a very small Twage nice, bright sound and dynamic! I think it sums up the guitar! She gave me a bit like having a sort of "reverb" certainly due to the presence of these very special microphones!

Potentiometers sontde good qualities, it's very very good thing ... apart from last métaleus for whom Bill Lawrence pickups (one large rectangular magnets surrounded by its coil of wire visible) are not saturated enough I guess ! But for the hard to AC DC, vintage, garage, noisy great!


OVERALL OPINION

You understood, I never saw him and I regret every day!
For me, the most beautiful guitar I have had or tried, it gave me the memory of a very special guitar sound with very distinctive vintage adorable and a good quality instrument that you can certainly find a nice ... take charge if you meet her for sale!

At the time I was 17 years and have been tried and had a lot of other guitars, it is my point of reference especially for some 2000 francs lépoque!

makes her look endearing, even if this switch microphones is not the most aesthetic, it will enchant you. Curious that she did not do more than emulate developed or the Gibson quickly removed from the catalog! There also is a Marauder with a hubumker S1 and microphones at Laurence, less pretty but must also have a great interest from the standpoint sound!

I put around 9, I would have put 10 !

I'd read many other opinions on this guitar ...

Here's a video (in English) that you will hear the wonderful sound of this guitar and the explanation of the configuration microphones:
https://www.youtube.com/watch #! v = Fq4YLvSzohI & feature = related

A great guitar maple mine is totally black, 1975 original and in very good condition!

UTILIZATION

I have other vintage guitars and celle_ci brand but has a great sound all its own, the grip is excellent, the handle is hell no problem for access to acute not too heavy, I never forget to use it because I love this guitar!

SOUNDS

Level its nothing serious was wrong it sounds! may have to play several styles with many possible settings, if you own a tube amp then it's the top!

OVERALL OPINION

I bought this guitar on the advice of a professional musician friend, the price I buy this beast is ridiculous! it does not coast "good" and yet it deserves, I would never sell! if you spend a voyer on the web but good "is very rare especially" BUY NOW!! attached a photo of my beloved guitar