Morte guitars

As featured in NAMM 2011, Gibson recently released the Gothic Morte models. These include the SG you see above...

... & a Les Paul Studio. It's a typical Gibson these two but the fretboards are not rosewood; it's an African timbre called Obeche. Also, the pickups in there are active GEM models.

Need proof? Here's the battery compartment at the rear.

SG 50th

Gibson is releasing the 50th Anniversary SG soon & it's only available in everybody's favourite finish: Black, limited to a few units of course. Anything special with this one? Nothing much less the additional 2 frets there. I sincerely hope the 24 frets will become a standard production feature in time to come.

Tribute 60s

Following the success of its predecessor, the 50s Tribute series, the Gibson Les Paul Studio is now available in the 60s Tribute range. It's nothing too different from the latter, the primary feature is its slim tapered 60s profile neck. Expect an equally affordable price tag- that's good news isn't it?

 Also available- the 60s Tribute SG. Similar format, just the SG version.