When is Gibson going to produce new graphite Steinbergers again?
MusicYo is a direct to consumer website founded by former Gibson management and the company still has close ties to it’s parent. They have successfully resurrected Gibson’s dead lines (namely Kramer, Tobias and Steinberger), and have been producing and selling the Korean made all-wood Spirit version of the instrument for several years. In 2002 they resumed production of the GM and GR guitars featuring custom blended necks made by Moses Graphite and assembled here in the US. The end of 2003 will see the reintroduction of the Newburgh style bound GM’s and the XQ basses. They also plan a new wood bdoied / graphtie neck GL version, officially dubbed the GLB. There are no definitive plans at this time to bring back the original design all graphite L’s. MusicYo’s ultimate goals are to bring back the entire line as they were. However there are no concrete plans or timetable for this. Ned is also designing new instruments, and the first of these may appear in the first half of 2004.
