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Re: Return of the Gibson shocker thread!

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2018 2:46 pm
by sizzlingbadger
I don't recall seeing any guitars in my Brazilian dream.

Re: Return of the Gibson shocker thread!

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2018 3:02 pm
by jeremyb
Brazilian rosewood fretboard is only going to add a couple of hand shandy at most, they're just cashing in on exclusivity :)

Re: Return of the Gibson shocker thread!

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2018 3:54 pm
by Litterick
I suppose its purpose is to show everybody that Gibson is still here. Only collectors – affluent professionals going through a mid-life crisis – could afford it, but it indicates that Gibson has the confidence to make an expensive guitar. And because it is unattainable, expensive and rare, the affordable guitars at your local Gibson dealer seem that much more attractive.

Re: Return of the Gibson shocker thread!

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2018 5:45 pm
by WellyBlues
I wish I was an affluent professional, that way my late-mid life crisis would be more tolerable. :roll:

Re: Return of the Gibson shocker thread!

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2018 6:37 pm
by Jay
Perhaps this is a better fit?
WellyBlues wrote:I wish I was an effluent professional, that way my late-mid life crisis would be more tolerable. :roll:

Re: Return of the Gibson shocker thread!

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2018 9:18 pm
by Litterick
Tony Soprano was a waste management consultant.

Re: Return of the Gibson shocker thread!

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 11:13 am
by WellyBlues
so Gibson is saved(?)

Bankruptcy, Henry out (sort of), bondholders managing the company (which is normally a codeword for "will decimate the brand") but the bondholder guy says the right thing at the end of the article. Have to wait and see I suppose.

https://www.musicradar.com/news/ceo-hen ... bankruptcy

The guitars in the picture are gorgeous. Just sayin'.

Re: Return of the Gibson shocker thread!

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 12:20 pm
by Danger Mouse
WellyBlues wrote:so Gibson is saved(?)

Bankruptcy, Henry out (sort of), bondholders managing the company (which is normally a codeword for "will decimate the brand") but the bondholder guy says the right thing at the end of the article. Have to wait and see I suppose.

https://www.musicradar.com/news/ceo-hen ... bankruptcy

The guitars in the picture are gorgeous. Just sayin'.
That pic looks suspiciously computer generated... which would infer that current Gibsons are so ugly they had to use that instead of a stock photo :lol:

Re: Return of the Gibson shocker thread!

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 12:29 pm
by olegmcnoleg
WellyBlues wrote:so Gibson is saved(?)

Bankruptcy, Henry out (sort of), bondholders managing the company (which is normally a codeword for "will decimate the brand") but the bondholder guy says the right thing at the end of the article. Have to wait and see I suppose.

https://www.musicradar.com/news/ceo-hen ... bankruptcy

The guitars in the picture are gorgeous. Just sayin'.

So, we wait to see who they have appointed as the next CEO. Crikey, I hope it is GrantB.

Re: Return of the Gibson shocker thread!

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 9:21 pm
by Litterick
Things are looking up, according to Bloomberg:
The company can now exit bankruptcy under a new board of directors, a majority of whom will be guitar players, said Matthew Ross, the KKR director who led the private equity company’s takeover effort.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... bankruptcy

Re: Return of the Gibson shocker thread!

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 9:39 pm
by Slowy
Litterick wrote:Things are looking up, according to Bloomberg:
The company can now exit bankruptcy under a new board of directors, a majority of whom will be guitar players, said Matthew Ross, the KKR director who led the private equity company’s takeover effort.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... bankruptcy
"I will continue to aid Gibson for at least a couple more years, and my mission, really, is to pass on the knowledge and the tools to allow the next generation of management to really excel and bring the brand to a whole new level,” Juszkiewicz told Guitarist recently."

Hopefully this is no more than a face saving exercise.

Re: Return of the Gibson shocker thread!

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 9:42 pm
by kwhelan
wipe $500 mil of debt , just rolls of the tongue doesn't it

Re: Return of the Gibson shocker thread!

Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2018 6:37 am
by GrantB
Slowy wrote:
Litterick wrote:Things are looking up, according to Bloomberg:
The company can now exit bankruptcy under a new board of directors, a majority of whom will be guitar players, said Matthew Ross, the KKR director who led the private equity company’s takeover effort.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... bankruptcy
"I will continue to aid Gibson for at least a couple more years, and my mission, really, is to pass on the knowledge and the tools to allow the next generation of management to really excel and bring the brand to a whole new level,” Juszkiewicz told Guitarist recently."

Hopefully this is no more than a face saving exercise.
Agreed. Like asking Kenneth Lay to hang around to pass-on how he ran Enron.

I heard a good saying this week - if you want to own a small company, buy a big one and get accountants to run it. I hope this doesn’t become Gibson. I haven’t had a response to my application for CEO. Maybe the request for one new R9 every month as a fringe perk was too much.

Re: Return of the Gibson shocker thread!

Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2018 9:20 am
by Slowy
GrantB wrote:
Slowy wrote:
Litterick wrote:Things are looking up, according to Bloomberg:



https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... bankruptcy
"I will continue to aid Gibson for at least a couple more years, and my mission, really, is to pass on the knowledge and the tools to allow the next generation of management to really excel and bring the brand to a whole new level,” Juszkiewicz told Guitarist recently."

Hopefully this is no more than a face saving exercise.
Agreed. Like asking Kenneth Lay to hang around to pass-on how he ran Enron.

I heard a good saying this week - if you want to own a small company, buy a big one and get accountants to run it. I hope this doesn’t become Gibson. I haven’t had a response to my application for CEO. Maybe the request for one new R9 every month as a fringe perk was too much.
You phrased it wrong. The monthly R9 is for quality assurance purposes.

Re: Return of the Gibson shocker thread!

Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2018 9:47 am
by GrantB
Slowy wrote: You phrased it wrong. The monthly R9 is for quality assurance purposes.
Want a seat on the board? I like your thinking.