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Re: Return of the Gibson shocker thread!

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I don't recall seeing any guitars in my Brazilian dream.
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Brazilian rosewood fretboard is only going to add a couple of hand shandy at most, they're just cashing in on exclusivity :)
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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.

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I wish I was an affluent professional, that way my late-mid life crisis would be more tolerable. :roll:
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Perhaps this is a better fit?
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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'.
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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:
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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.

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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

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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.
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wipe $500 mil of debt , just rolls of the tongue doesn't it

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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.
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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.
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Slowy wrote: You phrased it wrong. The monthly R9 is for quality assurance purposes.
Want a seat on the board? I like your thinking.
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