Return of the Gibbons shocker thread!
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Re: Return of the Gibson shocker thread!
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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Re: Return of the Gibson shocker thread!
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.
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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.
When faced with quality, I recognise it every time.
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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'.
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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Ray Wylie Hubbard wrote: And the days that I keep my gratitude higher than my expectations Well, I have really good days
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Re: Return of the Gibson shocker thread!
That pic looks suspiciously computer generated... which would infer that current Gibsons are so ugly they had to use that instead of a stock photoWellyBlues 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'.
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Re: Return of the Gibson shocker thread!
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:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... bankruptcyThe 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.
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"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."Litterick wrote:Things are looking up, according to Bloomberg:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... bankruptcyThe 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.
Hopefully this is no more than a face saving exercise.
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Agreed. Like asking Kenneth Lay to hang around to pass-on how he ran Enron.Slowy wrote:"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."Litterick wrote:Things are looking up, according to Bloomberg:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... bankruptcyThe 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.
Hopefully this is no more than a face saving exercise.
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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You phrased it wrong. The monthly R9 is for quality assurance purposes.GrantB wrote:Agreed. Like asking Kenneth Lay to hang around to pass-on how he ran Enron.Slowy wrote:"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."Litterick wrote:Things are looking up, according to Bloomberg:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... bankruptcy
Hopefully this is no more than a face saving exercise.
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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Want a seat on the board? I like your thinking.Slowy wrote: You phrased it wrong. The monthly R9 is for quality assurance purposes.
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