Thundersteel Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 ...after 116 years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottcald Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 I would be sad to see Gibson go away. And, it would be awful how much people would try to gouge you to buy a Les Paul after that. Certainly some other company would acquire them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorch Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 TDC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucSulla Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbonesullivan Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 Guess I better order that SG soon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARM OF HAMER Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 1 hour ago, LucSulla said: He has obviously reached the pinnacle of musicianship........................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Studio Custom Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 The world has changed. Playing guitar is not nearly as popular as it was in 70s and 80s. Now girls swipe right, no need to waste all that effort learning an instrument, you can play XBox and still get laid. If you do learn, the amount of venues has shrunk 90%. It is all bad news going forward, similar to retail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ting Ho Dung Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 6 hours ago, LucSulla said: Wow, impressive. Sounds like me on a good day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadroller Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 Bu the brand won't die. It has plenty of market value for someone. Mind you, they'd probably dilute it by slapping "Gibson" on top of import knock offs of Explorers and Juniors with plastic necks, painted to look like vans from the 70s and charging $1799 for them, but they'll be Gibsons. Oh, don't forget the t-shirts and pint glasses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottcald Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 45 minutes ago, Ting Ho Dung said: Wow, impressive. Sounds like me on a good day. Hopefully you dress better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ting Ho Dung Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 24 minutes ago, scottcald said: Hopefully you dress better. Oh, yeah. I'm a walking fashion statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willie G. Moseley Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 RE the t-shirts and pint glasses, it's been discussed here before about how one of Gibson's goals for years has been to be a lifestyle brand, a la Harley-Davidson. It's debatable as to how well Gibson has succeeded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugartune Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 Doesn’t everyone have a Gibson-Phillips TV in every room, flanked by their Les Paul reference monitors? My whole house is outfitted with Gibson-Phillips LED bulbs. I’m think about a Gibson fridge and I may as well get the microwave, Range and dishwasher too. Ooh, I think to complete the whole home set, I should get the Gibson washer/dryer set too. Seriously though, that video of Hank playing cannot be real, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zorrow Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 Well, I still own three Gibson Flying Vees (a Voodoo, a 91 Primavera and a 98 Reissue Limited Edition —like this one), plus an SG. Might keep them for a bit longer... or maybe not. We’ll see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ting Ho Dung Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 30 minutes ago, zorrow said: Well, I still own three Gibson Flying Vees (a Voodoo, a 91 Primavera and a 98 Reissue Limited Edition —like this one), plus an SG. Might keep them for a bit longer... or maybe not. We’ll see! My son still has the '81 LPC silverburst I bought him for his 18th birthday. It's one of the best guitars we own. Absolutely no hum whether you have your fingers on the strings or not. Straight neck, low action. I don't think he'll ever sell it. I thought at first it was a Norlin guitar and couldn't understand everyone's disdain over them. But I looked up the serial # and it's in fact a KalZoo. Got it from my buddy, Brent Rocks. ETA: Pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stike Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 1 hour ago, Sugartune said: Doesn’t everyone have a Gibson-Phillips TV in every room, flanked by their Les Paul reference monitors? My whole house is outfitted with Gibson-Phillips LED bulbs. I’m think about a Gibson fridge and I may as well get the microwave, Range and dishwasher too. Ooh, I think to complete the whole home set, I should get the Gibson washer/dryer set too. Seriously though, that video of Hank playing cannot be real, right? It is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucSulla Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 3 hours ago, Ting Ho Dung said: I thought at first it was a Norlin guitar and couldn't understand everyone's disdain over them. But I looked up the serial # and it's in fact a KalZoo. Got it from my buddy, Brent Rocks. ETA: Pic It's still a "Norlin" guitar. The shallow dish, three-piece maple neck, two or three-piece top, and boat-anchor weight, reduced headstock angle, and volute was not just the Nashville plant. The Kalamazoo plat was doing the same specs. That's why you had to give Brent your serial to find out - there's no other difference. It's not the guitar's being from Michigan that makes it a good guitar; Norlin just actually made some good Gibsons. I have a Nashville-plant Norlin that weighs 9.4 lb and has my favorite neck out of all of my guitars. The damn neck is so sturdy that I usually use it for my drop tuning because I can put anything on it from 9s to 11s in standard to 13s in C, and it never shifts at all. I've had it for nearly 20 years. Ironically, it's at least as good as one of the Heritages I used to own and a much better built guitar that the other LP style Heritage I owned. I know all the old timers were back up at Kal, but I've never noticed the Kal guitars being better than the Nash guitars from that era other than a way to squeeze a few more dollars out of selling one on the used market. ETA: That silver burst is super cool. He should hang on to it. Adam Jones made those late-70s/early-80s SBs sort of hard fine as Tool got more popular. I'd love to have one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 12 hours ago, scottcald said: I would be sad to see Gibson go away. And, it would be awful how much people would try to gouge you to buy a Les Paul after that. Certainly some other company would acquire them? Heritage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersteel Posted February 17, 2018 Author Share Posted February 17, 2018 I currently own an '89 LP Custom, which was my first "good" guitar; though I've been thinking (again) about selling it. I also have a '02 SG Supreme, which I sold once, then I got it back--it's not going anywhere now! Most of the newer Gibsons I've seen don't have the quality they used to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakeboy Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 2 hours ago, Ting Ho Dung said: My son still has the '81 LPC silverburst I bought him for his 18th birthday. It's one of the best guitars we own. Absolutely no hum whether you have your fingers on the strings or not. Straight neck, low action. I don't think he'll ever sell it. I thought at first it was a Norlin guitar and couldn't understand everyone's disdain over them. But I looked up the serial # and it's in fact a KalZoo. Got it from my buddy, Brent Rocks. ETA: Pic Cool LP but I am so diggin’ That ocean burst Standard...reminds me of 0006 and that never fails to make me happy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stobro Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 4 hours ago, Sugartune said: Doesn’t everyone have a Gibson-Phillips TV in every room, flanked by their Les Paul reference monitors? My whole house is outfitted with Gibson-Phillips LED bulbs. I’m think about a Gibson fridge and I may as well get the microwave, Range and dishwasher too. Ooh, I think to complete the whole home set, I should get the Gibson washer/dryer set too. Seriously though, that video of Hank playing cannot be real, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobB Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 Non-story. Folks have been presaging Gibson’s downfall for a decade. It never seems to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camstone Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 They have a have a billion dollars in loans maturing this summer. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biz Prof Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Yep. The hot, steaming pile of other people's money is much less likely to be refinanced this time, IMHO. The intellectual property and materials inventory will survive, regardless. It just might not be Henry using these assets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Heartbreaking for employees, tho necessary. The brand needs a fresh start with new stewardship to survive in a music market trending away from musical instruments. :/ The sooner Henry's gone the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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