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L.A. Times puff piece on Gibson
Dave W:
"The fact is, we don’t see ourselves as a guitar company, we see ourselves as a music lifestyle company."
The article does mention the 2015 sales disaster and the ongoing financial problems but almost as an afterthought. The writer is obviously wowed by the Fireturd X and Henry sounds like he's still blaming consumers for not seeing his genius.
westen44:
Henry is still fixated on self-tuning guitars that people don't like. Tuning an instrument was never an issue with me. Most of the time I just tune by ear anyway. I'm talking about bass, although tuning a guitar is just as easy. The challenge is playing an instrument well. That also clearly doesn't bother Henry, either. He doesn't care how well you play. He doesn't want you spending your money on vintage instruments, either. Just go with the flow and agree with the lifestyle stuff.
Dave W:
The Gibson lifestyle. Modestly priced, of course. :mrgreen:
chromium:
Wonder what he's up to regarding the custom shop? Been seeing mention of a bunch of layoffs there.
https://www.gearnews.com/custom-shop-rumours-whats-going-gibson/
Insider connection:
http://www.hamerfanclub.com/forums/topic/79656-gcs-henrys-cleaning-house/
Dave W:
--- Quote from: chromium on June 17, 2017, 11:53:19 AM ---Wonder what he's up to regarding the custom shop? Been seeing mention of a bunch of layoffs there.
https://www.gearnews.com/custom-shop-rumours-whats-going-gibson/
Insider connection:
http://www.hamerfanclub.com/forums/topic/79656-gcs-henrys-cleaning-house/
--- End quote ---
It's true.
Chris started this thread: http://bassoutpost.com/index.php?topic=10593.0
LOL at the comment in the Hamer Club thread about the Fireturd X: "I believe that was called the "Inspired by" Helen Keller Signature Model..."
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