When Gibson left Kalamazoo

[Dave W]

When Gibson Guitar left Kalamazoo: 'They had to make a decision'

Nice article. Also note the "Kalamazoo's Guitar Legacy" links; they're inviting readers to send them pics of their Kalamazoo-made Gibsons.

[Pilgrim]

Interesting comment about their foreign competition: 

"They were copying (Les Pauls) down to the last flaw," Deurloo said of the foreign competitors."

That resonates....

Hey, in reading the article I see that the last survivors of the Kalamazoo site formed their own outfit, the Heritage Guitar Co:

http://www.heritageguitar.com/indexa.html

There's some very nice stuff there.