The brand is too valuable to go away. Ownerships are fleeting, established brands are forever. Has anyone of us ever worried who actually owns Coca-Cola or Levi's? Or that Rolls Royce and Bentley have been part of BMW (that is
not British Motor Works as an American friend of mine once believed!
) and Volkswagen respectively for two decades now? Ritchie Blackmore didn't even care when Fender was owned by CBS amd played the "new" Strats unperturbed - oh horror of horrors! They broke just as well as the old ones, no quality loss there.
Just like Henry J gave Gibson a new lease of life when it was down and out in the 80ies (not his whole tenure as CEO was awful), there will be people who will follow him. We can start crowd funding here and have Dave W personally oversee the long awaited reissue of the SB 300-450 series as well as that missing string holder to the wonderful two point bridge ...
Jaguar and Volvo have certainly benefitted from their new Indian and Chinese respective owners. And yes, they are both still being produced in England and Sweden. Dead brands like Belstaff (the Brit motorcycle clothes provider) have been resurrected by new owners to astounding success.