Dire financial situation at Gibson?

Dave W · April 14, 2018, 03:48:05 PM

Quote from: Barklessdog on April 14, 2018, 03:06:54 PM
Tobias did not pan out huh?

It could the whole millennial thing?

Have to blame them for all our woes?

I read about the demise of old fart toys of our generation are not endearing to new generations. Harley's, Corvettes, all too expensive for our broke basement video game coffee serving generation.

Gibson's are certianly pricey, but there are epiphones?

Just poor management it looks like.

It's not the guitar business, John. Sales are steady and that part of the business is profitable.

uwe · April 16, 2018, 05:29:41 PM

Unselfish as I am, I've just handed ole Henry J. some breathing space by pulling the trigger on this here ...

http://www.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/2018/USA/Gibson-RD-Artist-Bass-2018.aspx

Will report once I have it. Nobody else here has yet played one of those, right? Out of nostalgia, I took the natural one. The first RD Artist I saw was played by Mick Hawksworth of Ten Years Later, Pink Panther Theme at 2:59 ...

And of course, the inimitable Herr Fertig played one too, Kahler and all ...

clankenstein · April 16, 2018, 05:59:43 PM

I can think of a certain de- mooged fretless one too......

Barklessdog · April 23, 2018, 07:34:52 PM

I was hoping you would have gotten one.

I can't wait to hear your report

uwe · April 24, 2018, 01:18:57 PM

I have it here, just didn't get around to unpacking yet!

Dave W · April 24, 2018, 02:04:37 PM

Uh oh!

Tronical Sues Gibson for $50 Million

uwe · April 24, 2018, 02:51:42 PM

Zzzsssey stole it from usss, zzzsssose dirty lying and deceiving Gibsobbitses ...

Dave W · April 24, 2018, 03:01:39 PM

Quote from: uwe on April 24, 2018, 02:51:42 PM
Zzzsssey stole it from usss, zzzsssose dirty lying and deceiving Gibsobbitses ...

If only anyone here knows of an attorney in Germany who would defend Gibson... pro bono, of course.

uwe · April 24, 2018, 03:05:35 PM

We also do restructuring and insolvency work - one-stop-shopping!

Pilgrim · April 24, 2018, 05:06:13 PM

Sounds like Tronical is trying to get to the front of the line of creditors and recoup as much as possible while the boat sinks.

amptech · April 24, 2018, 11:09:49 PM

G for Germany!

uwe · April 25, 2018, 03:54:02 AM

Uh-uh, we've been lured by that before!

Alanko · April 25, 2018, 12:06:17 PM

Quote from: uwe on April 25, 2018, 03:54:02 AM
Uh-uh, we've been lured by that before!

Reminds me of a joke.

Q) How do you get a Starfighter?

A) Buy an acre of land in Germany, and wait.

uwe · April 25, 2018, 12:08:27 PM

Too true!

4stringer77 · April 25, 2018, 12:10:29 PM

Looking forward to hearing how you like the new RD. Hope you have better luck than another guy from a different forum that reported issues with a noisy preamp and or grounding even though you could argue that's a vintage correct feature.