Gibson goes after Warmoth

Started by Dave W, February 01, 2013, 03:38:39 PM

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TBird1958

#15
February 02, 2013, 12:05:44 PM
Quote from: jumbodbassman on February 02, 2013, 09:42:44 AM

This is Henry being Henry.    Most litigious person i have ever worked with.  I remember him being proud when talking about all the infringement lawsuits he has filed.     
When he paid out the loan after selling him Baldwin we celebrated big time.   That being said there were some small lawsuits since then but mostly regarding the prior BOD to Henry buying the company  and some employee related stuff.  Now of course that GE Capital have parted ways I hope he sues them big time....


I remember bringing up this with Mike Lull and he basically laughed, Gibson (Henry) doesn't have a leg to stand on at least re the Thunderbird. OTOH Warmoth's T Bird body is no great shakes..............Hardly a loss as far as I'm concerned. 
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lowend1

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February 02, 2013, 11:18:30 PM
Quote from: TBird1958 on February 02, 2013, 12:05:44 PMOTOH Warmoth's T Bird body is no great shakes..............Hardly a loss as far as I'm concerned. 

Except maybe for this one they had a couple of years back. Priced too rich for my blood, but a beauty nonetheless.
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Bionic-Joe

#17
February 03, 2013, 09:18:56 AM
The neck sticks out WAY too far.

TBird1958

#18
February 03, 2013, 09:49:58 AM


What Baz said! The pocket rout on that ensures fail. The Warmoth guys showed up at a Seattle Talkbass GTG and when I questioned them about it they admitted it, and said they were thinking about disco'ing it anyway........
That is a nice plank tho.
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lowend1

#19
February 03, 2013, 02:52:50 PM
I fell in love with that tobacco burst flamed top. I wanted it just to hang on the wall as is.
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godofthunder

#20
February 03, 2013, 02:55:40 PM
 I never had a problem with the Warmoth neck pocket, nice upper register access. I've got long arms, felt good to me.
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uwe

#21
February 04, 2013, 08:24:27 AM Last Edit: February 04, 2013, 09:53:51 AM by uwe
Scott Gibbon!  :mrgreen:

I could do that too probably, I can even comfortably play the long deleted Epi Gothic Extreme bass with its shark bite SG Body and a double octave longscale neck thru structure NOT set deep into the body (you don't need to with a neck thru construction, it will still be stable). But that bass' low F is probably outside of the comfortable reach of 95% of bass players. I's sure that its designer had long arms and no one noticed until too late. It was deleted in less than a year.



Or maybe the "Extreme" in its name alluded to extremities ...  :mrgreen:
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gearHed289

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February 04, 2013, 09:28:01 AM
Quote from: Baz Cooper on February 03, 2013, 09:18:56 AM
The neck sticks out WAY too far.

Agreed. Plus, why is it 1-3/4'' thick?
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