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Scotty477

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Gibson to merge with a Danish company
« on: January 19, 2008, 05:22:44 PM »
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« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2008, 05:41:15 PM »
TC Electronic and Gibson?

What the hell?

I guess Gibson want to move more into the effects market?

I just hope the G System doesn't become the G-ibson System...
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Will

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« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2008, 05:48:36 PM »
So, is this good news for Gibson QC?
Wonder why they are actually doing it
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« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2008, 05:59:55 PM »
Quote from: Will
So, is this good news for Gibson QC?
Wonder why they are actually doing it


It means nothing for Gibson QC - TC don't make guitars.
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« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2008, 06:07:52 PM »
Just wondering if Gibson may try and improve their rep, as TC is perceived (by me atleast) as high quality thats good.
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« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2008, 06:22:52 PM »
As usual Gibson are following Fender's moto - which used to be 'make innovative solid body guitars' and now is 'Buy Everything'
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« Reply #6 on: January 19, 2008, 06:23:58 PM »
I think the main reason is due to TC's technology in terms of guitar effects modelling etc.

It seems Gibson's really getting into the whole digital effects thing since the success of Line 6 with the Pod etc, just look at the Robot Guitar, they're clearly becoming interested in this sort of thing.

By "merging" with TC there's a chance they'll be putting TC's digital effects systems into their guitars...

Buying a Les Paul with a reverb module would be quite cool tbh...
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« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2008, 06:49:47 PM »
i wondered whether this means we will be seeing a modelling gibson... but gibson already has the digital LP in the works

http://www.gibson.com/DigitalGuitarNew/gibsonDigital.html

should be an interesting merger all the same
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« Reply #8 on: January 19, 2008, 07:04:41 PM »
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i wondered whether this means we will be seeing a modelling gibson... but gibson already has the digital LP in the works

http://www.gibson.com/DigitalGuitarNew/gibsonDigital.html

should be an interesting merger all the same


A digital output - But as far as I know - there are no inbuilt effects.
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« Reply #9 on: January 19, 2008, 07:11:55 PM »
i cant see this being much different from the many other companies gibson have bought.

TC will probably just operate as before, but gibson will own them.
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« Reply #10 on: January 19, 2008, 07:14:26 PM »
I'm pretty shocked, to be honest.  I saw "merger" and thought yeah, you mean Gibson is taking over TC.  

But TC's Anders Fauerskov is the new CEO of the merged business, and (even more surprisingly) is remaining based in Denmark.  That seems pretty different from Fender's drive for world domination.

I had no idea TC was such an (apparently) big company.
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« Reply #11 on: January 19, 2008, 07:23:37 PM »
Indeed.

This merger seems far more weighted to TC's side.

I wonder if Gibson hit some financial problems?
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« Reply #12 on: January 20, 2008, 02:02:03 AM »
Quote from: Philly Q
I'm pretty shocked, to be honest.  I saw "merger" and thought yeah, you mean Gibson is taking over TC.  

But TC's Anders Fauerskov is the new CEO of the merged business, and (even more surprisingly) is remaining based in Denmark.  That seems pretty different from Fender's drive for world domination.

I had no idea TC was such an (apparently) big company.


TC has stuff in the studio world too, aside from expensive guitar effects! :p
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« Reply #13 on: January 20, 2008, 07:40:09 AM »
Oh maybe if they start making Gibsons in Denmark, we can buy them cheaper in Europe?

Anyone having experience with Danish Mahogany, Rosewood and Maple?
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« Reply #14 on: January 20, 2008, 09:34:06 AM »
TC are the bigger company so Gibson are European now?!?!

This should be interesting.
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