Problems at Gibson?

[mikeluke]

Guys

This might be one of those urban myths but I heard a rumour at the weekend that Gibson might be in financial trouble - story goes that there is a large shipment of (Chinese) Epiphones which are stuck in transit as the supplier has not been paid - represents most of the Christmas stock for Europe.

Anyone else heard anything about this?

Mike

[Twinfan]

I seem to remember reading somewhere recently that the owners were looking for a buyer?

The whole Hendrix farce won't have helped their cause if they have a load of partially built guitars they now have to throw away....

[Dmoney]

i stumbled upon the london PR office the other day, should have popped in and politely asked if they're 'up sh*t creak'.

[MDV]

Yeah, they've lost their tiny little minds.

Holy explorers and Vs, zoot suit SGs, hendrix strats, the list goes on

[Dmoney]

true... i was waiting for the les paul commemorative les paul to come out... wonder why one hasnt really.

then i thought to myself, what REALLY happened to les paul, and a quick scout on the internerd revealed this photograph! the honchos at gibson really HAVE lost their minds to create such an abomination...





oh Les!

[Ian Price]

For the last few years Gibson have had the impression of a company that is struggling. Focussed way to much on niche guitars that are never going to be big sellers. Their business model needs a rethink if they are under the illusion Zoot Suits, Holy V's etc will keep them going.

They should do what Fender do and focus on making classic instruments that are great quality (some on here may say Fender aren't great quality).

[Twinfan]

true... i was waiting for the les paul commemorative les paul to come out... wonder why one hasnt really.

It has...

[Dmoney]

well...

now im almost ashamed that i use a gibson

[MDV]

There are at least 6 things for each of that advert that make me feel sick.

[Dmoney]

im tempted to fashion an email for them with a new business plan and tell them why its all going wrong.
i'll include pie charts and stuff as the chips that run the place may well need graphical aids.

[MDV]

I really hope that they dont sell any.

Not even one.

Meanwhile, back in the real world, there are certainly 564 guitarists and collectors that are dumb enough and rich enough to buy it.

Seriously, 6 per year he lived? That decision invloved an executive meeting and graphs, or a stoned teenager (its often hard to tell the difference).

Every single les paul out there is a les paul tribute.

Pay tribute to the...gibson marketing department for having the greed to memorialise les pauls life and cotribution to music with such a meticulously calculated profit margin.

The Log is a piece of history. That is cash in.

Based on the...because we didnt want to pay to refit a production line to make an actual replica, our cost engineers indicate that LPs memory holds insufficient capital.

They should have just made it a robot LP with onboard looper. LP would at least probably have liked that.

[Philly Q]

Whilst I don't disagree with the criticisms, I do like the look of that Goldtop.

[MDV]

im tempted to fashion an email for them with a new business plan and tell them why its all going wrong.
i'll include pie charts and stuff as the chips that run the place may well need graphical aids.

I've got a new business plan for them

Put the crack pipe down

Step away from it very slowly

Get back to making the gibsons that people like gibson for, and try to do so with some estimation of competence.

[Ratrod]

If Gibson comes up for sale, who should buy?

Fender, Rickenbacker, Peavey, Yamaha, ESP, Ibanez..........?????

I can say this: Fender is the best thing that ever happened to Gretsch.

[nfe]

Gibson UK are hysterical, but are also completely hamstrung by their US daddies.

For what it's worth, the head of Gibson UK says there's no truth to opening post, dunno whether he'd tell if it there was, but I have known him a long time.

The whole running of Gibson in Britain has gotten beyond a joke. It's ludicrous that Gibson wont give lead times on orders at all. Gibson UK doesn't know what stock they're being sent until the boat actually arrives in the UK. Shops don't know what Gibson or Epiphone stock they're getting till it arrives at their door...

Rosetti were terrible, but Gibson UK have managed to be worse.