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09-12-2004, 09:52 AM
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I don't know if it is true but I have been told by my buddy at Sam Ash that G.C. has acquired the right's to Gibson guitars. This means only G.C. will be able to sell Gibsons. Has anybody else heard this? I don't care for Gibson basses but like their g**tars and I think it would be ashame to limit the sales of that product to G.C. exclusively.
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09-12-2004, 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by pyrohr I don't know if it is true but I have been told by my buddy at Sam Ash that G.C. has acquired the right's to Gibson guitars. This means only G.C. will be able to sell Gibsons. Has anybody else heard this? I don't care for Gibson basses but like their g**tars and I think it would be ashame to limit the sales of that product to G.C. exclusively. | If GC owns Gibson, where is the wisdom in eliminating all the sales by other vendors? More guitar sales=more profit. Even if this is true, I'd be very surprised to see Gibson sales limited to GC.
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09-12-2004, 10:19 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: berkeley, ca | | | from what i've gleaned from guitar message boards, sam ash is currently at odds with gibson. ...for some reason.
and gibson is on a streak of ticking off everybody.
that said, i sincerely doubt that GC bought out gibson. i think it's just that they are one of the exclusive group of sellers that can still sell gibsons over the internet. or some crap like that. |
09-12-2004, 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Munjibunga If GC owns Gibson, where is the wisdom in eliminating all the sales by other vendors? More guitar sales=more profit. Even if this is true, I'd be very surprised to see Gibson sales limited to GC. | I don't get it either, While ordering a bass from Fender at Sam Ash my buddy told me they will no longer be getting in gibson guitars and that was the reason. I will find out more (i'll ask the manager) when I go to pick up my FMT 5. Another reason could be to sqeeze the competition out of the market, to make the competitions bottom line and profits smaller thus giving themselves a bigger market share.
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09-12-2004, 01:01 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Decatur, GA | | | The guy at Sam Ash is full of crap. GC has not bought out Gibson, but Gibson is doing their best to make sure no one else can afford to be a Gibson dealer.
The current buy-in to be Gibson dealer is $150,000--per store. And, then, the yearly buy in is $90,000. And, Gibson dealers are no longer allowed to offer their new instruments online.
So, basically, Guitar Center is going to be one of the few places that can afford to be a Gibson dealer, but that's about it. |
09-12-2004, 01:29 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Little Rock, AR | | | Yeap, heard the same thing from a friend of mine at a local store. Gibson sent them a letter telling them if they want to keep their dealership then they HAD to order 150K worth of gibson instruments. They even included a list of what guitars they had to buy!!! What a load of crap!
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09-12-2004, 01:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Ontario | | | Right now, I wouldn't put it past Gibson to restrict all sales to a single farm in southern Texas, that was surrounded by a 40 foot concrete wall with armed guards and barbed wire at the top. Anyone who actually had to buy a guitar either had to force their way in, or sneak in over the wall, through the moat, around the three headed dog, and into the belly of the beast. And once you get in, the basses in stock are not for sale, because they're used to fuel the furnace that cooks the food for all of the guards.
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09-12-2004, 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Govithoy Right now, I wouldn't put it past Gibson to restrict all sales to a single farm in southern Texas, that was surrounded by a 40 foot concrete wall with armed guards and barbed wire at the top. Anyone who actually had to buy a guitar either had to force their way in, or sneak in over the wall, through the moat, around the three headed dog, and into the belly of the beast. And once you get in, the basses in stock are not for sale, because they're used to fuel the furnace that cooks the food for all of the guards. | Wow. |
09-12-2004, 06:54 PM
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09-12-2004, 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Benjamin Strange GC not only just bought out Gibson, but also Mesa/Boogie, as well as the rights to using any images of the easter bunny, and just bought up tons of commercial space on the moon for future stores. | hey, you work for mesa boogie!
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