LOL at review on Gibson's web site

Holy War · #1 03-03-2009, 06:54 PM

"Bubba
Rating 6/10
Positive
Message to the folks at Gibson who decide the pricing: Are you aware that the country is in the worst economic crisis since the depression? Is it Gibson's new policy to cater only to the rich? Gibson guitars have ALWAYS been over priced since I can remember. In case you weren't aware of it,there's alot more guitar companies out there who are putting out an excellent product for a lot less. Why don't you smarten up and start lowering your prices so average Joes can afford to guy a Gibson. I'm not talking about the cheesy Epiphones or the Studio models or the faded models either. I 'm talking about the regular lines. Why don't you start off by lowering the price of this bass for starters. It just seems down right un-American to be charging such high prices when the country is struggling financially. Doesn't Gibson have a heart? "

Bubba seems to have it all about right. The fact this made it onto one of their products page makes me lol

oh and Motorhead's "Runaround Man" just came on the rotation

Holy War · #2 03-03-2009, 06:56 PM

oh and this was on the page for the new RI Grabber

Thunderscreech · #3 03-03-2009, 07:04 PM

LOL that is the greatest.

hover · #4 03-03-2009, 07:05 PM

you know what will really be effective? If no one buys their crappy overpriced homage pieces.

But sure, everyone inundate their inbox with this type of vitriol. I doubt it will change their ways one iota, but they would be idiotic to ignore it.

Webtroll · #5 03-03-2009, 07:21 PM

yeah they're getting ripped

santucci218 · #6 03-03-2009, 07:48 PM

yeah, they should lower their prices so i can finally get an SG

sarcastro83 · #7 03-03-2009, 08:00 PM

Hate to be the bearer of sense, but Gibson doesn't have a heart when it comes to their price gouging because there are, quite simply, people out there who allow themselves to be gouged by Gibson just because they want a guitar/bass that says "Gibson" on the headstock. It's a luxury item, a status symbol and a toy for those who are willing to pay... and those people are not few and far between.

Capitalism isn't rooted in being charitable, dudes... bottom line is that they're there to make money, and if their business model aint broke, they sure aint gonna fix it.

That being said, I wish they'd charge more reasonably for their products too... Daddy wants a Thunderbird.

whoatherechunk · #8 03-03-2009, 09:53 PM

gibson=bastards. i use a gibson bass though hahaha.

MJ5150 · #9 03-03-2009, 09:57 PM

This is why I don't play bass anymore. They're just too darn expensive these days. I remember back in the day when I could get a Hershey bar for a quarter and a bass for a good price. What a scam.

-Mike

**Eric Perry** · #10 03-03-2009, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by sarcastro83

Hate to be the bearer of sense, but Gibson doesn't have a heart when it comes to their price gouging because there are, quite simply, people out there who allow themselves to be gouged by Gibson just because they want a guitar/bass that says "Gibson" on the headstock. It's a luxury item, a status symbol and a toy for those who are willing to pay... and those people are not few and far between...

Replace Gibson with Fender and it's the exact same damn thing! A rip off.

MakiSupaStar · #11 03-03-2009, 10:45 PM

As much as I hate Gibson, I would still love to put a Les Paul in my stable. There aren't any basses of theirs that I like though. I could give a crap about both Gibson and Bubba.

Valerus · #12 03-03-2009, 10:47 PM

Gibson?

Barkless Dog · #13 03-04-2009, 05:48 AM

Quote:

Hate to be the bearer of sense, but Gibson doesn't have a heart when it comes to their price gouging because there are, quite simply, people out there who allow themselves to be gouged by Gibson just because they want a guitar/bass that says "Gibson" on the headstock. It's a luxury item, a status symbol and a toy for those who are willing to pay... and those people are not few and far between.

I am a huge Gibson bass fan, but admit there are just after $$$$. They are also idiots. They sign a deal for Guitar Hero to use their guitars in a lucrative deal, then turn around and sue them saying they had the idea for guitar hero years before. BFD!

They have not been a players company for a long time.

Relic · #14 03-04-2009, 06:14 AM

Gibson, Rickenbacker, Fender....
I may be wrong, but my impression is that they're sorta like the US car industry - workers demanding to be paid top dollar, best benefits around, lots of vacation and perks, then there's the CEO's who want that 3rd summer home in Maui..
Then there's the consumer who demands top of the line quality etc, (nothing necessarily wrong with that, but it all adds to it)
You can't just blame a company alone, we're all to blame. Unions, greedy CEO's, even consumers.. the list goes on. IMHO of course
Somewhere, something's gotta break

hover · #15 03-04-2009, 06:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Relic

Somewhere, something's gotta break

True, and it's usually their headstocks, right under the nut...

JKT · #16 03-04-2009, 06:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Relic

Gibson, Rickenbacker, Fender....
I may be wrong, but my impression is that they're sorta like the US car industry - workers demanding to be paid top dollar, best benefits around, lots of vacation and perks, then there's the CEO's who want that 3rd summer home in Maui..
Then there's the consumer who demands top of the line quality etc, (nothing necessarily wrong with that, but it all adds to it)
You can't just blame a company alone, we're all to blame. Unions, greedy CEO's, even consumers.. the list goes on. IMHO of course
Somewhere, something's gotta break

Whew, I knew if I hung in here someone would start making sense.

hover · #17 03-04-2009, 06:59 AM

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Originally Posted by JKT

Whew, I knew if I hung in here someone would start making sense.

Really? I thought I did at post #4... then again, I don't pine over labels. Many equal or greater instruments to be had for lesser coin, imo.

Relic · #18 03-04-2009, 07:06 AM

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Originally Posted by hover

Really? I thought I did at post #4... then again, I don't pine over labels. Many equal or greater instruments to be had for lesser coin, imo.

Well, your post 4 would be an effective way at curbing the over-pricing, but there are several ways to approach it. Boycotting their crap is one way, but so are the employees of said companies and ESPECIALLY the CEO's/leaders realizing that unless they make some sacrifices to keep their products competitive, their days are numbered.

By sacrifices I mean maybe trimming back on some extraneous stuff - for example, some CEO's and leadership staff at Japanese corporations are taking pay cuts and such, maybe trimming back a little bit on benefits? I dunno, I'm no expert but I maintain that the prices are not any one person's fault.

machine gewehr · #19 03-04-2009, 07:34 AM

Also if they lover the prices the brand name "Gibson" will lose value in time.Overpriced items are a status symbol and there'll be people to buy it.If they start selling 2 Les Pauls for the price of 1 (a price of a Les Paul at the current moment) people will be all over it.After a while people will start saying:"Gibson? Meh everyone has them its crap" even if they change nothing quality-wise.

WalterBush · #20 03-04-2009, 07:44 AM

Gibson's overpriced? Has anyone checked their '70's era LP prices and adjusted for inflation? It seems to me they've always been expensive. The reason their current $2000 guitars aren't as good as the old $2000 guitars is that a couple grand doesn't spend as far as it used to. They already lowered their price AND quality. These days you have to buy the AAAAA product line to get the same axe that used to be a production model.

Of course, they're not getting a dime out of me until they apologize publicly for destroying the Steinberger brand, no matter what their axes cost

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