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Gibson Acquires Mesa/Boogie
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I put in an order for a new Glockenklang today before AB-InBev buys them out and starts assembling them in St. Louis.
Well crap. Gibson has a long storied tradition of trashing acquired brands. I liked mesa. I am not optimistic... at all.
Sorry, wasn't it Mike that took the deal and the non-compete FROM Gibson? It seems to me he wanted out. Even though he eventually came back with what many consider to be a superior instrument at MTD.
I often wonder if Ned took that deal because he realized the demand for those instruments was dwindling and the design philosophy didn't quite match what he wanted to do next... He did come back with NS.
The point is that the Tobias brand became a shadow of itself under Gibson management, independent of what Mike Tobias went on to do with MTD.
That didn't seem to matter to Mike. I don't think he sold the business to make it grow.
"I'm 75 years-old and still at work every day,"
At that age (and I'll soon be 66), HOW LONG do you get to wait until you can walk away, smell the roses, and enjoy a life after one hell of a career? I can understand this from Randall Smith completely. No matter how wonderful a job is, at some point, you just want to be out from under the day to day churn and burn, I'd think especially so after FIFTY YEARS on a job.
I also was told in no uncertain terms by a serious pro guitarist who doubles as a floor manager for a big guitar store here in Nashville who'd be the first to pooh-pooh Gibson, that the Gibsons they get in these days are the best they've ever seen, by far.
So, I hope for the best.
At that age (and I'll soon be 66), HOW LONG do you get to wait until you can walk away, smell the roses, and enjoy a life after one hell of a career? I can understand this from Randall Smith completely. No matter how wonderful a job is, at some point, you just want to be out from under the day to day churn and burn, I'd think especially so after FIFTY YEARS on a job.
I also was told in no uncertain terms by a serious pro guitarist who doubles as a floor manager for a big guitar store here in Nashville who'd be the first to pooh-pooh Gibson, that the Gibsons they get in these days are the best they've ever seen, by far.
So, I hope for the best.
Well, let's say worst case scenario happens and Mesa Boogie becomes a badge on $100 8" bass combos made in Bangladesh. The bar has been raised considerably by the Subway series of amps and cabs and that mark on the history and evolution of the bass amp is not going away.
Im wondering if your friends store just gets better stock because the brand new gibsons at big boxes in the midwest have been just as bad as anything theyve done in the last 10 years. I was very excited after the new management took over and went last year to buy a guitar...left with a Fender.
Mesa may return to being available at Guitar Center.
HEY!!! The Ampeg heads that were made in StL get a fair amount of respect!
Ya know, I was thinking that and wondering if the "price fixing" will be a thing of the past for them now. Not that I'm willing to buy anything post-gibson but still. I do need to go get some cabs before they sell through existing stock.Mesa may return to being available at Guitar Center.
Stand by for the announcement that you can no longer just show up at @agedhorse house with an amp for same day repair. You know it’s coming.
