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Gibson strikes again!

#242
chris4001asat said:
It was more in reference to their follow up email, offering to "work with us". We got the C and D, and then a phone call the next day....if you still want to make it, we can work something out..... and then an email a couple hours later to help "persuade" us.
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Classic protection racket.
 
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#243
Gibson.... sigh.... my thoughts...left themselves out to dry in bass market for quite a few years. The Midtown bass was a big disappointment tone wise & as far as QC... IMHO. However one their better basses was the Memphis custom shop ES-335 semi-hollow-body model albeit a 34" scale, short production in 2013 & poof... gone. Another one was the ES Memphis Les Paul model in 30.5" scale... 2016... poof.. gone. The choice is left to Thunderbirds, SG short scale for new models.
 
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JazzPbass NXT said:
The choice is left to Thunderbirds, SG short scale for new models.
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Not quite.

They released re-designed EB series in both 4 and 5 string versions back in 2017 and it's still in production. This year a short-scale Les Paul Junior DC bass saw its release, and the reactions to it have been mostly positive from what I can tell. They also did a limited run of re-vamped RD in 2018, but that one didn't seem to catch much attention anywhere.

One thing that one can hardly accuse Gibson of over the past 60 years is paying too much attention to bass players, but I guess that all of us are used to that by now.
 
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I just read an article that says Dean has countersued Gibson for damaging their relationship with their dealers. They're asking for maximum damages under the law and the removal of the trademarks for several of Gibson's models. So far I've only seen the one article. Media being what it is I usually don't fully believe anything until multiple news sources comment, but I thought I'd mention it.

IIRC Fender had some trademarks removed so it isn't far fetched.
 
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blue4 said:
I just read an article that says Dean has countersued Gibson for damaging their relationship with their dealers. They're asking for maximum damages under the law and the removal of the trademarks for several of Gibson's models. So far I've only seen the one article. Media being what it is I usually don't fully believe anything until multiple news sources comment, but I thought I'd mention it.

IIRC Fender had some trademarks removed so it isn't far fetched.
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This is a bit like my comedic post - if needing finance then the promise of possible licensing by not testing things in court can be better than discovering it is worthless in terms of the long term future. However, if the current owners are rolling the dice (win some, or maybe bankrupt the company) and don't have any allegiance to Gibson long term it might be entirely rational. And if it doesn't pay off the Harley Davidson might still buy the name even if actual Gibson never makes a guitar again. Given Heritage maybe this has already happened. Perhaps FMIC will buy the name given it's bought everything else. Then you can have a real Gibson Telecaster with optional removable headstock
 

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