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#78,901
Haji said:
Not lack of pride. Lack of time. Henry required 600 instruments a day production out of a factory that was designed to do about 300 a day. One of the reasons they've declared bankruptcy is that a hell of a lot of those instruments weren't already sold and went into one of Gibson's many warehouses.
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Haji said:
I ain't heard nothin', but I wouldn't be all that surprised if they tap Dave Berrymann for the job. We'll know soon either way.
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Haji said:
They sit...and sit and sit...in one of many warehouses. Gibson has a LOT of finished instruments waiting to be sold.

I would expect this reorg to include a change in dealer terms so that independents can afford to carry them again.
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The musical instrument business was not the albatross. The electronics business was. That is the part being disassembled and removed. What KKR (and other debt holders) liked was the musical instruments business. What they didn't like was Henry and his ill-advised foray into consumer electronics.

A new CEO will not be announced until restructuring is finished and that likely takes 6-12 months. For now, the Chief Restructuring Officer is running things.

I fully expect all dealer contracts will be revisited as part of the restructuring. One of the things with bankruptcy is that you get to reopen your contracts if the court allows it.
 
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#78,903
Haji said:
Not lack of pride. Lack of time. Henry required 600 instruments a day production out of a factory that was designed to do about 300 a day. One of the reasons they've declared bankruptcy is that a hell of a lot of those instruments weren't already sold and went into one of Gibson's many warehouses.
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I never REALLY blamed the employees, I always figured there was some factor out of their control causing some of the quality issues. I guess I never realized what kind of overbearing butthead ole Juskie is. Such a shame. My first Gibson was a Les Paul Studio I bought back in 1998 from a little Mom and Pop store here locally. When I bought it the owner told me even then that he wasn't going to be a Gibson dealer for much longer because of the increasing demands and requirements from them. If you're an hour north of Nashville, that puts you near Bowling Green Ky, right? That's in my neighborhood.
 
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#78,904
Larry V said:
Still slimy after being sauteed in butter? I would've thought the sauteing process would cook that off.
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Funny thing, I’d ordered something else as an appetizer, the snails showed up! My family dared me to eat them, smothered in garlic, butter and seated on a mushroom. They were quite good, definitely not slimy
 
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#78,905
TBird1958 said:
Funny thing, I’d ordered something else as an appetizer, the snails showed up! My family dared me to eat them, smothered in garlic, butter and seated on a mushroom. They were quite good, definitely not slimy
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A snail bought a Nissan 300Z. He asked them to paint out the "Z" and put on an"S". That way as he drove past people would say "Look at that "S"car go!.................................:sorry:
 
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Larry V said:
Still slimy after being sauteed in butter? I would've thought the sauteing process would cook that off.
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Could well have been me not getting past that they were snails.

Tell you what I did have that was amazing was mashed potato, one of my pet hates normally. They were made by sauteing oyster mushrooms in butter and garlic then adding to a blender to make into a puree before adding the cooked potatoes and cream. Unbelievably nice, we had them in Le Mans, I asked the waiter how they were made and he took me to the kitchen to show me. We had those with a steak that had been sliced very thinly then reassembled before cooking so when you ate it it just fell apart in your mouth. Simple meal but honestly one of the nicest I've ever had. We've tried to replicate it but never successfully.
 
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#78,907
Unclejackrock said:
I never REALLY blamed the employees, I always figured there was some factor out of their control causing some of the quality issues. I guess I never realized what kind of overbearing butthead ole Juskie is. Such a shame. My first Gibson was a Les Paul Studio I bought back in 1998 from a little Mom and Pop store here locally. When I bought it the owner told me even then that he wasn't going to be a Gibson dealer for much longer because of the increasing demands and requirements from them. If you're an hour north of Nashville, that puts you near Bowling Green Ky, right? That's in my neighborhood.
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What part are you from? I lived close to Glasgow for several years and used to go to BG when I could.
 
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#78,909
TwyreZ said:
NS4 with wenge neck is awesome.
I also recognize a Warwick Infinity, very good bass too (I'm a fan of WW)
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The Warwick Infinity SE has a bass ball sized neck with extreme neck dive,. Beautiful bass of exotic woods, but a struggle to play all night due to that diving heavy neck. Warwick has a metal channel in the neck around the truss rod that adds a lot of weight. Should have don the Spector idea of Carbon fiber rods instead. But a beautiful bass for sure, just not an easy playing all nighter.
 
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#78,913
theFixer said:
YEAH baby!!! There's a rocker! TBH... I've heard Jeff Beck play that song many times before and loved it. I honestly didn't care for his playing on this particular version. I love the tune, and prefer it played a little straighter. I like for the guitar work, to work with, and enhance the groove. In this version, his guitar "grooved" like a house fly in a Mason jar. I'm cool with that... I just don't care for it so much on this particular song, ya dig?

NOBODY does it like Freddie King did... and Jeff Beck would back me up on that!:cool:
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I dig man.
 
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#78,915
Larry V said:
That’s not been my experience. My Gibson cases have a much more durable tolex covering. The one Epi case I’ve owned was new and it got scraped up just pulling it out of the cardboard box. :roflmao:

Not kidding. :bored:



I’ve got a couple of the Made in Canada cases. :thumbsup:
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Case of my NR 2013 is made in Canada and his smell very very goooooooooOOOOd.......
the same smell on a woman and I fall in love (or I do not answer of anything) !
 
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TBird1958 said:
Funny thing, I’d ordered something else as an appetizer, the snails showed up! My family dared me to eat them, smothered in garlic, butter and seated on a mushroom. They were quite good, definitely not slimy
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Escargot are outstanding. The French can make almost anything into food, and good food at that.
 
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#78,920
TwyreZ said:
Sound is too clean.


I take the opportunity to pass the message, I'm looking for Gibson TB+ PUs, I will put on chrome covers ...
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I have a set of Gibson pickups that came out of my 2002 T Bird (put Lollars in that one)...PM me if you’re interested :)
 
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