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Re: gibson going under.

Post by shadowplay » Mon Feb 26, 2018 11:31 am

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Have you seen the Raymond Weil Gibson watches?
I can't imagine Gibson will sell many of those watches now an Axl Rose offical watch atually exists. A bargain at a hundred grand a piece.

I hear Guns N Roses superfan Larry Mal has his name on the list.

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Re: gibson going under.

Post by Larry Mal » Mon Feb 26, 2018 11:42 am

My only regret is that I only have two wrists.
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Post by InLimbo » Mon Feb 26, 2018 12:03 pm

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That watch is $100,000.00

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Re: gibson going under.

Post by Larry Mal » Mon Feb 26, 2018 1:27 pm

It has a blue fucking skull on it. You pay extra for the blue.
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Post by Jaguar018 » Tue Feb 27, 2018 8:14 am

Take me down to TIMEPIECE CITY! :w00t:

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Re: gibson going under.

Post by wingnutkj » Tue Feb 27, 2018 10:26 am

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Post by kamillebidan » Tue Feb 27, 2018 10:41 am

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Post by higgsblossom » Tue Feb 27, 2018 11:38 pm

I had to laugh when I read that Axl Rose was something like a "style icon". His taste is legendary, but not because it's very good.

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Re: gibson going under.

Post by Haddock » Wed Feb 28, 2018 2:05 am

dezb1 wrote:
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After them shafting me by shutting cakewalk down... fuck em.
Oh by the way in case you have not heard : a software company called BandLab has bought Cakewalk from Gibson.
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Re: gibson going under.

Post by shadowplay » Wed Feb 28, 2018 5:06 am

higgsblossom wrote:
Tue Feb 27, 2018 11:38 pm
I had to laugh when I read that Axl Rose was something like a "style icon". His taste is legendary, but not because it's very good.

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To be fair that's one of his better outfits. He was busy, he forgot his trousers...it could happen to anyone...mark my words the trousers themselves would have been worse.

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Re: gibson going under.

Post by tammyw » Wed Feb 28, 2018 6:23 pm

Haddock wrote:
Wed Feb 28, 2018 2:05 am
Oh by the way in case you have not heard : a software company called BandLab has bought Cakewalk from Gibson.
I wonder how much they paid for it.

Also, doesn't Gibson still own some piano factories in China? It would be funny if that was actually more profitable than their guitar business, but it's probably just another sinking ship they're sorry to have gotten into. I have no idea.
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Re: gibson going under.

Post by dezb1 » Wed Feb 28, 2018 6:28 pm

Haddock wrote:
Wed Feb 28, 2018 2:05 am
dezb1 wrote:
Fri Feb 23, 2018 7:45 pm
After them shafting me by shutting cakewalk down... fuck em.
Oh by the way in case you have not heard : a software company called BandLab has bought Cakewalk from Gibson.
I did and am most pleased, hopefully all the staff keep their jobs as they've had great customer service and support over the years.

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Re: gibson going under.

Post by burpgun » Sat Mar 10, 2018 12:44 pm

So there’s some chatter out there Gibson could end up in foreign hands.

https://www.gearnews.com/heard-yamaha-b ... ake-sense/

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Re: gibson going under.

Post by Squirrel » Sat Mar 10, 2018 1:19 pm

^I know it's just a completely unsubstantiated rumor which almost certainly won't actually happen, but I'd be over the moon if Yamaha bought Gibson. They certainly know how to build some quality stuff, I could see them cutting the catalogue down to just the models that people actually want, and it would piss off the Harley-dads. Win-win.

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Re: gibson going under.

Post by shadowplay » Sat Mar 10, 2018 1:21 pm

Squirrel wrote:
Sat Mar 10, 2018 1:19 pm
Harley-dads.
They're in trouble too. Dark days for the ponytail and pattern balding rock steady crew.

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