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Originally Posted by LtKojak
Just take it easy on our Jabberwocky, will ya.
He, she or whatever that delightful human is, is one of the pillars of our great forum. And like you, (but in a different way), forgot more shtuff than the rest of us will ever know..
be a good boy now..
JD
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03-13-2018 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by entresz
Originally Posted by vinnyv1k
Originally Posted by ugarte
But Henry's treatment of Baldwin Pianos is instructive. Baldwin stopped almost all American production in 2007. They have a small American staff which builds custom grand pianos and finishes some grands which are built at the Baldwin plant(s) in China.
In short, that would mean that Gibson Guitars becomes like Collings or Benedetto -- they make dozens of high-line American guitars every month,. The difference is that New Gibson could also continue printing as many Epiphones as WalMart wants to sell, That sounds like a medium-term notion to me.
Gibson is best able to shed the dozen lines of economic deadwood through a bankruptcy. I could picture a pre-packaged Chapter 11 with an investor ready to buy Gibson and Epiphone, consolidating US production in one plant. The remaining lines of Philips, TEAC / TASCAM / Escoteric, Onkyo / Pioneer, Cerwin Vega, Stanton, KRK, Baldwin Piano, Cakewalk, Steinberger, Tobias etc. get sold.
Back to my cave . . . .
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Originally Posted by Sam Sherry
Last edited by Jim Soloway; 03-13-2018 at 11:55 PM.
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There are more "speculators" on this thread than in a Goldman Sachs boardroom.
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Originally Posted by JGinNJ
Just semantics in some ways really but I don’t see Gibson as having done the same as the other companies with having guitars built in Asia, Mexico or whatever because they have a different name on the guitar. I’m sure that part of this is to make people really want to get the “Gibson” on the headstock and to make them pay the premium to have it but others will just go to another brand. I have no idea how much this impacts their sales although I would be curious to know that.
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Not everyone cringed. The high end japanese guitars have been higher quality than their american counterparts for years. Certainly finish and attention to detail. OTOH, only the lower end sadowskys are made in japan although they are fabulous instruments. However, the high end sadowskys are still hand made in NYC, USA.
Originally Posted by Jabberwocky
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Originally Posted by jzucker
From minute 5:00-15:00 Roger Sadowsky talks about he came about making his Archtop instruments. From what i understand, all his archtop are made in Japan in the factory where his Metro line of basses are made.
For the record, it's been my impression that Sadowsky sells a lot more basses than guitars, both solidbody and archtops combined.
Anyway, every minute of the almost hour-long video is time well spent. Specially the part where he talks about the importance of a good setup.
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They all laughed at Christopher Columbus when he said the world was round. They all laughed when Edison recorded sound. They all laughed at Wilbur and his brother when they said that man could fly. They told Marconi wireless was a phony. It is the same old cry...
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East Asia is closer to Europe if you travel eastward. Westwards from Europe there is 2 biggest oceans to cross. Of course eastways before Suez canal it was much bigger distance than now, if you must travel sailing.
This is meant as an comment to one of Bluedawg`latest posts.Last edited by savofenno; 03-15-2018 at 08:33 AM.
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Originally Posted by Stringswinger
That is the question isn't it. What would a Chinese company do with Gibson? Just the thought of that emotes fear in the heart of a made in America archtop fan. Gibson?! Oh my, how times are a changin'
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The model is Eastman, a Chinese company that owns such high-end instrument manfacturers like Shires trombones, Backun clarinets and Haynes flutes.
Last edited by Bach5G; 03-16-2018 at 12:42 AM.
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