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Looks like public backlash might have done the trick.
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190702/10545442512/gibson-guitar-declares-shift-ip-enforcement-after-most-recent-public-backlash.shtml
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07-03-2019 07:11 PM
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I truly hope in my life that I will see The Gibson guitar company loved as a great company not just for their iconic guitar designs.
I remember Westerly Guild as being a great guitar company. On a side note it would be great to see the AA made again.
The Westerly Artist Award was a awesome archtop.
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I think it's a real shame they're not doing any 'proper' archtops.
There's a heaps of alternatives out there, it's just sad to see the original innovator of the archtop not making them.
Nearly all the guitar sounds that caused me to take up the guitar came from Gibsons!
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Originally Posted by Doctor Jeff
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Not exactly confidence-inspiring, that a huge company like Gibson would feel a need to threaten something which isn't really stealing customers away. I don't think lawyering up is the way to get customers, great guitars would be my bet...
I don't have any issues moving Gibsons, because that's sort of what people want - myself included. I've had to admit that yes, while quality and playability is the deciding factor, it was magical for me to buy a Gibson - and it still is magical to me, to play a Gibson ES. A customer came to the store a couple of days ago and wanted to buy the ES-335 we have - but we found out that the nut had been filed too low, so that was a dud. I think that type of thing is more detrimental to sales than anything. Hell, I was trying the ES-175 at our sister store the next town over - absolutely magical guitar, it felt like playing a huge Steinway - but that $5000 guitar still had some orange peeling in the typical spots. These details can be killer to a customer that is on the fence! When I get customers that are on the fence about a Furch acoustic guitar, I can just tell them to play it and inspect the craftsmanship, cause those guitars arrive to our store in wonderful nick.
If you're sleeping on Furch acoustic guitars, consider this your PSA!
...anyway, what I'm saying is that the QC just isn't cutting it for thousand-dollar instruments. This isn't a sole factor, of course, but it makes a difference. Gibsons are instruments with a mojo that few others have. We all like 'em, don't we? Can't they just make -really nice- instruments? For some, that's enough. Jim Tyler sustains an international market of what I believe are the most expensive strats one can get, based on nearly nothing but word-of-mouth and the free press therein. It's just a damn good guitar. I get that Gibson is a different brand that is generally more consumer-grade, but come on. It has the history and cred, and the mojo so many of us still fall for. I can't believe how they seem to perpetually be in a state of crisis at the hands of some suits who don't "get" it.
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Originally Posted by zdub
Stay tuned.
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Originally Posted by mr quick
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Originally Posted by Cunamara
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Ibanez and Eastman seem to be good enough for George Benson, Pat Metheny, John Scofield, Jon Pisano, etc.
Plato's cave...
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Originally Posted by Stringswinger
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Originally Posted by arielcee
Benson with an LP, though hit the big time with a Gibson Johnny Smith.
Metheny started out with a 175.
Scofield started out with a 335.
And Pisano started out with a 175 as well.
It is interesting how many great guitarists start out with one iconic instrument, then over time try a different guitar or move to a boutique instrument as they "find their sound." And of course often they are offered a deal for a signature instrument. Ibanez has been VERY successful with this approach, probably even more than Gibson.
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Detroit-based Echopark Guitars signs licensing deal with Gibson
I think Gibson is trying to go upstream with its licensing and doesn't like the lack of prestige with Dean given Dean's pricing of the knock offs. Hence, it is OK to license to a boutique builder that charges mega bucks.
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Let's hope someone else starts building 175's then
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Originally Posted by mr quick
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Unless I am mistaken, you can only get new Seventy-Seven guitars on Ebay. There aren't a LOT of competitors out there to the 175 that you can actually play in a store. Even fewer are reasonably inexpensive (like the Epiphone 175--still listed on their website but not available new online)--D'Angelico? Gretsch? Guild?
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Originally Posted by Doctor Jeff
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I can only speak for myself, but I don't think I'd ever buy an instrument in that price range (or indeed any price range barring unusual circumstances, such as it being something extremely rare which I wanted) without trying it beforehand. Coincidentally, there is one at the sister store to the one I work at. I've tried a few different ES-175s, a 1960 model, a mid-sixties one, and a couple of newer ones, but this one stands out. Good thing I can't afford it
Has anyone played or had a Supro Amulet ?
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