Brand New August 2019 Gibson Factory Tour...

Didjat get to talk to the guys in the Quality Control department?
Did they offer you a job there? They should. They should hire all
of us as consultants, and pay us what we're worth.
They should pay us a lot, because we've seen a lot.

We'd set them straight. No more Gibsons shipped with crooked bridges,
or malfunctioning p'ups. No more badly cut nuts. No more glue squeezing
out all over... no more stains in the binding. We'd put a stop to all that.
No more flaws in the finish... no more Gibson Buzz-tone...
We'd suggest strongly that they check every guitar before shipping it.
We'd teach 'em what to look for.

Just think of how many "NGD/WTF" posts we've seen, where somebody bought
a new Gibson without ever seeing it, or playing it, and got a good deal,
(or maybe paid too much), and then
was unhappy with the tiniest little flaw.

I'll tell you something: I came aboard here in like 2009, and in the ten years since
then, I've seen too many of those kind of crybaby posts. It doesn't do any good
to tell someone: PLAY IT BEFORE YOU BUY IT... It's been a constant source of
irritation, and it never goes away. It's been the same for a decade.
Actually, it's been the same since I was a teen, hoping someday to own a Gibson.
Way back in the Sixties, people said that some Gibsons were the best best best,
and some were NOT... you had to play it, and then you'd know.
These days, guys just click on the 'buy now" button, and wait for the box
to arrive.

Too many people think that's the way to get a guitar. I don't know why.
True, I've done this. AND I've bought fine guitars online without ever seeing
them, or playing them. But I'm an experienced pro, and I know what I want.
When I want what an instrument can do, I go get it. If it's got problems, I just
fix it... because I want what that instrument can do. No crybaby stuff from
me, just great music provided by my Gibson.

Which is the point... IMHO. It's all about the music. I own three Gibsons.
And every time I play one of them, when I'm done and I set it down on its stand
it's with the spoken or unspoken comment: "What a Great Guitar..."
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Lucky me, eh? NONE of my three are "expensive" Gibsons. I don't believe in paying too much.
So I never go over to MLP, because posts there seem to make me crazy. It's the same on the
official "Gibson forum..." Not just too much cork sniffing, but WAY TOO MUCH.

Most of that is bull-taco. Or else I've been very lucky, and gotten three fine instruments
while other schmoes get lemons. Recently, I posted on a thread on the "Gibson guitar forum"
where guys were shaming Gibson for making the pick guards on their new acoustics out of
"Flubber."

So I wrote a post, where I said I was the proud owner of a "pre-bankruptcy" 2018 Gibson acoustic
guitar, and I wanted someone to explain to me what the term "Flubber' was referring to, and what
the negative effects of this substance might be, especially in relation to the music played on a
Gibson Acoustic guitar. I was curious, and wanted to learn something... if there was anything
to be learned.

I got zero responses. The thread continued, but NO ONE responded to my question.
It was as if I had never posted my question. Or, more likely... it was as if people just thumbed
in their posts without every reading anything written on that thread. Guys continued to flame
Gibson for making guitars out of "Flubber" without ever saying what that meant. As if every one
understood this term but me. *snorts...
 
Col Mustard said:
Didjat get to talk to the guys in the Quality Control department?
Did they offer you a job there? They should. They should hire all
of us as consultants, and pay us what we're worth.
They should pay us a lot, because we've seen a lot.

We'd set them straight. No more Gibsons shipped with crooked bridges,
or malfunctioning p'ups. No more badly cut nuts. No more glue squeezing
out all over... no more stains in the binding. We'd put a stop to all that.
No more flaws in the finish... no more Gibson Buzz-tone...
We'd suggest strongly that they check every guitar before shipping it.
We'd teach 'em what to look for.

Just think of how many "NGD/WTF" posts we've seen, where somebody bought
a new Gibson without ever seeing it, or playing it, and got a good deal,
(or maybe paid too much), and then
was unhappy with the tiniest little flaw.

I'll tell you something: I came aboard here in like 2009, and in the ten years since
then, I've seen too many of those kind of crybaby posts. It doesn't do any good
to tell someone: PLAY IT BEFORE YOU BUY IT... It's been a constant source of
irritation, and it never goes away. It's been the same for a decade.
Actually, it's been the same since I was a teen, hoping someday to own a Gibson.
Way back in the Sixties, people said that some Gibsons were the best best best,
and some were NOT... you had to play it, and then you'd know.
These days, guys just click on the 'buy now" button, and wait for the box
to arrive.

Too many people think that's the way to get a guitar. I don't know why.
True, I've done this. AND I've bought fine guitars online without ever seeing
them, or playing them. But I'm an experienced pro, and I know what I want.
When I want what an instrument can do, I go get it. If it's got problems, I just
fix it... because I want what that instrument can do. No crybaby stuff from
me, just great music provided by my Gibson.

Which is the point... IMHO. It's all about the music. I own three Gibsons.
And every time I play one of them, when I'm done and I set it down on its stand
it's with the spoken or unspoken comment: "What a Great Guitar..."
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Lucky me, eh? NONE of my three are "expensive" Gibsons. I don't believe in paying too much.
So I never go over to MLP, because posts there seem to make me crazy. It's the same on the
official "Gibson forum..." Not just too much cork sniffing, but WAY TOO MUCH.

Most of that is bull-taco. Or else I've been very lucky, and gotten three fine instruments
while other schmoes get lemons. Recently, I posted on a thread on the "Gibson guitar forum"
where guys were shaming Gibson for making the pick guards on their new acoustics out of
"Flubber."

So I wrote a post, where I said I was the proud owner of a "pre-bankruptcy" 2018 Gibson acoustic
guitar, and I wanted someone to explain to me what the term "Flubber' was referring to, and what
the negative effects of this substance might be, especially in relation to the music played on a
Gibson Acoustic guitar. I was curious, and wanted to learn something... if there was anything
to be learned.

I got zero responses. The thread continued, but NO ONE responded to my question.
It was as if I had never posted my question. Or, more likely... it was as if people just thumbed
in their posts without every reading anything written on that thread. Guys continued to flame
Gibson for making guitars out of "Flubber" without ever saying what that meant. As if every one
understood this term but me. *snorts...
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I too love my Gibsons....and I "pick on" Bully Guitar Co. because well......
1. I can--Im a customer
2. in some ways I think it might HELP them do better
3. I HAVE bought "duds" -----of recent models

USed -- vintage -- "been around the block" stuff if it has an issue I dont FAULT GIBSON -- but when you pull a shiny NEW guitar out of the box and things dont work...dont set up-- dont intonate no matter how you adjust them....well -- thats ON THE MAKER ---
That said I love my Gibsons........I will BUY other Gibsons (hopefully MANY over the years)

I know nothing of the FLUBBER on acoustics.....I have an OLD vintage EPiphone Acoustic in a case.....its very nice and comes out around Christmas each year for several songs...........and then returns to its case.....

I do hope they can turn things around and fix the issues-- and strengthen the company in a new non "BULLY" way --- :)
 
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