And the list goes on. For a guitar company that hails by its trademark is floundering in its Quality is sad. When the consumer pays out good dollars for a top quality guitar you expect a top quality guitar. To me Gibson has rested on their laurels all these years. If they don't change their way of thinking, get back to the drawing board and make the changes they need to do with their quality they will go down. There is no longer a large base of young guitarists who will put out large sums of cash to have the name Gibson on the headstock, they simply don't have the money. And secondly the baby boomers are dying off so they wont be purchasing expensive guitars. There is one particular Gibson les Paul that has come into the shop in the last 6 months or so, selling price was around $400, I played it and was not impressed with quality or sounds that came out of it. You can buy a Squire Affinity Strat built in Indonesia for $270 which I once owned one, which played very well. Time will tell if Gibson has the staying power, in a market that is flooded with very good playing guitars from other Manufacturers .
