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Why did Gibson go bust? Crappy business practices that's why. Let me give you an example:
Way back - I wanted a Gibson Explorer Pro (kind of like a 7/8ths size explorer for us compact sized people) - so I ordered one from a main UK dealer. Quite pricey it was too. But hey - you know how it is with guitars. Anyways, this was in the May time - come July I get a call from the dealer telling me that Gibson had cancelled the order as they were stopping making them - but they kept the ad for that model on their website until the January after.
So - TL;DR - they had a customer who had handed over money but they couldn't be assed to make it. So yeah - not surprised they went bust.
It was all good in the end - I got one off of eBay and then had it painted gold glitter flake candy apple red.
Oh, btw - hi everyone!
But I agree, Gibson has some strange policies when it comes to selling guitars. The way they treat their dealers is a great example of this; Gibson seem to be wilfully driving high street retailers out of business, and forcing most customers to buy online, unseen and unplayed. Not a popular policy with many guitarists. And with returns so easy from online sales, that doesn't even help them with their dodgy QC.
Also, they have a habit of discontinuing models just at the point when the public has noticed them, accepted them, and started buying them... only to introduce something else in it's place that no one has heard of.
Nobody heard of the iPhone until Apple made their announcement for a mobile phone nobody said they needed.
Nobody had heard of the ‘casters (read Esquire) until Leo gave it to the masses back in 1950. How did that work out?
Yes, Apple made failures too. Ever heard of the Apple Newton? You won’t be alone. But you know what? Released in 1993 Apple Newton was the ancestor of what we now know as the iPad (introduced in 2010). The Newton was so far ahead of it’s time (by 17 years), it was seen as too good to be true, so it flopped.
My point, just because something is unknown when introduced doesn’t make it a bad or wrong product or decision. It means the sales guys aren’t doing their job properly. Sure Gibson like most companies have their failures. But without failures, we wouldn’t have the success stories. Oh yes, the Les Paul sold so poorly in 1960, Gibson pulled it in favour of what became the SG. Yet Gibson reintroduced the Les Paul about 9 years later. What gives, eh?
FWIW, Yes, I do indeed remember the Newton (didn't own one). Apple ended up dropping it, when it failed to sell. They didn't forget the idea, and got it right in the end... Sure, loads of products that have been introduced have been new... errr, isn't that bleeding obvious? That's why they're new... Doh! (But it's a bit pointless to compare tech products with traditional electric guitars).
What Gibson tend to do is revamp their range, often dramatically, each year. Thus the SG 50s 60s 70s Future tribute/SG Futura/SGJ/SG Supreme/SG Diablo/SG Supra and so on (just to look at SOME of the RECENT SG models) get discontinued just in time for people to be noticing them, or discovering a mate has one & liking it, etc., only to find it's no longer available. When introduced, they were all models no one knew anything about, but within one or two years they'd gone, replaced by another model no one is familiar with... I've certainly heard dealers expressing exactly this issue with Gibson's range.