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There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife
Turns out there is an H in Haych! ~ Sporky
Bit of trading feedback here.
There was a ring of red rouge under the felt of a strap button on my '74 precision when I took the button off for a clean and it came off (tho it was stubborn). Which implies Fender polished it with the button on (madness!!)
I wasn't in anyway trying to be disparaging about them being immigrants. It was the shock of unskilled workers who could barely communicate with management that floored me. Nationality or colour of skin had nothing to do with it.
When I was a kid I took a bus ride, then a train, then another bus to visit a shop in Leeds that "had a Gibson guitar in stock!"
I was 14 and me and my mates stared at it for hours! Eventually the shop guy let me play it and I duly played my 3 chords and was smitten for life. As I got older I vowed to own a Gibson one day.
I eventually did and was over the moon at owning one. It had that fabulous and coveted name on the headstock. Wow!
I couldn't believe what I saw in that factory. I suppose I expected to see craftsmen with chisels and wearing aprons. It opened my eyes so much that I lost faith in that magical myth of Gibson.
Having said all this I have also seen some really great Gibsons come in to my friends previous store so just buy with an open mind and open eyes.
I know you're not one of those "guitar racists" as I happen to know you're a fellow appreciator of a certain Korean-made guitar
22 years later that room would have been full of LP Burst bodies......
All's cool! I know you didn't mean anything too but there are people who still believe "only a Gibson is good enough"
Some of them really are good enough!!
Actually there is a pic of him destroying an SG.........maybe it didn't make the grade??!
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Plus it was just Dobro guitars built there before the move, not any of the Gibson solid bodies, ES, acoustics etc., so no I wouldn't assume any of the "guitar racists" would be bothered as they didn't build any Gibsons in Anaheim. I couldn't care who built mine, could've built by smackheads on the estate I grew up on, it's a great guitar and it matters not.
My head said brake, but my heart cried never.
Yes, it was just Dobro being made there and although my memory of the place is quite vivid, I can't be 100% sure of what was said but I do seem to remember him saying he had been thrown in at the deep end or words to that effect. He was out of his depth and he admitted it as he was strictly an office kind of guy.
Maybe the change of ownership is why some people left? Who knows!
It would have been NAAM 94 then in January.
My head said brake, but my heart cried never.
But I don't think our stories fit the worldview of those who love to think Gibson QC is awful so we'll just be ignored