Gibson appoint new CEO

darcym

does he actually play / have a musical interest, or is it pure business 

DrJazzTap

I was expecting the bloke from the 80s laundrette advert.

richardhomer

Philly_Q said:

^  Great minds...

I wouldn’t go that far....

Philly_Q

DrJazzTap said:

I was expecting the bloke from the 80s laundrette advert.

I thought Nick Kamen was the bloke who sold Hamer and Ovation to Fender...

richardhomer

Philly_Q said:

DrJazzTap said:

I was expecting the bloke from the 80s laundrette advert.

I thought Nick Kamen was the bloke who sold Hamer and Ovation to Fender...

Presumably you heard it through the grapevine?

ICBM

darcym said:

does he actually play / have a musical interest, or is it pure business 

He apparently owns a 60s J-45...

I used to as well. Stupidly, I sold it some years ago so now I'm not the CEO of Gibson.

scrumhalf

So if one of next year's Les Pauls gets wet, will it shrink down to Junior size?

ourmaninthenorth

So Gibson's will be made in China after all....

Philly_Q

scrumhalf said:

So if one of next year's Les Pauls gets wet, will it shrink down to Junior size?

Only if you play it in the bath.

breakstuff

richardhomer said:

Philly_Q said:

^  Great minds...

I wouldn’t go that far....

Wibble.

richardhomer

ICBM said:

darcym said:

does he actually play / have a musical interest, or is it pure business 

He apparently owns a 60s J-45...

So at least guitars are in his jeans....

antonyiv

Ok, first of all...

Other new appointments include Cesar Gueikian as CMO (chief merchant officer); Kim Mattoon as CFO (chief financial officer); and Christian Schmitz as CPO (chief production officer), all of which are effective from 1 November 2018.

CMO is Chief Marketing Officer, not merchant officer... Yes, this person will deal with the supply chain, however, the role includes many more responsibilities.

CPO is Chief Product Officer, not production...  Product is much broader term that includes new product development, for example.

Second, I don't understand why American upper managements believes so much in the bullshit Bingo and bulshitting in general:

“Gibson has been a pioneer of craftsmanship and innovation in musical instruments and has been synonymous with shaping the sounds of generations and genres for more than 100 years. I am very honoured to play a leading role with this iconic brand.

I wish somebody can just step in and say the truth: "Henry rebuilt the brand but then fucked it up with "innovation" and questionable quality. We will try to fix that somehow". 

ourmaninthenorth

Used to be a guitar company there, now it's just private equity acrobatics.

Just what the world needs, another company full to the brim with short grab fiscal chancers. 

I haven't bought a Gibson guitar since they sacked Ed Wilson...nothing here to convince me anything's changed.

The boycott endures.

To quote, I think Aristotle ... "fook it " 

octatonic

I would have called this thread ‘jean genie’.

IvisonGuitars

They've definitely give Henry the Boot(cut) then??

terada

Levi, a historic American icon, all now made in Thailand except one premium USA line.

Gibson, a historic American icon, all now made in X except one premium USA line

Rabs

miserneil said:

They've definitely give Henry the Boot(cut) then??

He will apparently be a consultant for the next year or so but wont run anything.

octatonic

Rabs said:

miserneil said:

They've definitely give Henry the Boot(cut) then??

He will apparently be a consultant for the next year or so but wont run anything.

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roberty

terada said:

Levi, a historic American icon, all now made in Thailand except one premium USA line.

Gibson, a historic American icon, all now made in X except one premium USA line

I imagine that moving production overseas would dent the Epiphone side of things, and the guitar business is apparently doing well.  Hopefully they just ramp up the QC/consistency.  They could increase profitability by lowering the rate of returns.  Peach sent somewhere between 6 and 8 R8s back to be pulped due to blemishes

FelineGuitars

He looks familiar .......and he could weald a weapon called Lucille....Hmmm!