Gibson Garage, London...

OilCityPickups

AlbertC said:

OilCityPickups said:

AlbertC said:

Dominic said:

Sounds like a Bullshit shop to me
All these 'branded ' type shops are bullshit .........the minute you can buy a T shirt/cap etc you know they are simply peddling bullshit to gullible people .....whether it's guitars ,sport, motor, etc
Harley Davidson are the 2 wheel equiv of Gibson in the 'good 'ol USA fashion ' .....their stock listing is a fasion merchandise Co. not a Motorcycle Co as the Revenue generated is principally from clothing, key-rings and general tat like a Harley Dartboard !! ....not V-twin Motorcycles .........Sad
That Gibson shop is actually an Americana Nostalgia Store 
Go give them your money..........

It provides an opportunity to go and try out some very fabulous guitars from an iconic brand and it’ll cost you absolutely nothing. There were all sorts in there from old fellas like me to teenage kids loving it. 

Why not actually try going there and experience it first before cynically slagging it off from your armchair? 

Hummm ... trying out something I almost certainly can't afford - with headphones - surrounded by old fellas and teenage kids - 
nah ... sounds like medieval torture. 

Well I can't afford a Ferrari but I wouldn't necessarily turn down the opportunity to sit in one or have a short test drive. 
Yeah, the environment isn't the best but you get to hold these guitars and see how they feel and look up close, so if I was thinking of buying a Gibson (most likely from another place) it's useful knowledge to have. 

Got to have a go in a Lamborghini Huracán a while back ... however with speed bumps and a pretty much universal 20 mph speed limit around our bit of London - nice noises were pretty much all I could make :-)

notsopro

Dominic said:

Sounds like a Bullshit shop to me
All these 'branded ' type shops are bullshit .........the minute you can buy a T shirt/cap etc you know they are simply peddling bullshit to gullible people .....whether it's guitars ,sport, motor, etc
Harley Davidson are the 2 wheel equiv of Gibson in the 'good 'ol USA fashion ' .....their stock listing is a fasion merchandise Co. not a Motorcycle Co as the Revenue generated is principally from clothing, key-rings and general tat like a Harley Dartboard !! ....not V-twin Motorcycles .........Sad
That Gibson shop is actually an Americana Nostalgia Store 
Go give them your money..........

what exactly makes them bullshit shops? because you don't like them? Can you name 1 large brand in any sector that doesn't sell 'merch'. It's a business model that makes money, because that is the idea. You talk about Harley Davidson, where are you getting your numbers from that revenue is principally from merch and 'general tat'? Let's say you're right though and that is true, because you think it's tat doesn't mean some people don't want a Harley Shirt / Cap. So if you're saying a company selling merch to people who want to buy it is 'bullshit.. then your thought process might be the 'bullshit'. 

It is a Nostalgia store to a degree where it wants to showcase their history, but it is also a guitar shop as yes they do also sell guitars. I can't see the logic in why people think it's a bad thing, it's only a good thing for the industry and I haven't been, have no plans to go, but can still see that.

Offset

Kurtis said:

Offset said:

Kurtis said:

Offset said:

munckee said:

Sporky said:

munckee said:

I went there yesterday, for the first time ever I saw some guitar tshirts I quite liked - but they were £54.  I was also stood on my own looking at the murphy lab stuff and a security guard walked round the corner and stared at me while holding his ear like an FBI agent and said "yes, I've got eyes on him now." he could have only meant me so why I aroused suspicion I don't know.

S'probbly because you're so pretty. 

I remember some american chaps in the deep south commenting on how pretty my mouth was, which I thought was jolly kind of them.

Was this in a place called Deliverance?

Aw man, that movie was so messed up!!

I mean, surely if you're going to get into that kind of thing you wait for Burt Reynolds to come down the river?

You may want to rephrase that.

I thought it was funny 


(it's actually a joke stollen from Who is Cletis Tout) 

I was joking but I did miss the reference :-)

OilCityPickups

notsopro said:

Dominic said:

Sounds like a Bullshit shop to me
All these 'branded ' type shops are bullshit .........the minute you can buy a T shirt/cap etc you know they are simply peddling bullshit to gullible people .....whether it's guitars ,sport, motor, etc
Harley Davidson are the 2 wheel equiv of Gibson in the 'good 'ol USA fashion ' .....their stock listing is a fasion merchandise Co. not a Motorcycle Co as the Revenue generated is principally from clothing, key-rings and general tat like a Harley Dartboard !! ....not V-twin Motorcycles .........Sad
That Gibson shop is actually an Americana Nostalgia Store 
Go give them your money..........

what exactly makes them bullshit shops? because you don't like them? Can you name 1 large brand in any sector that doesn't sell 'merch'. It's a business model that makes money, because that is the idea. You talk about Harley Davidson, where are you getting your numbers from that revenue is principally from merch and 'general tat'? Let's say you're right though and that is true, because you think it's tat doesn't mean some people don't want a Harley Shirt / Cap. So if you're saying a company selling merch to people who want to buy it is 'bullshit.. then your thought process might be the 'bullshit'. 

It is a Nostalgia store to a degree where it wants to showcase their history, but it is also a guitar shop as yes they do also sell guitars. I can't see the logic in why people think it's a bad thing, it's only a good thing for the industry and I haven't been, have no plans to go, but can still see that.

Living in London, anything that brings in tourists is a good thing - so great that it's open for them. At 64 I count myself as still being too young for nostalgia ;-)

AlbertC

Guitarists moaning about a new guitar shop opening? …

only on TFB!  

Musicman20

I wonder how long this will last? 

I like good band t shirts, but still not sold on guitar brand clothing at all. 

I am extremely cynical of Gibson, despite owning two. I like their instruments but their marketing/pricing/overall 'rawk n roll' image makes me feel a bit meh.

I do look forward to the day Cesar and Agnesi are replaced with younger musicians who understand new modern music. 

Anyway, I suppose it brings tourists in/brings business to the area which is never a bad thing.

Personally I'd be more interested if it were a Fender store...but again I doubt I'd buy from there. 

Offset

Musicman20 said:

I am extremely cynical of Gibson, despite owning two. I like their instruments but their marketing/pricing/overall 'rawk n roll' image makes me feel a bit meh.

Yep, you've summed up my views fairly well, althugh I'd hesitate to say I like their instruments (I own just the one).  I have however come round to paying GG a visit when I'm next in town based on what others have said here.

Philly_Q

Musicman20 said:

I do look forward to the day Cesar and Agnesi are replaced with younger musicians who understand new modern music. 

It will happen... but by then those younger musicians will no longer be young and their music will no longer be new and modern.

Neilybob

I wonder if Fender will open a Fender Farm House?! 

Boromedic

PRS could open a dental practice, with a rotating roster of visiting practitioners who can do work to pay for their next wood library.

Revolutions

I’ve still not gone despite being in soho at least twice a week. Maybe I’ll check it out on Sunday.

I’m a sucker for gift shops though, and recently started to kinda like the idea of gear branded merch. It’s a trap!

mrkb

Offset said:

Musicman20 said:

I am extremely cynical of Gibson, despite owning two. I like their instruments but their marketing/pricing/overall 'rawk n roll' image makes me feel a bit meh.

Yep, you've summed up my views fairly well, althugh I'd hesitate to say I like their instruments (I own just the one).  I have however come round to paying GG a visit when I'm next in town based on what others have said here.

Guitarguitar is worth visiting as its employee owned.

TeleMaster

DDtB said:

Musicman20 said:

Roundwound said:

Hard to watch this and not think Les Pauls are still cool!  https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3vvYaES-rF/?igsh=c3RhaHE5eHc1MzBh

Slash is not cool. He never was. 

You're in the minority there matey.  From where I sit, that comment wins the award for being the most incorrect thing posted on the internet today.

I know someone who works there. He got to hang out with Jimmy Page, Brian May & Tony Iommi the other day, absolutely mental.

Musicman20

Boromedic said:

PRS could open a dental practice, with a rotating roster of visiting practitioners who can do work to pay for their next wood library.

...and an area for the NHS dentists with SE/S2 guitars. 

Boromedic

Musicman20 said:

Boromedic said:

PRS could open a dental practice, with a rotating roster of visiting practitioners who can do work to pay for their next wood library.

...and an area for the NHS dentists with SE/S2 guitars. 

They could launch a new model, the PRS BDA with inlays made from extracted teeth, and hardware made from the amalgam they use for fillings. 

Philly_Q

Boromedic said:

Musicman20 said:

Boromedic said:

PRS could open a dental practice, with a rotating roster of visiting practitioners who can do work to pay for their next wood library.

...and an area for the NHS dentists with SE/S2 guitars. 

They could launch a new model, the PRS BDA with inlays made from extracted teeth, and hardware made from the amalgam they use for fillings. 

Oh my aching sides....

Boromedic

Philly_Q said:

Boromedic said:

Musicman20 said:

Boromedic said:

PRS could open a dental practice, with a rotating roster of visiting practitioners who can do work to pay for their next wood library.

...and an area for the NHS dentists with SE/S2 guitars. 

They could launch a new model, the PRS BDA with inlays made from extracted teeth, and hardware made from the amalgam they use for fillings. 

Oh my aching sides....

Hahahaha

Nerine

So much *laughing_ginger_kid.jpg* in this thread… 

pt22

Dominic said:

Sounds like a Bullshit shop to me
All these 'branded ' type shops are bullshit .........the minute you can buy a T shirt/cap etc you know they are simply peddling bullshit to gullible people .....whether it's guitars ,sport, motor, etc
Harley Davidson are the 2 wheel equiv of Gibson in the 'good 'ol USA fashion ' .....their stock listing is a fasion merchandise Co. not a Motorcycle Co as the Revenue generated is principally from clothing, key-rings and general tat like a Harley Dartboard !! ....not V-twin Motorcycles .........Sad
That Gibson shop is actually an Americana Nostalgia Store 
Go give them your money..........

Mate, the nearly the entire business is what youve described. The shop is just a symptom. 

Gibson has clearly looked at Harley Davidson and modelled themselves in that vein. Keep producing relics from the past while selling the image and as much merch as possible. 

At least Harley Davidson had Buell and has now started to invest in electric motorcycles. Sure Gibson has the “modern” line but their main focus is selling the image their old tech will bring, with a side of 9lbs of mahogany. 

elstoof

That’s entire industry, you can’t exactly blame Gibson or Fender for making products that the paying customer wants. There’s no shortage other guitar brands if you want something else, the public clearly still want heritage Americana more than robot tuners