50+ wrote:
Lets hope they stay a float it would be a real shame to lose such a icon in the music business http://www.ajc.com/news/national/gibson-guitar-company-maker-the-les-paul-facing-bankruptcy-after-116-years-business/OlaIEYdtLEv1rP92RvZFrM/ They'd end up bought out. Name, guitar stock (bodies, necks, etc.), probably some tools, dies and machines. And then end up coming out of a factory in Taiwan, unfortunately.
I've never been a big Gibson guy (Fender's my brand), but I'd buy an SG or an LP (Gibson, not Epiphone...which already comes out of mainland China, for the most part) if it helps keep the company afloat. They have some big notes (and not the musical kind) coming due, though, that I hope they can cover.
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