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    50 s J50 Adirondack. Holy moly

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    Posted · Edited by kidblast

    3 hours ago, Sgt. Pepper said:

    The owner of a mom and pop store I became friends with told me all the BS he had to deal with for the honor of selling Gibson Guitars. Then they took that away.

    I was in a band with the co-owner of a store that used to sell Gibson's back in the late 90s.

    One fine day the Gibson rep shows up with a whole bunch of new rules.  Essentially, they upped the bar to retain the dealer status and the store could not even come close to abiding by the new limits.

    This is when Guitar Center and places like MARS Music were just getting a foot hold, it was clear who Gibson was in cahoots with,, now, they may be rethinking.

     

    50 s J50 Adirondack. Holy moly

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    8 hours ago, Sgt. Pepper said:

    I thought Gibson only dealt with big  cookie cutter stores  now and stopped using mom and pop places cause they couldn’t move enough gear?

    AFIAK if the dealer agrees to the terms, they can sell them

    the problem was most local stores - at least some time back - couldn't abide by the standards Gibson wanted dealers to sign up for to sell USA Gibson products.

     

    maybe they've lower the bar a bit?

    Gibson Signature Hard Case

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    18 hours ago, NighthawkChris said:

    @kidblast yeah working in IT has its challenges I’d imagine. At my work, they have to make sure we are locking down stuff because the stuff we work on is restricted by things like ITAR. I sure wouldn’t want to have that responsibility - scare me something nasty. Our machines are so locked down we can’t even change desktop icons without putting in a ticket. They also maintain the usual datacenter where we store our code repos and such. Yet another thing that would scare me to have that responsibility. Wouldn’t want to be the guy who screws up all the engineering storage for the projects and such… so hats off to you, hope it’s something you enjoy.

    But anyhow 3 day weekend coming up here. Hope you have a great weekend and not working. If you are then I’m sorry haha! Hopefully you get the time off another way.

    You're right, it can be a tedious task.  The servers are usually pretty stable, so as long as we don't "F" up, things usually stay on course.

    The worst part is the 2am onc all parties and last minute "What the hell is going on" incidents that almost always happen on a Friday afternoon before a holiday.  We try to tell people, "Don't change **** on fridays!!! "  do they listen?  Nope!

    But on the bright side, they pay me well and if it wasn't for problems like that, they'd not need guys like me.

    have a good weekend Chris!  

     

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    Gibson Signature Hard Case

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    6 hours ago, NighthawkChris said:

    @kidblast

    Yes, the problem with tech is "people-based" for sure.  It's actually amazing that things work the way they do and how fast it happened. 

    I'm a computer guy so I spend a good amount of time learning a bit about technology and such.  It's my job to function as a software/electrical engineer.  Not sure of your familiarity with the field I work in, but embedded engineering I like to call it - i.e., working on embedded systems (devices with software/programmable features and such).  I've worked for big companies that service the OEMs (Ford, GM, FCA, etc.) for quite a while now.  I don't work in the auto industry anymore as I moved into R&D in an industry that supports military/law enforcement (and even consumers to some extent).  Glad I got out of automotive!  As well, glad I made a shift in the industry I now support.  A lot more interesting than making vehicle modules for OEMs.  And, a lot less demanding. 

    So that's my background, I try to be sensible about how this "stuff" affects my life - because I know what life was like in its absence too, something previous generations have to grasp what it is they actually "have" (grateful perhaps to some extent...).  My kids get upset with a commercial on YT they can SKIP after 5s or so.  I remember having to be somewhere at some time (inflexible) to catch a show, etc. and you had to be subjected to ads - like it or not.  You wanted to watch, you're getting commercials too.  Whatever...  They came into the world with this stuff, they know nothing else.  Maybe bad analogy, but like an animal born and raised in captivity - i.e., they know no other way.  Important to teach them the way I look at it.  Some adults need education too, haha!  Hey, I'm no angel, nor do I want to tell others how to live to my standards.  I just hope I don't cause others pain and grief.  Not saying I take others' crap, but I won't go out picking fights - common flippin' sense again. 

    I've been in IT support, in one capacity or another since 1977

    started out working as a data control clerk, moved to operations, and eventually system administration running Main Frames on prem datacenters, over to virtualization when that was the rage, right up to what's happening today w/cloud based infrastructures running in AWS and AZURE clouds, and literally everything in between. 

    If it was part of what an IT organization would be running and maintaining, I've probably seen it or definitely something like it.

    Not so much doing the specialized engineering you do, but instead maintaining the services and platforms you'd be using to store your code, run tests and pipelines to deploy new versions, via release management streams ... and all that kind of stuff.   

    For every good thing these things do, there's something to balance it that aint so good.

    and I'm old enough to remember being one of the first families on our street to have a colored TV,   replacing the small black and white ones that worked via Rabbit Ears and UHF Atenas.

    I even remember where I was when JFK was shot.  Out side in the yard playing kickball.  Our moms made us all come in the house.  Like?  Why??

     

     

     

    Gibson Signature Hard Case

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    2 hours ago, NighthawkChris said:

    I disagree that there are computer games that are multiplayer that I enjoy playing with friends. Actual friends that I can visit in person from time to time. I like it that I can even meet up with them in a game online when I can’t visit. Things like this I say take in the good with the bad. Internet is the same thing. Guns, cars… life etc. one chooses to be a troll and spread crap online. But I have never had it easier to pay my bills, manage my finances, learn about things that interest me, have a conversation here… good with the bad. 

    All of that is true,  

    the problem does not lie within the benefits of tech.

    the problem is "people" based.

    lets face it

    some people are just a-- holes, and IME, they actually like being a--holes

    these are people I stay the hell away from

    Gibson Signature Hard Case

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    6 hours ago, ksdaddy said:

    The internet has done that to us.  The keyboard has made us brave. 

    aint that the truth

    common decency and civility has suffered greatly from the development of something that was supposed to bring people together

    go figure..

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    Gibson Signature Hard Case

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    Posted · Edited by kidblast

    3 minutes ago, Karloff said:

    it's all in what you want & how you choose to spend your $$. they do look like seriously nice cases. 

    they are nice.  but isn't a case, a case?  My j200 lives in the OHSC Gibson case.  My other gibbies, the same.    My Taylors /Fenders/Gretch -- Ditto!

    I guess if I was dragging a few of em across the country on my farewell tour,  that'd be another thing.  but-- yea,, no farewell tour for this cowboy...

     

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    Gibson Signature Hard Case

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    50 minutes ago, duane v said:

    I have Calton for my Vine j200. 

    I just don't understand why some get so perked up about things that cost a bit.

    And how is it greed? Calton cases are expensive without Gibson touching them. 

    I dunno man.... Looking to complain for the sake of complaining has always made me scratch my head.:-k

    I don't think it takes a big push at all in this forum to get the dogs barkin...  

    if you don't want to spend $1,200 on a case, then -- don't spend $1,200 on a case!!  simple solution!!

     

    TAYLOR IS MAKING WATCHES?

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    1 minute ago, saturn said:

    They are good looking. But yeah, those prices are prohibitive to me. 

    yea, - I can't imagine the guys that walk around with Rolex or even higher priced watches.

    then again, I'd bet most of those guys don't get why we have 25 guitars..

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    TAYLOR IS MAKING WATCHES?

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    2 minutes ago, saturn said:

    What? No pics? I guess I'll have to do a search to see what they look like. :rolleyes:

    I also wore a wristwatch for most of my life up until I started working in my friends machine shop, in 2006. Then I would constantly bash it against something and break it. That, and the fact that my cell phone tells me the time led to me not wearing a watch in years. 

     

    Taylor Guitars – Original Grain

    They look pretty nice, but my watches are usually under $100..

     

    TAYLOR IS MAKING WATCHES?

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    hey Larry,   yep. something they've been doing for a while now.

    I guess if you're into Taylors and also into Timepieces, it's yet hole to toss yer money into!   And, we all need more holes to throw money in right?   !! \:D/

     

     

     

     

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