Rabs Posted April 1, 2014 Posted April 1, 2014 http://guitargear.org/2011/04/01/breaking-news-gibson-usa-to-purchase-fender-musical-instruments/ Breaking News! Gibson USA to Purchase Fender Musical Instruments Just got this from the newswire: Scottsdale, Ariz., U.S.A – In a surprising move and one that has been kept in utmost secrecy over the past several months, Gibson USA and Fender Musical Instruments have entered into an agreement in which Fender will merge its business and financial operations into Gibson USA. Specific financial details of the merger were not provided, though Gibson USA CEO Henry Juszkiewicz did indicate that the purchase was made with both stock and cash. The combined company will be called Gibson Global, Inc., and each individual company would operate as separate divisions within the master company. The merger would create the largest musical instrument company in the world, though both divisions would retain their respective brand names and operate within their existing brands. The merger is still subject to SEC approval, but both companies are confident anti-trust examinations by the SEC will past muster. Said Fender CEO William Mendello, “Both Fender and Gibson are in an increasingly competitive market, with recent competition increasing significantly, especially from Southeast Asia. We feel that a merger of our two great companies will allow us to operate from a position of strength in the face of global competition.” Company spokepersons from either company were not available for comment.
Blueblooded Posted April 1, 2014 Posted April 1, 2014 Darn! I was hoping this would happen so Gibson could find a reason to come up with some more Les Paul models .
rocketman Posted April 1, 2014 Posted April 1, 2014 It was bound to happen once Gibson started making these. They probably released this on April 1st too, but it was no joke!
slimt Posted April 1, 2014 Posted April 1, 2014 a Gibson Strat... 1 single coil, 1 humbucker and CC pickup in the middle.. and one day Guild will be Gibsons... the Ren will be back doing what he does best..
darling67 Posted April 1, 2014 Posted April 1, 2014 My video response to this thread... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCOrtJMQmVs
pauloon Posted April 1, 2014 Posted April 1, 2014 Bought mine last week Gibson missed a trick today..
capmaster Posted April 1, 2014 Posted April 1, 2014 Bought mine last week ... HNGD! Well, up to now this is a rare item, but who knows
capmaster Posted April 1, 2014 Posted April 1, 2014 Just found out by research that Fender was merged with Gibson already on 1st of April, 2011: http://guitargear.org/2011/04/01/breaking-news-gibson-usa-to-purchase-fender-musical-instruments/ This perhaps is where Fender's Adjust-O-Matic bridges come from ;)
capmaster Posted April 1, 2014 Posted April 1, 2014 Darn! I was hoping this would happen so Gibson could find a reason to come up with some more Les Paul models . Perhaps they will design the Fenson Les Caster, Gibder Tele Paul, Gender Solid Master, Fibson ES Jaguar...
krock Posted April 1, 2014 Posted April 1, 2014 Bought mine last week Looks like my perfect double neck. Imagine how neck heavy this thing would be though
spacealf Posted April 2, 2014 Posted April 2, 2014 And here I thought that Epiphone had bought them both.
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