Basshole 0 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 What other companies would you buy guitars from. There are alot of compianes it seems. Some high quality ones and not so much. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the_HEWC 0 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 Rickenbacker Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeRom 15 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 PRS, high end Epi's - or did Gibson also take epiphone out of business when they went belly up? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thundergod 205 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 Gretsch. Have yet to play a Rick that really has "the rick tone" (I have played 2 and none of them were high end ricks). ESP (they make this nice strat copy that plays and sounds great... the downside is that it costs more than a standar strat... so while fender is around there's no point). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
djroge1 51 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 Heritage Guitars PRS Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MadeInCanada 0 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 PRS Ibanez Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Taylor Player 0 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 Taylor, Martin, Guild, or any number of handbuilt Luthier guitars that are being made today. For electric, I would seriously consider another US Masters custom built Guitar. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AXE® 507 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 US Masters - Hamer. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Homz 3 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 Now is the time for a few of us to put together a package deal to buy the Nashville Gibson plant. Would be a turn key operation. form a S-corp and start negotiations. Who's in? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thundergod 205 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 Now is the time for a few of us to put together a package deal to buy the Nashville Gibson plant. Would be a turn key operation. form a S-corp and start negotiations. Who's in? I'm in... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sgTime 0 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 hmmm...if we bought it, maybe we could get a damn 61 reissue that actually looks right... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AXE® 507 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 Gibson during the Norlin era was partially owned by an Ecuadorian Brewery.... FACT ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeRom 15 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 Gibson during the Norlin era was partially owned by an Ecuadorian Brewery.... FACT ! That's right so how hard can it be? I'm in - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boston004681 0 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 Heritage Guitars Gretch Taylor Guild Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vagabond 1 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 I don't know, really. There's a company called Stagg I've been meaning to try out for a while that makes nice looking LP copies, but I haven't invested the time to take one down off the wall and play it yet. I haven't really played an Ibanez that I really like... so I don't really know. I guess I'd just be glad I got a gibson while I could Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bluezboy 0 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 My Vantage and probbably Gretsch Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KSG_Standard 0 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 I don't care, I have enough guitars to keep me busy. I'm more worried about the supply of tubes drying up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
djroge1 51 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 Now is the time for a few of us to put together a package deal to buy the Nashville Gibson plant. Would be a turn key operation. form a S-corp and start negotiations. Who's in? So you talking union job or non union in the long term? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Demoryn 0 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 Gretsch would be my new favorite. I'd also do Ibanez artcores, Epiphones (unless they went with Gibson). I'm a big SG fan, so I'd probably pick up a Schecter S-1 mahogany and throw PAFs in it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Homz 3 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 So you talking union job or non union in the long term? Unions are things of necessity. If the workers are treated assets instead of liabilities they will not be necessary. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeRom 15 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 Workers are treated like assets. This is a problem to my way of thinking. Other assets are: my phone, my laptop, office supplies, my office furniture ... See? These are also just "things" to be managed with a cost associated to each. Thats what corporate america has done the to workers, union or not. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charlie brown 775 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 IF Gibson and Fender (just Those brands) went out of business, but the other companies they owned, by some miracle, survived, it would be: Gretsch, Rickenbacker, Martin, Heritage, and Guild (especially, for their acoustic 12-strings). But, I'd probably just try to find "used but not abused" Gibson or Fenders, too. CB Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rocketman 176 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 US Masters - Hamer. Yep me too... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rocky4 180 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 There are plenty of old Gibbies out there. But, if I had to pick, it would be Hamer. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CincinnatiSi 1 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 I'll be in the minority and pick Peavey. They have some well made guitars like my USA Limited's. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites