Lars68 Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 Does anyone of you know how Gibson is doing these days, after the financial issues from a while back, new CEO, new model releases, and now the pandemic situation? Lars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J45fan Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 This pandemic is great for instruments makers, due to lockdowns and not being able to travel etc... people take up guitar again. Fender had the best years ever, same I hear from my favorite music store owner. I guess Gibson does well like the others, and I like what's coming out of Gibson since the new CEO took over. The quality is up for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimt Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 Time will tell. Its up to Gibson how they proceed with quality and good business decisions. hopefully Gibson does well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Mal Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 Well, they are doubling the size of the Bozeman factory, so that should indicate some confidence. I also notice in an article that Cesar from Gibson (forget the gentleman's last name) said that they had a great year all around, which would make sense. Also let's bear in mind that Gibson's financial problems were not due to the core guitar business being bad- and certainly not because of the greatly overhyped "quality control"- but only because they stupidly invested in peripheral businesses that failed to make money and in fact lost an incredible amount. Gibson as a guitar company is doing just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanCarlosVejar Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 Gibson Montana has a heavy back order of a few thousand guitars .They are expanding the Bozeman plant . JC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoSoxBiker Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 When is the expansion supposed to be up and running? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly campbell Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 That is good news they are expanding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris P. Bacon Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 On 4/11/2021 at 8:33 PM, BoSoxBiker said: When is the expansion supposed to be up and running? Should be complete by this September from what I understand. A shame I quit 4 years ago. Had to because of carpal tunnel forming in both my wrists. I wonder how the employees are being treated since there's a new CEO? Hours and days were long back then, with health hazards aplenty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J185cat Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Welcome Chip, I expect you may have some interesting stories for us. Heck, you may have worked on some of our guitars! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoSoxBiker Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 2 hours ago, Chris P. Bacon said: Should be complete by this September from what I understand. A shame I quit 4 years ago. Had to because of carpal tunnel forming in both my wrists. I wonder how the employees are being treated since there's a new CEO? Hours and days were long back then, with health hazards aplenty. Hopefully it all comes together for your ex-coworkers and current family, friends and neighbors and friends. Production is a difficult existence from any and every angle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimt Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 On 4/13/2021 at 12:41 PM, Chris P. Bacon said: Should be complete by this September from what I understand. A shame I quit 4 years ago. Had to because of carpal tunnel forming in both my wrists. I wonder how the employees are being treated since there's a new CEO? Hours and days were long back then, with health hazards aplenty. Crispy Bacon. Do You know Hogeye? 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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