mihcmac Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 (edited) Hmmmmm Above is an early Asian built Sheraton. It has been a common practice for years that in order to become an authorized Gibson retailer you had to sell Epiphones. Currently most Epiphones are made at the Gibson Qingdao Factory in China. Edited October 24, 2022 by mihcmac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmachine Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 6 hours ago, mihcmac said: Hmmmmm Currently most Epiphones are made at the Gibson . EPIs are made in the Epiphone Qingdao Factory in China. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 Is it really a Gibson? I see the word Epiphone on it in an a big E on the TRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mihcmac Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Epiphone sales are probably the only thing keeping Gibson from going into the red. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 12 hours ago, mihcmac said: Epiphone sales are probably the only thing keeping Gibson from going into the red. So those 6-10k a pop Tom Murph aged wonders are not keeping them a float. What about the limited edition models they come up with 3 or 4 times a year, and sell out of, and make almost 2 million the day they are released cause they are all sold? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Is Guitar Center still their major retail outlet? I haven't been in one in years but the last time it was a ghost town with nothing in stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 (edited) 17 minutes ago, SteveFord said: Is Guitar Center still their major retail outlet? I haven't been in one in years but the last time it was a ghost town with nothing in stock. Not sure if they are the major retail outlet, as Sam Ash, and all the other brick and mortar and online stores all sell Gibson stuff. The last time I went into a G C there were a ton of Epi's, a few (2 maybe) real LP's, and one J-45 in the acoustic room. Edited October 26, 2022 by Sgt. Pepper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 Yeah - barking up the wrong tree. We had a redbone hound and all it did was bark up trees and run off to this nice elderly couple's house. I went over there to get her once and she was lying on the porch next to a big pot of beef stew. Anyway, sounds like BS to me. I mean, who buys something and then tells everybody that they couldn't look at what they bought in the store? Really? 😄 My dad told me one time thast I wasn't smart enough to be a crook. This is maybe more of that type of situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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