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I have many friends who work there, and have been to the factory many times. Well, it is more of a warehouse than a factory. Dean lost the Gibson lawsuit, then all of their major endorsers fled. Then the family imploded. It is all very sad.Administrator of the SDUGF
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yeah, and Step Momma has posted some bad things about playboy/business boy step son... so Im not sure what happens to the company...
My money is family divests and splits whats left of the falling brand value to someone who can operate the company with an eye for the future
Sometimes these kinds of things are the best things to happen to companies -forces them to really do their own thing -Hopefully Dean can get on the front foot with some new things.“For me, when everything goes wrong – that’s when adventure starts.” Yvonne Chouinard
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My guess would be the banks take ownership of the companies and brand and sell it to an investment company, unless an actual manufacturing buyer wants to take it over/merge. Would be ironic if Gibson ended up with the brand and just kept selling the same shapes.
Gibson reminds me of Microsoft. When I was between high school and college I briefly worked for an internet company that did mortgage and banking web sites, and Microsoft came in and said, "We have $3 million dollars. We can either buy you, or crush you."
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They should have moved on from Explorers and V's a long time ago. A simple body shape change, and they could have kept on going. ESP, Schecter, and Ibanez have done well with those altered shapes. The ML is definitely a Dean design - just stop doing Dime's paint schemes. Is Dean management too lazy to change? Or too stupid? I really do wish them well, as I like their guitars. Still don't understand why the Cadi isn't more popular, but that's a subject for another thread.aka Chris Pile, formerly of Six String Fever
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All their problems will disappear if someone just gets rid of that horrible "V" headstock"Less is less, more is more...how can less be more?" ~Yngwie J Malmsteen
I did it my way ~ Frank Sinatra
Originally posted by Rodney GeneIf you let your tone speak for itself you'll find alot less people join the conversation.
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Even when Elliot was around, they had trouble keeping endorsers. The ones they had were all from 80s 2nd and 3rd tier bands. Everything was all metal, all the time. And some of the shapes are just terrible.Administrator of the SDUGF
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Originally posted by Mincer View PostEven when Elliot was around, they had trouble keeping endorsers. The ones they had were all from 80s 2nd and 3rd tier bands. Everything was all metal, all the time. And some of the shapes are just terrible.
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Originally posted by larryguitar View Post
Maybe if they got someone to design their guitars other than medieval weapons of torture experts they'd have more appeal to non-Viking guitarists.
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Originally posted by Mincer View Post
Well, it is fine to have those shapes, but that will only appeal to certain players. No one is gonna do a wedding or church gig with a blood stained V.
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Originally posted by 80's_Thrash_Metal View Post
I would disagree a little bit. It would depend on the wedding and the church.Administrator of the SDUGF
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