Gibson Selling Memphis Factory

PS412

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Maybe old news not sure, if it is ignore this thread. Just heard Gibson selling Memphis factory. That's all.
 
Re: Gibson Selling Memphis Factory

sounds like a downsize to a smaller facility in the city.
 
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I think they are wanting to move to a smaller facility. They aren't using the entire space as it is. So, not really closing down, just moving. That's what I read anyway.
 
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Any word where they are moving too? Or did they just want to get rid of the factory that was cracking the necks on all their photo guitars?
 
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Figure they sell for17mill move to a place that costs 20mill, all the asses in the big chairs get 2mill bonus for being geniuses, the company debt raises to 540 mill. And then all production moves to Bangladesh or somewhere of that nature.
Or am I just pecimistic.
 
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Figure they sell for17mill move to a place that costs 20mill, all the asses in the big chairs get 2mill bonus for being geniuses, the company debt raises to 540 mill. And then all production moves to Bangladesh or somewhere of that nature.
Or am I just pecimistic.

pecimistic
definitely
 
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Yes it is, I'll stick to things like cat and bluw.:nervous:
 
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Well, last year, they had no 2017 Gibsons coming out of Memphis. On the tour there a few years ago, I was astounded at how automated most everything was. Human hands barely touched these guitars.
 
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Well, last year, they had no 2017 Gibsons coming out of Memphis. On the tour there a few years ago, I was astounded at how automated most everything was. Human hands barely touched these guitars.
Wow!!! That is nuts!!!
 
Re: Gibson Selling Memphis Factory

Well, last year, they had no 2017 Gibsons coming out of Memphis. On the tour there a few years ago, I was astounded at how automated most everything was. Human hands barely touched these guitars.


In that price range, you expect hand craftsmanship by skilled artists. The newer guitar factories in Asia use CNC machines, so the difference between American-made and Asian-made seems to be getting smaller.
 
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I remember that there were some humans in the spray booth (each guitar took less than a minute to spray). Then there were some humans who scraped the paint off of the bindings. But man, seeing all that automation and lack of skilled labor was disheartening.
 
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