Is Gibson, a Totem of Guitar Godhead, Headed for Chapter 11?
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Is Gibson, a Totem of Guitar Godhead, Headed for Chapter 11?
“Just listen for a minute.”
Marty: “I’m not hearing anything.”
Nigel pauses, looks at the guitar and then back at Marty, and says, “You would, though, if it were playing.”
I could keep going with “Spinal Tap” dialogue, and I actually tried to before my editor wisely intervened.
For his long-term vision to succeed, he said, he will eventually “have to pass the baton to someone who also has that dream.”
He added, “Part of this is evaluating financing options, and I have to look at what is best for the company, all of the stakeholders and myself.”
Guitar tablature also accepted
Neal Schon of Journey once referred to it as “all this electronical, robot crap.”
Mr. Juszkiewicz called it “great technology” and said he believed all guitars will eventually have it.
Mr. Juszkiewicz also wanted to make Gibson guitars more techno-whizzy, so they could even tune themselves.
said it was “in constructive dialogue with the management,” and called Gibson “a terrific company with dedicated customers, employees and suppliers.”
Blackstone did not comment.
Mr. Juszkiewicz was part of an investor group that bought the company in 1986, the last time it was on the verge of bankruptcy.
“Just listen for a minute.”
Marty: “I’m not hearing anything.”
Nigel pauses, looks at the guitar and then back at Marty, and says, “You would, though, if it were playing.”
I could keep going with “Spinal Tap” dialogue, and I actually tried to before my editor wisely intervened.
For his long-term vision to succeed, he said, he will eventually “have to pass the baton to someone who also has that dream.”
He added, “Part of this is evaluating financing options, and I have to look at what is best for the company, all of the stakeholders and myself.”
Guitar tablature also accepted
Neal Schon of Journey once referred to it as “all this electronical, robot crap.”
Mr. Juszkiewicz called it “great technology” and said he believed all guitars will eventually have it.
Mr. Juszkiewicz also wanted to make Gibson guitars more techno-whizzy, so they could even tune themselves.
said it was “in constructive dialogue with the management,” and called Gibson “a terrific company with dedicated customers, employees and suppliers.”
Blackstone did not comment.
Mr. Juszkiewicz was part of an investor group that bought the company in 1986, the last time it was on the verge of bankruptcy.