New Posts For Thread: gibson guitars file bankruptcy papershttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31337797/gibson-guitars-file-bankruptcy-paperswowi guess their other ventures have gone wronglfc1971 • May 3, 2018 8:36 AM BSTNME has gone as wellIf only Will Smith was Prime Minister, the government would have stepped in with a rescue package.We'd have had an NME of the State.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31337797/gibson-guitars-file-bankruptcy-papers?post_id=554396537#554396537lfc1971 • May 3, 2018 8:36 AM BSTNME has gone as wellIf only Will Smith was Prime Minister, the government would have stepped in with a rescue package.We'd have had an NME of the State.Fri, 04 May 2018 02:20:49 -0500I read it wasn't really the music part that was dragging them under, they bought the philips consumer electronics division etc (didn't know about that).https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31337797/gibson-guitars-file-bankruptcy-papers?post_id=554394983#554394983I read it wasn't really the music part that was dragging them under, they bought the philips consumer electronics division etc (didn't know about that).Thu, 03 May 2018 17:50:41 -0500The self tuning Gibsons were a joke .https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31337797/gibson-guitars-file-bankruptcy-papers?post_id=554394483#554394483The self tuning Gibsons were a joke .Thu, 03 May 2018 16:43:06 -0500They've been living off the brand name and churning out junk for years now. Problem for them was the market for higher end guitars wasn't there any longer and trying to compete with the Japanese and Chinese guitar makers with a US wage bill for mid rhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31337797/gibson-guitars-file-bankruptcy-papers?post_id=554389843#554389843They've been living off the brand name and churning out junk for years now. Problem for them was the market for higher end guitars wasn't there any longer and trying to compete with the Japanese and Chinese guitar makers with a US wage bill for mid rThu, 03 May 2018 08:49:14 -0500Couldn't do that, as the reverberations would affect the whole of the industry!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31337797/gibson-guitars-file-bankruptcy-papers?post_id=554388977#554388977Couldn't do that, as the reverberations would affect the whole of the industry!Thu, 03 May 2018 05:52:41 -0500They should have got someone from another firm to marshall those directors.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31337797/gibson-guitars-file-bankruptcy-papers?post_id=554388801#554388801They should have got someone from another firm to marshall those directors.Thu, 03 May 2018 04:53:42 -0500Someone could get it in the neck for this!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31337797/gibson-guitars-file-bankruptcy-papers?post_id=554388793#554388793Someone could get it in the neck for this!Thu, 03 May 2018 04:51:15 -0500Could perhaps get a bridgeing loan....https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31337797/gibson-guitars-file-bankruptcy-papers?post_id=554388787#554388787Could perhaps get a bridgeing loan....Thu, 03 May 2018 04:50:09 -0500All very inventive but they could still be saved....Might have to be some strings attached though!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31337797/gibson-guitars-file-bankruptcy-papers?post_id=554388779#554388779All very inventive but they could still be saved....Might have to be some strings attached though!Thu, 03 May 2018 04:48:53 -0500It's a shame that the board wasn't a solid body.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31337797/gibson-guitars-file-bankruptcy-papers?post_id=554388691#554388691It's a shame that the board wasn't a solid body.Thu, 03 May 2018 04:19:35 -0500