I would not mistake that Stradivarius guitar headstock for the Gibson "open book" design.
I would not mistake that Stradivarius guitar headstock for the Gibson "open book" design.
Off subject but Gibson quit making banjo's? Anyone know when they stopped? I didn't know that but I know I haven't seen a recent Gibson banjo in a long time, say around 2007-08 when a friend bought a brand new 5 string-pretty fancy but can't remember the model?
From what I've gathered,they quit making banjos right after the flood...
Wait . . . banjo players have a forum? You mean, like, reading, or is it just pictures?
This just in: "Gibson wants players to report counterfeit guitars" https://www.musicradar.com/news/gibs...erfeit-guitars
Have to admit, being on a mandolin forum my primary concern was whether Gibson was going to claim trademark ownership of the F-5 body shape and start going after mandolin builders who build it…but I followed the link in the above article to this list of Gibson trademarks: https://www.gibson.com/Registered-Trademarks and didn’t see it there, so that comes as a relief. (The F-5 headstock is there, though.)
In the last years of Gibson banjo production, they did not "make banjos", they assembled them from parts supplied by others.
Necks, fingerboards, shells, tone rings, resonators, metal bits including those from the Czech Republic were outsourced.
Gee, wouldn't it be ironic if a whole lot of guitarists logged into the Gibson site for reporting counterfeits (https://www.gibson.com/Support/Report-Counterfeits) to complain about the "counterfeit" ES-300, S310, and the other Stratocaster models, all sold by Epiphone -- which is a brand wholly owned by Gibson. Clearly, those Epiphone models were all copied from the original Fender Stratocaster design.
Maybe Gibson would take itself to court?
I kind of like that this is starting to poke a little fun about it and not be quite so harsh. It’s a pretty lousy situation no matter how you look at it, the company getting all pumped up and bullying but, meeting with a very large amount of public opinion pushback.
I’m just glad I have absolutely no financial interest in any part of it.
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Timothy F. Lewis
"If brains was lard, that boy couldn't grease a very big skillet" J.D. Clampett
That was relatively recently actually. Prior to his death they were buying most of their banjo pieces from Bill Sullivan at FQMS and had been for years but that's not unusual. Instrument manufacturers have outsourced parts and pieces for a century or more that I know of and it's still happening today.
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
This guy might really be in trouble.
I've read the posts each day, and its sad to have this sort of thing come up.
I feel really sorry for the people working in the factories/shops, building the Gibson products. I think they are making some really nice acoustic instruments these days. I would think they enjoy what they do and what they turn out-proud of the instruments. The mandolins are for sure very very nice.
Feel really sorry for those folks.
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"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
Gilchrist F5 Mandolin #273, 1993, built for Tom Rozum
Apitius Vanguard F5 Custom Mandolin 2019
White Mandola (custom build, expected April, 2023)
Sumi Sullivan F-5 Mandolin 2003
Weber Diamondback Octave F-Style Mandolin 2014
Flatiron Cadet “Army-Navy” Flat Top Mandolin 1987
Martin HD-28V Guitar 2004
This one from Dovydas is over-dramatic *and* fun, fast-forward to 5:05 where the police helicopter starts:
(or direct link, then fast-forward to 5:05)
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