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Location: Wooster, Ohio | Maybe selling to Fender isn't that bad.
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Location: Feeding Hills, MA | How many million do you think ol' Henry is getting out of this deal.... |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Oh Boy.. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Pretty cool. Gibson is no longer an American company. That'll get their shorts in a twist. |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Just guessing , but it might be that TC is moving to the USA ( big market ) . and , wages are high in Danmark.. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I'm guessing too, but the dollar is so low, the euro's probably were doing some bargain hunting. Before it's over they'll be buying more stuff. |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Right -on about the euro , but TC needs components , USA makes fine components , no import duty , guess there will be jobs for ya`ll , but here..I dunno.. |
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| Really wish I kept that Double Neck Rickenbacker!
it is going to go sky high in value once they become the last great All American Guitar Company left. |
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Location: Tucson, AZ | ...so, the "USA" has become the 21st-century "China" to Denmark? |
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Location: Detroit Mi | I don't think it bodes well for anyone on either side of the Atlantic - with such unscrupulous and avaricious men as Henry Juszkiewicz and Anders Fauerskov at the helm. (I feel sorry for the people at Gibson and TC.) |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | unscrupulous and avaricious ...how true..how true..guess we all might be in for a ride.. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | OK, I'll bite, why are they unscrupulous and avaricious. |
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Location: Seoul, Korea | Based on the limited information, it seems Gibson has the upper hand in this merger, especially with ol' Henry staying on as the CEO. And unlike Fender-Ovation deal, the two companies seem complementary. Made in USA should be alive and going strong as is the greed. |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | so, the "USA" has become the 21st-century "China" to Denmark?
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I think that it`s more a " Multinational Conglomerate " thing , rather than a " Nationalistic " thing.
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OK, I'll bite, why are they unscrupulous and avaricious.
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It scares me that a few " moguls " own so much...I dunno..
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Location: Seoul, Korea | OK, I'll bite, why are they unscrupulous and avaricious.
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It scares me that a few " moguls " own so much...I dunno..
Would you believe me if I said there are a lot worse moguls owning a lot more? And consider this, the young geniuses who started Google, a search engine, is today worth more than General Electric that owns consumer financing, various manufacturing industries all over the world, real estate, etc. Or a young kid who started Facebook which is now worth $15 billion...Gibson and TC in that perspective is peanuts. :( |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Will be interesting to see who wins this pissing contest, Hank or Andy |
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Location: Denmark | Top level business administration is not necessarily a musical discipline. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | They're all just guys showing up for work.
They just happen to be generals in the war of private enterprise.
Be thankful. We could still be battling with real weapons otherwise....! |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I have to agree on the pissing contest. Hard to believe Hank will want to be second fiddle. |
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Selling to Fender? Gibson sells to Danish Company