Re: Gibson threatening the mandolin and guitar luthier community
Originally Posted by
brunello97
Here's hoping Gibson kicks axx and takes names in this.
In the almost 100 years since the iconic LL mandolins (and the decade of great design before that), designers still can't come up with their own designs?
Such designers still copy the designs that another company's designers produced and count on their adherence to those design specifications as "proof" of their quality?
And everyone demonizes Gibson? GMAB.
Really a sad case being made here. And the quoting of "copyright" laws makes it only that much more pathetic.
More power to Gibson.
Let's see some more design originality from contemporary mandolin makers. And from buyers.
You want a Gibson design? Buy a Gibson.
You want an original design? Buy one from an original designer.
Stop copying. Design. Man up.
Quit being such crybabies.
Mick
Design specifications are not proof of quality. They are proof of design. And no one is demonizing Gibson. Let's face it, their business model hasn't been the best of late. Overall, they're usually pretty good quality but they've placed themselves on a pedestal and expect everyone to bow down and kiss the bucket of flowers between the tuners.
The bankruptcy in their recent history is proof that the world isn't lining up to buy their products. That, coupled with the fact that they limit who can sell their new mandolins, for instance, probably indicates they think their perceived pedestal status is valid. And, like I said, while Gibson products are generally at least pretty good, there are taller pedestals in the market.
David Hopkins
2001 Gibson F-5L mandolin
Breedlove Legacy FF mandolin; Breedlove Quartz FF mandolin
Gibson F-4 mandolin (1916); Blevins f-style Octave mandolin, 2018
McCormick Oval Sound Hole "Reinhardt" Mandolin
McCormick Solid Body F-Style Electric Mandolin; Slingerland Songster Guitar (c. 1939)
The older I get, the less tolerant I am of political correctness, incompetence and stupidity.
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