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The Muppets On PCP posted:don't forget his sickass patent Funny thing about patents is that the patent office is the one that does the artwork.
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I wonder why Eddie’s TapFlap never took off.
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Mar 2, 2018 20:17
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Because it rests on your nads? 
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Mar 2, 2018 20:57
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eddie's nuts are really high up on his torso
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Mar 2, 2018 21:18
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it was the 80s, cocaine made everyone's body proportions weird
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Mar 2, 2018 21:27
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Oscar Romeo Romeo posted:I can't find the youtube video of him using it on tour at the moment but yes this happened. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-90SPx6Xfwo&t=4328s Middle of the guitar solo, 1:12:00 in if the timestamp gets screwy.
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Mar 2, 2018 21:33
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^ Pro click. How about some awesome music poo poo?
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I have a friend who loves to Hetfield this song at karaoke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsRlgxJ7qO4 There's also Beatallica's entire catalog for gratutious Hetfielding
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Jr. posted:An ergonomic dreamboat
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Rugoberta Munchu posted:Bo Diddley fan? Bo Diddley rules and his guitar is cool.
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1000 Brown M and Ms posted:There's also Beatallica's entire catalog for gratutious Hetfielding I'm convinced Jaymz is actually Hetfield, they're just covering up so they can have their silly side project in peace.
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The Muppets On PCP posted:i'm not kidding that i'm looking forward to his inevitable country career once metallica calls it quits I am... incredibly fine with this. Hetfield is the talented one in Metallica
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https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2018/02/28/gibson-guitar-vulture-acquisition/ As Gibson Guitar girds towards default and potential bankruptcy, some interesting acquisition possibilities are emerging. That includes a Chinese investment consortium that is looking for strategic opportunities in instrument manufacturing, according to multiple sources speaking with Digital Music News this week. An advisor to the investment consortium briefly stated that the investment group does not want to be identified, and is ‘considering many different investments at this time’. Gibson is one of those options, though no further details were disclosed. Another source stressed that the consortium is strategizing a possible buyout in the next few months, specifically the July/August timeframe. That timing will help to ensure the lowest, most distressed ‘fire-sale’ price point, based on the due dates for multiple loan tranches. Importantly, Gibson Guitar faces massive debt repayments at the end of July and into early August of this year, with nearly $525 million potentially thrown into default. Just recently, a majority of Gibson’s creditors attempted to forge a deal that would effectively sideline owner/CEO Henry Juszkiewicz, and hand majority control to the activist creditor group. That bid was reportedly rejected, according to Bloomberg, with Juszkiewicz attempting to secure separate loans to retain ownership. Good luck with that, say observers, especially given Gibson’s abysmal credit ratings. Just last week, Standard & Poor’s downgraded Gibson to a CCC-minus rating based on low revenues and high likelihood of default. Earlier, Moody’s also downgraded the guitar maker, making it extremely difficult for the company to secure favorable loans in the coming months. The Chinese investor group has ‘ample cash for buyout,’ one of our sources indicated. But the group ‘wants distressed deals,’ meaning, a fire-sale. Once purchased, the group is aiming to leverage the storied Gibson brand name to sell a lot more guitars. The strategy involves more efficient manufacturing, better pricing, better distribution, and streamlined online retail sales and customization.
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Dear Gibson: please sell your guitar biz to Yamaha 
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Schpyder posted:Dear Gibson: please sell your guitar biz to Yamaha ...
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I’m just imagining a Gibson-branded Yamaha SG2000 and it does my weary heart good.
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Maybe ESP will buy them, and all the ex-Gibson endorsees who fled to ESP to get away from Henry J. headassery can have Gibsons again.Dang It Bhabhi! posted:I’m just imagining a Gibson-branded Yamaha SG2000 and it does my weary heart good. I'm picturing Gibson-branded Pacificas because my brain isn't right. Although that makes me wonder, has there ever been a Gibson superstrat? I know Epiphone offered one for a while. BDA fucked around with this message at 20:25 on Mar 3, 2018 |
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Uh, China and Japan are actually different countries guys.
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Yeah but none of us know any Chinese guitar brands to make jokes about.
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it'd be pretty funny if jd.com or alibaba bought them
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Nah, I want Rondo to buy them.
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I’m glad I’m not the only one who really loves Yamaha and everything they do in the music industry. They’re super underrated.
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Is Rondo even that big? Hell, I love my Agile (thinking about buying another one) but I don't think they're big enough to get Gibson.
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Kilometers Davis posted:I’m glad I’m not the only one who really loves Yamaha and everything they do in the music industry. They’re super underrated. My best friend growing up had a Yamaha Acoustic Guitar he got for less than $150 I believe and it played almost as good as my Fender Acoustic that was closer to $350. My wife has a Yamaha keyboard that I use as MIDI controller a lot and its great for how inexpensive it was.
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Wark Say posted:Is Rondo even that big? Hell, I love my Agile (thinking about buying another one) but I don't think they're big enough to get Gibson. no guitar company that isn't already owned by a venture capital or other investment group is big enough to buy them
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Well this blows. Seeing Gibson's decline as an opportunity to turn Heritage into a much larger brand by getting rid of the employees who did the hand crafting even though that was the reason why people bought those guitars instead of Gibsons in the first place. Also the likelihood that they'll turn the old factory into a tourist trap is super high.
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lol at hiring more managers and firing craftsman. That's that Gibson tradition!
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The Gibson guitar company has the wrong kind of ram.
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da motherfuckin sharez0ne
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The Muppets On PCP posted:da motherfuckin sharez0ne That’s PERFECT for a band that tries so hard to be hella badass but in reality churns out the lamest, cheesiest bullshit.
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tier 1 operatorcore
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The Muppets On PCP posted:da motherfuckin sharez0ne It even has a bunch of mismatched fonts. A+ for effort and execution.
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I know it's a joke but I really thought that was a sharezone post. edit: here's some more 5FDP artwork: 
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Kilometers Davis posted:I’m glad I’m not the only one who really loves Yamaha and everything they do in the music industry. They’re super underrated. Yamaha is the poo poo. I love my Yamaha bike, my Yamaha guitar, and my Yamaha keyboard. Praise be. Japanese companies that make Everything are awesome. Also comedy option: Fender buys Gibson  Genuine question, whenabouts did Gibson get so lovely? There was probably some point that their entire payroll wasn't CPAs.
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gibson's been lovely multiple times, but they've been on an increasingly downward slide since the early 2000s
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Jr. posted:Genuine question, whenabouts did Gibson get so lovely? There was probably some point that their entire payroll wasn't CPAs. So, it’s quite the tale. Gibson was about 3 months from going under when Henry J bought them back in 1986. He really did bring them back from the brink. And then after a while he somehow got it into his head that Gibson needed to be diversified, and the best way to do that was by buying middling consumer electronics companies in dying commodity segments. You know, ones like Cerwin Vega, Onkyo, TEAC, and Philips. Brands that would have been relevant back when Henry originally bought Gibson. Also buying guitar companies like Kramer and Steinberger and then doing precisely gently caress-all with them. It’s the debt coming due on those terrible acquisitions that’s the primary cause of Gibson’s current woes. Their guitar business is still profitable, but it’s been the brain dead management decisions that have put them in this hole.
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Jr. posted:Yamaha is the poo poo. I love my Yamaha bike, my Yamaha guitar, and my Yamaha keyboard. Praise be. Japanese companies that make Everything are awesome. edit: ^^^ what he said
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Jr. posted:Yamaha is the poo poo. I love my Yamaha bike, my Yamaha guitar, and my Yamaha keyboard. Praise be. Japanese companies that make Everything are awesome. Here's a man who just loves the drat product
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