New Gibson CEO and management - Too late for Cakewalk/Sonar, of course.

[v1o]

I know Juszkiewicz was REALLY behind the Robo-tuners.

Henry was behind a lot of things at Gibson....

Most of it not good !

I heard stories about how impossible it was to work with him...

Now that he's been made to walk the plank,they have put their new crew in place,but that statement they made was just the usual corporate BS fluff that happens when new faces are appointed...

I wish them well,but it is going to be a very big task....

Guitars are cool...

I love them,but I also grew up when the world was a little different...

We could practice 6-8 hours a day and follow our dreams...

The music industry has changed immeasurably and the social situation has changed a lot as well...

Most kids don't want to spend time practicing an instrument now...

They would rather be playing with their phones or their tablets...

Their time is spent in pursuit of different dreams than their parents...

That stream of development from student to professional is also reflected in the price point of the instruments that are adopted...

So a high ticket Gibson guitar has a limited market these days...

I'm pleased that Henry da Vandal has been removed from the driving seat,but not every problem that Gibson faced was a result of his lack of true vision...

The digital revolution has caused immense social disruption and upheavel,challenging many of our established social norms and it's being sucessful on this level that will ultimately decide the fate of Gibson...

Do they have products and services that meet this demand ?

Time will tell I guess...

But what would I really know ?

I'm just a wandering,wondering minstrel....

In the meantime,the new Cakewalk DAW is working just fine

I don’t see how they can fail to be profitable selling a product with very high margins like that. Steinway probably only a handful of pianos per year but they are profitable.

[digitalboytn]

Only time will tell

[lfm]

I know Juszkiewicz was REALLY behind the Robo-tuners. I never really “got them”...not that I ever tried them.

Robo-tuners were always on the more expensive models. How did you feel about them?

The weight on everything on headstock affect overall sound and resonance of the instrument - so yeah, Robotuners very bad.

Even shifting from Grover to much lighter Schaller Keystone - made massive difference on both my LP and 335. Increased harmonics and niceness overall to the guitars.