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there are plenty of badass, cool, inspirational guitarists rockin today- Guthrie Govan comes to mind. Plenty of chick shredders too.
Gibson didn't go bankrupt due to its guitar business, their guitar business is just fine. They went bankrupt due to their wrongly trying to move into home entertainment business buying a few hundred million dollar in companies like onkyo at the wrong time and being saddled with that debt.
I recall the madagascar drama and posted quite a bit of info re: that here. The FBI raided the Gibson factory! With weapons! Regular folks making guitars on the line were working when the feds busted in with guns over madagascar wood at a 100 year old American institution.
Gibson owns several brands that have manufacturing outside the USA but Gibson branded guitars are all mostly made in the USA.
I don't really care where a guitar is made these days, if it's made well. that said, both my current guitars, Taylor and Charvel, are made in the USA.
Sweetwater gives a ~12% discount when you ask for a deal on the phone.
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