MarcB
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Here’s two YouTube videos from todays Gibson Garage London opening
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I wouldn’t be surprised if Gibson open a garage in the Netherlands next..anyone coming in from mainland Europe
My guess was based on current locations of the Gibson Demo store locations.Well I just moved out of the netherlands so that would be a pity, but from a more commercial standpoint; I would open one in Germany, much more central to Europe and already a big market to begin with
My guess was based on current locations of the Gibson Demo store locations.
*sidebar when you buy a guitar from the UK demo store it’s stored and shipped via the Netherlands. This may now change due to the new Gibson Garage UK having demo items shipped to them directly.
Which I imagine would be dangerous while doing Pete Townsend windmills..!signs of it lifting off the wood.
The LP standard I received was the best set up on any guitar I’ve ever gotten.. I even had to ask Gibson who he/she was..(thinking they were in the UK at the time)I hear they have warehousing and service
I wonder why they opened it in the UK? it could destroy the business of local gibson deales in a relatively small market...
I suspect the customer they might lose is the custom shop / M2M type, but even then both shops offer more than just Gibson so will still get the visits.
Guitar Guitar had a big Gibson event last year.. so I guess they’re the favoured dealer in London..but as for central London I guess all the guitar shops on Denmark St will now be in competition with a manufacturer ? that said I struggle to know how these stores stay open as the online used market is so strong.. but as a Londoner.. it’s a rite of passage to buy your first guitar on Tin Pan Alley (as I did)Guitar Guitar in Camden
From what I could tell it's only Sixty Six Sounds that has new Gibsons on Denmark St, and a lot of them are oddball M2Ms. Not much competition for Guitar Guitar! I think I might have been in GG once but only breifly many years ago. Didn't leave a lasting impression but then my local shop is Guitar Village which sets a very high bar (and Andertons is next closest).Guitar Guitar had a big Gibson event last year.. so I guess they’re the favoured dealer in London..but as for central London I guess all the guitar shops on Denmark St will now be in competition with a manufacturer ? that said I struggle to know how these stores stay open as the online used market is so strong.. but as a Londoner.. it’s a rite of passage to buy your first guitar on Tin Pan Alley (as I did)
I instantly lost all interest in the store.. when years ago they saw fit on their instagram (for fun and clicks) to smash up a perfectly good and useable guitar.. which could’ve been donate to a kid with no money.. idiots.. and then the whole fake Hendrix strat debacle..which they tried to sell by using a YouTuber Paul Davids to promote it.. proved they are dicks.Sixty Six Sounds
This got me thinking.. is the solo to “stairway” the best guitar solo ever? ?Speaking of Paul Davids.
Iommi, May, and Page footage at the London Garage opening.
Agnesi adds some color.
OK, I gotta admit the running intro montage was well done, catching all the sites like an Abbey Road zebra crossing, and leaping the trash, etc.
noThis got me thinking.. is the solo to “stairway” the best guitar solo ever? ?