What the hell is going on here - Gibson destruction

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FelineGuitarsFelineGuitars Frets: 11496
edited July 2019 in Guitar tFB Trader

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  • WhitecatWhitecat Frets: 5378
    edited July 2019
    Some ppl elsewhere on the web are suggesting this is from a containerload of seized Chibsons...
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  • ThorpyFXThorpyFX Frets: 6090
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    Whitecat said:
    Some ppl elsewhere on the web are suggesting this is from a containerload of seized Chibsons...
    who would clone that?
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  • sgosdensgosden Frets: 1993
    Link / video not working 
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  • WhitecatWhitecat Frets: 5378
    ThorpyFX said:
    Whitecat said:
    Some ppl elsewhere on the web are suggesting this is from a containerload of seized Chibsons...
    who would clone that?
    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

    Dunno if it’s even true... the origins of the video are a little mysterious...
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  • gringopiggringopig Frets: 2648
    edited July 2020
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  • VJIvesVJIves Frets: 466
    Apparently these are legit Firebird X, not Chibsons. Whatever the official reason, this seems enormously wasteful.
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  • RabsRabs Frets: 2602
    edited July 2019 tFB Trader
    What the actual fuck?  :o 

    That crunching noise is really painful to listen too...  
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  • poopotpoopot Frets: 9098
    Can’t be real Gibson’s...

    not one headstock broke!
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  • PhiltrePhiltre Frets: 4164
    This is standard Gibson QC. Once they finish with this procedure, these guitars are ready to ship.
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  • SassafrasSassafras Frets: 30273
    I wondered how the custom shop reliced their guitars.
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  • darthed1981darthed1981 Frets: 11673
    They all do it.

    Fashion brands are the worst, unsold stock gets burned.

    Anything to avoid a cheap sale that damages the $$ price associated with a "brand".

    Shouldn't happen, but it won't stop while everyone keeps falling for it.
    We have to be so very careful, what we believe in...
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  • robertyroberty Frets: 10893
    Give them to schools... Anything really. Turn it into PR
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  • LebarqueLebarque Frets: 3755
    What a horrendous waste of time, resources, materials, energy etc. in a era when we can't afford to. :0(
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  • Winny_PoohWinny_Pooh Frets: 7732
    You'd have hoped they could have at least recycled the hardware... but nope
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  • SchnozzSchnozz Frets: 1926
    Looks like something ISIS would post.
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  • SassafrasSassafras Frets: 30273
    That ranks very high on my list of the most pointless things I've ever seen. If they absolutely had to destroy a load of guitars for whichever reason best known to themselves, I'm sure there are easier, cheaper and more effective ways of doing so.
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  • SassafrasSassafras Frets: 30273
    VJIves said:
    Apparently these are legit Firebird X, not Chibsons. Whatever the official reason, this seems enormously wasteful.
    Of course they're real ones. Nobody would be stupid enough to clone a guitar no-one ever bought.
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  • LebarqueLebarque Frets: 3755
    Schnozz said:
    Looks like something ISIS would post.
    Jihadi JC?
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  • octatonicoctatonic Frets: 33725
    Why not just bandsaw them?
    Making this video was infinitely more expensive than just running them through a blade.
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