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If you have been in
a lawsuit with Gibson
Please Send me a brief Synopsis of what happened
I will print it.
I will also print anything that Gibson wants to say
in retort
This
rant will probably eventually be the longest one on the
site. Possibly on the entire internet. Gibson is by
far the most litigious company I have ever heard of.
Hey Ed, I hope everything is nice in
Nevada. Here's an interesting story I read on the
internet just now. I don't think you will be surprised
when you read it:
http://www.switched.com/2008/03/21/gibson-sues-rock-band-creators-wal-mart-and-other-retailers/
They are spending money suing video game makers instead
of, oh I don't know, focusing on music. I don't know if
you follow game stories, but this "Guitar Hero" is huge
for Gibson. You have probably at least seen the fake
little game controllers shaped like Les Pauls and SG's
with five color coded buttons on them. You are supposed
to push the buttons in the sequence in which they
show-up on the screen and you have to hit them at the
right time in order not to suck. Then you will be a
guitar God. Why the hell don't these kids get a damn
guitar and learn to play a few riffs? You have to give
credit to Gibson though, by putting their name on the
controller it will hugely influence a first time guitar
buyer into getting one of their axes. Here's the
funniest story now. There are companies on the Net that
actually make "custom" game controllers! Oh yeah, you
can have any picture or design you want on your custom
Gibson shaped game controller. Fender is also in on the
game; who do you think has the license for "Rock Band's"
controllers? Lame.
Anyway thought you would like to read an interesting
story. What do you think of this Robot Guitar Gibson
has? Another way to lure in newbie guitar players who
don't want to learn to tune a guitar or any of that
traditional stuff. Some gimmicks are great and some suck
donkey balls.
Lem Smalley |
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