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If you want to see hundreds of Gibson guitars being crushed here's your chance

  • 01-08-2019 7:42am
    #1
    Irish Guitarist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,736 ✭✭✭


    I just came across this and thought I'd share it here. Gibson couldn't sell their Firebird X guitar so ran over hundreds of them. It's an absolutely disgusting waste of wood and other resources. They didn't even take any of the pickups, bridges or machine heads off.



    Here's a longer video that has an interview with the uploader of this video who apparently is or was a Gibson employee.



    And here's a video of someone stepping on and sawing up Gibsons by hand.



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  • #2
    The Master
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 14,308 CMod ✭✭✭✭The Master


    Was looking at this last night
    Disgraceful stuff

    Gibson again making themselves look like assholes after the "play authentic" nonsense

    Charities and schools everywhere would have been delighted to have them.
    Even if the guitars were faulty the hardware could have been saved and donated


  • #3
    Passenger
    Registered Users Posts: 6,144 ✭✭✭Passenger


    Peculiar way to court publicity. Hardly going to endear themselves with cheap YouTube stunts like that.


  • #4
    The Master
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 14,308 CMod ✭✭✭✭The Master


    Gibson has released the following statement in response to this video.

    “The Firebird X destruction video that surfaced months ago was an isolated batch of Firebird X models built in 2009-2011 which were unsalvageable and damaged with unsafe components. This isolated group of Firebird X models were unable to be donated for any purpose and were destroyed accordingly.

    More nonsense


  • #5
    Rented Mule
    Registered Users Posts: 5,152 ✭✭✭Rented Mule


    Gibson has released the following statement in response to this video.

    “The Firebird X destruction video that surfaced months ago was an isolated batch of Firebird X models built in 2009-2011 which were unsalvageable and damaged with unsafe components. This isolated group of Firebird X models were unable to be donated for any purpose and were destroyed accordingly.

    I haven't heard of any recall for any existing Firebird Xs that are owned by the public. Surely, there must a class action lawsuit waiting to happen.


  • #6
    population
    Registered Users Posts: 1,508 ✭✭✭population


    Very silly of Gibson. Again.......


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  • #7
    boring accountant
    Registered Users Posts: 335 ✭✭boring accountant


    This is going to be Gibson's Abercrombie and Fitch moment.


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