The version we have now will still work, regardless, won't it?

Every time I see a young newer band on TV I rarely see Gibson guitars.  
 
There are so many choices, but all the young kids seem to want Fender Mustangs and Jaguars these days.

rodreb
I just heard that Gibson is having financial issues ($450 million, supposedly). Does anyone know if this is true? How could this affect Cakewalk? I sure don't want my lifetime membership to go defunct!!

 
discussed ad naseum  even here
 

S.L.I.P.

 
lol!!!

auto_da_fe
Every time I see a young newer band on TV I rarely see Gibson guitars.  
 
There are so many choices, but all the young kids seem to want Fender Mustangs and Jaguars these days.

And yet a lot of country band guitarists are using Gibsons. 

Every time I see a new band on TV they are a boy band group of vocalists. I don't consider that a band.

57Gregy

auto_da_fe
Every time I see a young newer band on TV I rarely see Gibson guitars.  
 
There are so many choices, but all the young kids seem to want Fender Mustangs and Jaguars these days.

And yet a lot of country band guitarists are using Gibsons. 

Exactly. I see as many bands with Gibson as I do Fender.

Both Fender and Gibson are (still) great brands.  They just haven't embraced the zeitgeist.  Big companies can have problems like this, they're top heavy with suits with bad ideas.  Target has this problem as well.  Everything happens on the store level, always!  The advertising has to be relevent.

jamesg1213

chuckebaby
 
I cant think of one band out today that is grabbing the attention of millions of people that is guitar driven.
 

Well, for a start there's...
 
Foo Fighters
Muse 
The Black Keys
Kings of Leon
Arcade Fire
 
..off the top of my head. What radio stations do you listen to? 
 
 

I'd add that a large proportion of bands who've sold a lot of albums and gig tickets (and still do) that have had some degree of longevity tend to be guitar-driven - Maiden, Metallica, Green Day and the like.
 
Maybe they're past their respective primes, but their box-office factor would still be the envy of most new groups.