Besides, Henry didn't make my Les Paul or SG.  But he may sink the ones who did...

Roland has SOLD Cakewalk, at no time there was an announcement "sorry people, but the game is over...".
That what companies do, when they not only care about money but also think about own reputation.
 
It was Gibson's task to make Cakewalk profitable. What they have done in that direction?
The only known movement was delivering Sonar with some Tascam interfaces, and even that was more Craig personal initiative then Gibson strategy (all other interfaces was/are delivered with Cubase).
 
I have not seen any Gibson produced videos/ads/sound tracks about CW. So there was virtually nothing Gibson has done to make money from Cakewalk (please correct me if you know more), they have allowed abrupt crash.
 
 

I ain't gonna smash my LP, but I'm also NOT gonna pull the trigger on that nice SG I've had my eye on.
Sad, Gibson has such history and heritage, and Henry has run it straight into the ground.....

azslow3
Roland has SOLD Cakewalk, at no time there was an announcement "sorry people, but the game is over...".
That what companies do, when they not only care about money but also think about own reputation.
 
It was Gibson's task to make Cakewalk profitable. What they have done in that direction?
The only known movement was delivering Sonar with some Tascam interfaces, and even that was more Craig personal initiative then Gibson strategy (all other interfaces was/are delivered with Cubase).
 
I have not seen any Gibson produced videos/ads/sound tracks about CW. So there was virtually nothing Gibson has done to make money from Cakewalk (please correct me if you know more), they have allowed abrupt crash.
 
 

Well, there is/was a link from the Gibson forum to the Cakewalk forum  

Don't sell guitars you own that will not impact Gibson at all, stating the obvious its new ones they make their money out of...

jamesg1213
I'm certainly not selling my treasured '79 LP Standard.
 
Besides, I didn't buy it from Gibson anyway..

therein lies a part of gibson's problem. 

timidi

jamesg1213
I'm certainly not selling my treasured '79 LP Standard.
 
Besides, I didn't buy it from Gibson anyway..

therein lies a part of gibson's problem. 

Well they can't buy back all their guitars and re-sell them. Same goes for any manufacturer.

 
If anything, keep hold of your Gibson guitars.
 
If everything does go completely tits up, their resale value will only go up.
 
Just don't buy a new one if you feel that strongly.

Brian Walton
I own vintage Gibsons...but Gibson doesn't even make the best Les Pauls, 335 Style guitars, Or Dual Cut "SG" either etc.  
 
Outland, you are aware that the most famous "les paul" Slash used wasn't even a Gibson, right?  
 

No, Brian, I hadn't a clue. I did know that he enjoyed Les Pauls, but no idea of anything else. I'm not even a Guns and Roses fan; I'm too much of a jazz-head I fear. I'm much more into Pat Metheny, John Scofield, and Allan Holdsworth than Slash.
 
I did like the picture. 
 
It should probably be mentioned in my own defence, however, that I was referring to the entire output of the Gibson company (and particularly the vintage years' models), not what they "are" producing at the moment.

outland144k

Brian Walton
I own vintage Gibsons...but Gibson doesn't even make the best Les Pauls, 335 Style guitars, Or Dual Cut "SG" either etc.  
 
Outland, you are aware that the most famous "les paul" Slash used wasn't even a Gibson, right?  
 

No, Brian, I hadn't a clue. I did know that he enjoyed Les Pauls, but no idea of anything else. I'm not even a Guns and Roses fan; I'm too much of a jazz-head I fear. I'm much more into Pat Metheny, John Scofield, and Allan Holdsworth than Slash.
 
I did like the picture. 
 
It should probably be mentioned in my own defence, however, that I was referring to the entire output of the Gibson company (and particularly the vintage years' models), not what they "are" producing at the moment.

I'm more interested in jazz too generally speaking but I also know a lot about guitars.
 
Slash used a non-gibson les paul to record the stuff that made them house hold names.  Of course when they became all over MTV and real les pauls started to sell like hot cakes because of him in particular, Gibson of course got "involved" in his career.
 
Interesting you listed a bunch of players that don't play Gibsons as the primary instruments either.  Though Pat has some really cool ones in the collection.  
 
I agree that selling ones Gibson isn't going to hurt Gibson.  But I'd also say if you play Gibson's nothing is holding you back from switching if you have the money.  The grass absolutely can be greener.