Love that word 'assuage'.
 
Don't hear it too much around my neck of the woods.
 
I was thinking of using it once in a conversation but I was afraid I might get beat up.     :)
 
 

People ****ing about their job and blaming the boss probably happens just about everywhere.  All that really says to me is that any disgruntled CW employees haven't bothered to put their thoughts on that particular website or haven't even heard of it.
 
 
 

Ol Henry's got a longstanding reputation as something of a douche.  In and out of the company.  And just look at how he prices his "instruments".  We musicians are a gullible lot and he certainly has proven he knows, at least, that. 

yorolpal
Ol Henry's got a longstanding reputation as something of a douche.  In and out of the company.  And just look at how he prices his "instruments".  We musicians are a gullible lot and he certainly has proven he knows, at least, that. 

Actually there was an interview with Henry in one of the financial papers (Wall Street Journal?) many years ago. He basically said that when he raised prices he sold more guitars. I think it's a matter of it being a "luxury good" model, where consumers follow a very different logic (if any at all).
 
And one of the interesting things about Gibson is that if you want to buy a Les Paul that says "Gibson" on the headstock, you can buy largely the same guitar at anywhere from ~$1200 for a Studio model (less for some other models) to $6000 or more. Any differences (PU's, binding, fancier wood) amount to a small fraction of the price difference. And often there's very little difference at all for widely varying prices, so they're basically saying, "pay what you want".
 
And people do.

yorolpal
Ol Henry's got a longstanding reputation as something of a douche.  

And it's not just hearsay. It's documented in lawsuits. Craig appears to be Henry's golfing buddy at the moment, but he doesn't strike me as the type to kiss his boss' ass for very long. We'll see how that pans out. I give him a year, maybe two, although that would make his tenure longer than most. Being the PR face for a company struggling to regain respect has got to be hard anyhow, but to have a jerk for a boss on top of it...if he hangs on for the long term I'll be impressed.

bitflipper

yorolpal
Ol Henry's got a longstanding reputation as something of a douche.  

And it's not just hearsay. It's documented in lawsuits. Craig appears to be Henry's golfing buddy at the moment, but he doesn't strike me as the type to kiss his boss' ass for very long. We'll see how that pans out. I give him a year, maybe two, although that would make his tenure longer than most. Being the PR face for a company struggling to regain respect has got to be hard anyhow, but to have a jerk for a boss on top of it...if he hangs on for the long term I'll be impressed.

If Straummy can hang with The Bapu for all these years, Gibson ought to be a Cakewalk for old Craig A.
 
(see what I done there?)
 

For the record, I will NOT be part of any future upgrade for Gibson from Craig A. to Craig B.
 
(Just sayin'...)

bapu

bitflipper

yorolpal
Ol Henry's got a longstanding reputation as something of a douche.  

And it's not just hearsay. It's documented in lawsuits. Craig appears to be Henry's golfing buddy at the moment, but he doesn't strike me as the type to kiss his boss' ass for very long. We'll see how that pans out. I give him a year, maybe two, although that would make his tenure longer than most. Being the PR face for a company struggling to regain respect has got to be hard anyhow, but to have a jerk for a boss on top of it...if he hangs on for the long term I'll be impressed.

If Straummy can hang with The Bapu for all these years, Gibson ought to be a Cakewalk for old Craig A.
 
(see what I done there?)
 

I certainly am well hung.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
In my dreams

Oh I'm not faulting ol Henry's pricing model from a business perspective...just from a "human being" perspective:-)

"All jobs suck."
 
Just face it, because on one level or another, that is just the truth.  The best position to be in, "your own boss;" even then, work is work.