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The Australian Newspaper reported this morning that owners of musical instruments made with illegally imported wood will not face prosecution according to two US federal agencies. This decision was made clear in a letter that addresses a number of concerns that were raised up after the raids on Gibson factory in Tennessee earlier this year. [...]
Media from around the world have picked up on this week’s press conference in which Gibson Guitar Chairman and CEO Henry Juszkiewicz spoke out defiantly against recent federal raids at Gibson’s Memphis and Nashville facilities. Gibson are in the process of challenging the Federal Government’s actions through the US courts. Mr. Juszkiewicz this week, stated [...]
In November 2009 the Gibson Guitar Company was served with a warrant by agents of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service who are looking for timber species that cannot be legally imported into the USA. Reports in the media and from Gibson revelas that the company cooperated fully in assisting the Federal Service with their [...]
After nearly a year, the Gibson Editorial Blog is once again up and running with an all-new editorial team at the helm. Visit the blog, oh-so-cleverly titled ‘Blog and Roll,’ weekly for music and guitar talk, sneak peeks at upcoming features and a behind-the-scenes view of Gibson.com. The first blog is up and running, so [...]
Gibson Learn & Master Guitar Application Play guitar? Got and iPhone? Gibson Guitars is known worldwide for producing classic models in every major style of fretted instrument, including acoustic and electric guitars, mandolins, and banjos. Now you can have Gibson on your iPhone with the Gibson Learn & Master Guitar App. Gibson has partnered with [...]
Gibson Contributing Editor Ellen Barnes talks to Randy Scruggs. Randy Scruggs grew up watching wide-eyed as his dad – legendary banjo player Earl Scruggs – took part in jam sessions at the family’s Nashville home with artists like Johnny Cash, Ravi Shankar and Linda Ronstadt. Besides his enviable vantage point, Randy also received personal tutelage [...]
The National Association of Music Merchants along with some American guitar manufacturers have been named in several lawsuits with claims of conspiring to artificially boost prices on their products in violation of the federal Sherman Antitrust Act. Defendants include instrument makers Fender, Yamaha and Gibson along with The National Association of Music Merchants and US [...]
In a press release from Gibson Guitars this week we hear that Gibson Guitar is fully cooperating with agents of the United States Fish & Wildlife Service regarding an issue with wood procurement. Gibson Guitar Chairman and CEO takes the issue of responsible wood sourcing very seriously. Gibson Guitar makes every effort to ensure that [...]
Further reports in this week’s Tennessee press reveal that Gibson Guitar Corp.’s Henry Juszkiewicz, Gibson‘s CEO and board chairman, is also a board member of the environmental group, Rainforest Alliance. Juszkiewicz will absent himself from the board of the environmental group, pending the outcome of a federal search of the Nashville factory by government officials [...]
News from the USA reveals that the Gibson Guitar Company was served with a warrant by agents of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service who are looking for timber species that cannot be legally imported into the USA. Gibson Guitar in a press release this week stated that it is fully cooperating with agents of [...]
Gibson Guitar, the world’s premier musical instrument maker and leader in music technology has announced its partnership with Apple for the launch of their Pro Studio Series 2009. The latest releases of Final Cut Studio, Final Cut Server and Logic Studio contain powerful new features that make video production and music creation easier and more [...]
For more than 85 years the Gibson banjo has been at the forefront of such musical genres as country, bluegrass, Celtic and now country-rock music. The Gibson banjo has been available in many great many classic models through the years, none more revered than the pre-war RB-75. Gibson Original Instruments have announced the very limited [...]
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