Randall Smith Gone From Mesa Boogie/Gibson?

[spawnofthesith]

Ironically, in his last video RS actually talked about how separated and clueless about social media/YouTube he actually is and how he’s having fun dipping his toes into YouTube with these videos. I have my doubts that fluff is anything more than a small blip on his radar, if that


Unfortunately, it mostly seems that no one cares about 99% of the real content he’s been posting and largely only latching on to 4 second soind bites in 20 minute videos. Kind of sad tbh

I do think sooner or later we will end up getting some more details in these videos though

 

[norminal]

Public ally Gossiping about people getting fired is kinda shitty regardless of who you or they are imo.

I worked at the State Unemployment Office for a few years while in-between jobs.

Quite often, employers will fire someone, but intentionally wouldn’t respond to a Request For Separation Information so that the severed employee will receive unemployment benefits. We would then treat the claim as a layoff. We had a few cases where someone would run their mouth on social media about a person who was fired and the information would make it back to the Unemployment Office, consequently denying the claimant of benefits.

I can think of several other instances where you wouldn’t want that information getting out. People have been denied investment payments because of how they were separated from employment.

Simply put, it was private information that someone entrusted with Fluff, but instead he ran his mouth.

I have zero sympathy for him and if I were a manufacturer, I’d think twice about doing business with him. He’s an NDA liability.

Just my final $0.02.

 

[EOengineer]

I think at some point people are going to need to agree to disagree on this one. People seem pretty entrenched.

 

[paisleywookiee]

I think at some point people are going to need to agree to disagree on this one. People seem pretty entrenched.

This is true. But I will still be trolling every Facebook post by Mesa Boogie, saying “okay cool, but how’s it sound with a Strat or PRS?”

 

[EOengineer]

This is true. But I will still be trolling every Facebook post by Mesa Boogie, saying “okay cool, but how’s it sound with a Strat or PRS?”

I would hope for nothing less from you.

 

[spawnofthesith]

This is true. But I will still be trolling every Facebook post by Mesa Boogie, saying “okay cool, but how’s it sound with a Strat or PRS?”

We have endless data from the 90s/aughts on that

 

[paisleywookiee]

I would hope for nothing less from you.

Hey, someone’s got to! But seriously, I’m glad they don’t actually know who I am, otherwise my buddy would have some ‘splaining to do.

 

[GuitarBilly74]

You’re oddly obsessed with the guy, reeks of jealousy honestly.

Funny coming from the guy who actually made a whole video about it.

 

[[Nathan]]

Funny coming from the guy who actually made a whole video about it.

My interest in the topic doesn’t run deep into fan fiction like yours and others do apparently.

Congrats, a bunch of you have won the boomer war of attrition, well done. Dipping out of this thread cause it’s way too bitter and there’s better ways to be spending free time

 

[EOengineer]

Whelp I’m plugging the SG into the Dual Rectifier tomorrow and I hope it offends everyone equally.

 

[spawnofthesith]

My interest in the topic doesn’t run deep into fan fiction like yours and others do apparently.

Congrats, a bunch of you have won the boomer war of attrition, well done. Dipping out of this thread cause it’s way too bitter and there’s better ways to be spending free time

*citation needed

 

[spawnofthesith]

Whelp I’m plugging the SG into the Dual Rectifier tomorrow and I hope it offends everyone equally.

I hardly ever plug my one Gibson these days


Every time I do tho it’s like… “Oh… DAMN “

 

[GuitarBilly74]

My interest in the topic doesn’t run deep into fan fiction like yours and others do apparently.

Congrats, a bunch of you have won the boomer war of attrition, well done. Dipping out of this thread cause it’s way too bitter and there’s better ways to be spending free time

I can't help but notice that the major YT channels are staying out of it. It's the low level channels that need to express their "interest in the topic". Which obviously are much more noble than people having a discussion in a forum, as you clearly expressed.
I get it man. Gotta jump on the bait train while it's hot. Respect the hustle.

Try these next:

Lars Ulrich snare sound
Backing tracks are not live music
Amps are dead
The myth of tonewood
Double blind test plexi vs katana: the result will shock you
Megadeth line up changes again

That will make you super popular

 

[EOengineer]

I hardly ever plug my one Gibson these days


Every time I do tho it’s like… “Oh… DAMN “

I’ve had a LONG run with mostly Tokais and Burnys that sent my Gibsons packing years back but the two Gibsons I’ve picked up post Covid are both amongst the best playing guitars I own.

Both have some finishing “personality” we’ll call it but man. Great playability, tone, body balance, very resonant. It’s all there. I either got exceptionally lucky OR Gibson is at least trying to pull it together.

 

[spawnofthesith]

I’ve had a LONG run with mostly Tokais and Burnys that sent my Gibsons packing years back but the two Gibsons I’ve picked up post Covid are both amongst the best playing guitars I own.

Both have some finishing “personality” we’ll call it but man. Great playability, tone, body balance, very resonant. It’s all there. I either got exceptionally lucky OR Gibson is at least trying to pull it together.

Would love a MIJ gibby one of these days always had my eye on Edwards


I will say, perhaps one of the things that makes me an unapologetic “Gibson bootlicker” is the fact that I’ve owned my fair share of them for close to a couple decades now. Never owned a bad one, or frankly even played a bad one in the wild (unless we’re counting shitty GC floor model setups on their very entry level units) . Definitely 0% encounters with anything affecting playability. Maybe I’ve seen a few aesthetic discrepancies that wouldn’t pass the “tgp black light test” but honestly none of that in the ones I’ve owned. I do chalk most of it up to an internet thing

Fuckin a, UPS is currently in possession of a strandberg I have on the way, I’ve seen far more legitimate horror stories on the web about that brand… and they’re priced similarly to USA Gibsons despite the fact they’re made by Cortek Indonesia, and twice the price of every other brand contracting them (with far less reported QC issues)

Everyone wants to call lit Gibson for being overpriced, but at the same time 2x price PRS and Suhr standard production stuff gets a pass for some reason

All just strange to me. But I don’t really care, if I’m a bootlicker so be it. I mostly play PRS these days so

 

[spawnofthesith]

Of course we can get into being upset about Gibsons litigious tendencies but I think they’re in the right most of the time (not always)

Don’t get me started on that Jericho twat. Whining about his 1:1 aesthetic rip offs is one thing but when he started trying to claim “Gibson hackers” deleted his kids sporting events from his calendars it became supremely apparent that he was full of shit

 

[GuitarBilly74]

Some of the MIJ "Orville" Gibsons beat the US line by a good margin. Tokai, Burny (Fernandes), high end Edwards... same deal. They can't sell them in the US market for good reason.

Same thing happened with Fender in the 80s, the MIJ guitars were killing the MIA at half the price. Fender pulled them out too.

Japanese manufacturing is the real deal. They're probably the number one country for quality standards.

 

[GuitarBilly74]

Of course we can get into being upset about Gibsons litigious tendencies but I think they’re in the right most of the time (not always)

Don’t get me started on that Jericho twat. Whining about his 1:1 aesthetic rip offs is one thing but when he started trying to claim “Gibson hackers” deleted his kids sporting events from his calendars it became supremely apparent that he was full of shit

It's how US trademark laws are setup. Defend it or lose it. I doubt companies would bother suing people selling maybe 30 guitars a month if they didn't have to. But they have to.

There's a little company in Chicago right now making some killer Vs for a great price. So far they managed to fly under the radar. I want to get one before the party is over Iron Label guitars.

https://reverb.com/item/85989917?utm_source=android-app&utm_medium=android-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=85989917

 

[spawnofthesith]

I work in an industry where IP is very important. The documents we have to sign are biblically thick and our laptops go into an over the top gun safe at the end of the day

Which makes all of this fluff stuff even more humorous to me

 

[GuitarBilly74]

I work in an industry where IP is very important. The documents we have to sign are biblically thick and our laptops go into an over the top gun safe at the end of the day

Which makes all of this fluff stuff even more humorous to me

Yeah I'm a data analyst so I deal with a lot of sensitive information including HR related. I am mandated to attend information security training twice an year, then also have sign a book worth of "Don't do it or else"