Gibson Products Return to Guitar Center
June 14, 2001Gibson Musical Instruments and Guitar Center will renew their
business relationship effective immediately, with initial fulfillment of instruments to
America’s largest music retailer scheduled over the next eight weeks.
"We are confident that Gibson Musical Instruments can best reach America’s musicians
by continuing the tradition of selling quality Gibson product through America’s biggest
musical instrument retailer," commented Henry Juszkiewicz, Chairman and CEO, Gibson Musical Instruments. "We are excited
about the relationship with Guitar Center."
"The Gibson and Epiphone brands are two of the most highly respected brands in our industry and we are very happy to be able
to offer them to our customers," commented Larry Thomas, Chairman/Co-CEO, Guitar Center.
Gibson, founded in 1894, is one of the most highly known names in the musical instrument world. Gibson
brand acoustic guitars, Gibson USA electric guitars and Gibson Custom Shop instruments, as well as banjos, mandolins, and
Dobros, are designed and manufactured in plants in Nashville, Tennessee, and Bozeman, Montana. Gibson Musical Instruments
also includes Gibson brand strings, pickups, Goldtone amplifiers, and accessories, Epiphone guitars and accessories, and Trace
Elliot brand amplifiers.
Guitar Center is the nation’s largest retailer of guitars, amplifiers, percussion instruments, keyboards and pro-audio and
recording equipment. The company presently operates over 90 Guitar Center stores in 46 major markets and four stores in
secondary markets across the United States. In addition, the newly acquired American Music Group Division operates 12 stores
specializing in band instruments. Guitar Center also operates the largest direct-to-consumer retailer of musical instruments in
the United States through its wholly owned subsidiary, Musician’s Friend, Inc., and its catalog and web site,
www.musiciansfriend.com. For more information, visit their web site at www.gibson.com. |
