The “Robot” was also a bad move, as the battery would not take a charge after a while. I had my “Robot” (a $4000.00 experiment) stripped of its microprocessors, wires, knobs, tuning pegs, and general weirdness, and now have a pristine, magnificent Les Paul Studio with Grover Tuning Pegs and a sculpted body that stays in tune and sings like a bird.
I am certain that Gibson could have recovered from the Robot, just like Ford survived the Edsel and Coke survived “New Coke”, but the debacle with “Fish and Wildlife Agents” under the direction of a vengeful and petulant Obama did the dirty deed.
LOL! And now ford will make only pick ups and one fusion model or something within the next 2 years. So, LP standards and SGs now?