Givson Guitars "Beware Of Imitation".

octagon · Post by **octagon** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:55 am

http://www.givson.com/home.html#products

gray · Post by **gray** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:25 am

India, huh? Weird.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 9:11 am

India...yes. Dum Dum, Kolkata, actually. Not so weird if you're Indian.

gray · Post by **gray** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 11:56 am

Not if you're Indian, no. I was just commenting on the nature of the way they're manufacturing knock-offs complete with a knock-off of the name of the company they're knocking-off.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 12:05 pm

No harm done.

But finding out they were in an area called "Dum Dum" was worth a chuckle...

gray · Post by **gray** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 12:34 pm

It is. And not to get off topic but that reminds me that at one time Coca Cola tried to market their drink in China by spelling out Co Ca Co La phonetically. That means "bite the wax tadpole" in Chinese. I thought that was great.

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 3:29 pm

Sounds similar to what happened to Chevy's "No va" in Spanish-speaking countries ...

Oh, and I thought the "Beware of Imitation" thing was quite ironic.

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 3:35 pm

blazer · Post by **blazer** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 3:59 pm

Well there actually are Hong Kong made Givson immitations floating around.

So why do you guys think that their remark about looking out for immitations is "Ironic"? Givson is not Gibson, nor do they try to pass themselves as Gibson, their guitars don't even look like Gibson guitars.

octagon · Post by **octagon** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 4:26 pm

Well Givson means Gibson in hindi.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 5:46 pm

Wouter, their logotype is a Gibson knock-off! Maybe they're not trying to pass themselves off as Gibson, but a little spark from the Gibson fire still remains--borrowed, no doubt.

The "No-Va" tale is apocryphal, as is the Chinese Coca Cola tale only partially true. Anyone doubting this can check with snopes.com.

dr_wahnsinn · Post by **dr_wahnsinn** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:12 pm

Don't forget the Indian made Höbner and Yemaha guitars!

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 2:44 pm

What's wrong with a Chevrolet no-go? haha!
I just bought a new Givson Thundervird, bery nice vass.

rickenmetal · Post by **rickenmetal** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:45 pm

Damn, no Les Baul model.

The G.S. 1000 is kind of interesting looking though.

paologregorio · Post by **paologregorio** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:51 pm

The next model to be introduced will be the Delhicaster!

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