OK, your right about not killing it, they sold it.. But before (right before) they sold it they sold us $99 to $`199 lifetime licenses? what would you call that? I was there. Been a CW user since the late 80's.
Totally agree with the FAS post; there's a time to leave things where they are, and not to wait getting too old to profit from your labour. Hoping that Mesa will remain in the business as, even though I only owned some of their rack preamps and long ago, their equipment just is top notch and great sounding.
I liken it more to MEduSA.
Right there with you.
Yeah, their smartest play is to just let Mesa be as an autonomous company under the Gibson umbrella. Having spent 15 years in corporate America though, even if this happens (which is rare, usually M&A look for “synergies” and fire a bunch of people whose function they don’t fully understand), it doesn’t last for long. Eventually the old boys network from the parent company moves in and massacres the previous management to replace it with themselves and their cronies. Good people leave shortly thereafter. I’ve yet to see any exceptions to this. So Mesa as we know it today will be allowed to continue for a couple of years, and then it will rapidly crap out due to the factors outlined above.
This is spot-on, and as predictions go, I think your timeline is a good bet.
