| Author | Message | ||
| edwin
Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 1965 Registered: 5-2002 |
Or at least what they look like. http://guildguitars.com/community/artists/ | ||
| adriaan
Moderator Username: adriaan Post Number: 3226 Registered: 6-2002 |
Epic! Must be the Alembic strap that caught them off guard ...  | ||
| elwoodblue
Senior Member Username: elwoodblue Post Number: 1576 Registered: 6-2002 |
: )))) Ha! | ||
| adriaan
Moderator Username: adriaan Post Number: 3227 Registered: 6-2002 |
The photo credit points to our very own little corner of the interwebs! | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 4037 Registered: 5-2009 |
Edwin ! You have studied law , tell me if Guild now owes you financial compensation your the use of your image . I am really curious . There obviously has been no___" model release agreement" .  _____ LOL ! That is a good picture , you look very introspective ! Wolf | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 6001 Registered: 7-2004 |
Hey Phil, did you know there's some guy pretending to be you up at some restaurant/bar/music hall in San Rafael named after a turtle or something? hehehehe Bill, tgo | ||
| bigredbass
Senior Member Username: bigredbass Post Number: 2358 Registered: 9-2002 |
I know these current production 'Newark St. Basses' re-issues are supposed to re-create the originals, but for me they pose a few problems: a) Obviously they lost the blueprints for these with TWO pickups . . . . b) I guess it's a nice stylistic touch to have TWO thumbrests ( . . . which confirms what I always thought, that a lot of guys who played these in the old days sure sounded like they had all, or obviously, TWO thumbs) and the bridge saddles made out of the same hardwood, but it's 2015 already . . . WOOD bridge saddles? On that funky little bridge? Really? These aren't really my cup of tea (would have never known, right?), but honestly, at least sell parallel versions of these things built like a real bass, wouldja? A real bridge, two pickups, real keys. Or better yet, make a Squier version, it would turn out right. SO, for the Guild Monday Morning Meeting, here's the talking points: a) Shoot your web designer. b) Get Phil's picture in there, we've run Barry Gibb's pic in TWO places. c) The 'Product Pagge' tab needs work, troubleshoot that 'SPELLLEEE CHICKER' program. d) Find the 'two-pickup' blueprints so we can shut that nut up on the ALEMBIC chat room. Call Babicz and HipShot. e) See if one of the New England state highway departments is interested in some wood bridges, cheap. We'll pay the shipping. There. I feel better. Joey | ||
| edwin
Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 1966 Registered: 5-2002 |
Hey, don't cut short my moment in the sun! :-) | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 4044 Registered: 5-2009 |
Hey Brother Edwin , You had better put on some Sun Screen SPF 15 ! : The Sun might get really bright ! Love for you and your Family . Wolf | ||
| edwin
Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 1967 Registered: 5-2002 |
That was at the High Sierra Music Fest in 2007 and it was 115 degrees out. The weird stripy thing around my neck was actually an old shirt I ripped up and stuck in an ice water bucket for a while to try to stay cool. Much fun, but kind of brutal. | ||
| edwardofhuncote
Senior Member Username: edwardofhuncote Post Number: 291 Registered: 6-2014 |
Joey should get some kind of prize for ^that^ post! That's the funniest thing I ever read at 5:30 am. Made my Monday! | ||
| pace
Senior Member Username: pace Post Number: 1120 Registered: 4-2004 |
Chiming in late, I know.... But..... Simply hysterical on all fronts!!!!.... If it's any consolation to Joey, I know the U.S. shop up in New Hartford is making a two pup version, but alas, Westerly style humbuckers~ no bisonics.... As a local highway dept employee, they can keep the wood bridges, eh saddles, maybe an equestrian group up there can make better use of them.... | ||
| edwin
Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 1978 Registered: 5-2002 |
Well, I sent them a note thanking them for posting my picture and that I'd be happy to endorse their lovely bass. We'll see what happens. | ||
| hammer
Senior Member Username: hammer Post Number: 685 Registered: 9-2009 |
Thought the New Hartford Guild facility turned off the lights about a year ago. Was the decision reversed? Used to live no more than a few miles of the place when I resided in CT | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 4072 Registered: 5-2009 |
Made in China ? | ||
| cozmik_cowboy
Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 1852 Registered: 10-2006 |
Guild's US operations are now in Oxnard, CA, under the direction of former Gibson Acoustic honcho Ren Ferguson. Peter | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 4073 Registered: 5-2009 |
That's great ! | ||
| bigredbass
Senior Member Username: bigredbass Post Number: 2363 Registered: 9-2002 |
I've often thought that if you took all the 'former Gibson ______________' there are, we could have a yearly reunion at Titan Stadium here in Nashville, IF it would hold all of us. I wonder how long Ren was in de-programming? Joey | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 6021 Registered: 7-2004 |
Well, it now appears that Edwin has been removed, but there is no Phil Lesh to replace him. Come on Guild, get your act together! Bill, tgo | ||
| edwin
Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 1980 Registered: 5-2002 |
Hah! As if he could ever replace me! #### | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 11710 Registered: 5-2002 |
Really! | ||
| cozmik_cowboy
Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 1854 Registered: 10-2006 |
Why Joey, do you mean to imply that working for Henry isn't all cherries??? I'm shocked! (in my best Claude Raines voice) Peter | ||
| bigredbass
Senior Member Username: bigredbass Post Number: 2364 Registered: 9-2002 |
I'm sorry, but I have to play this hand: Why no, CC, working for The Henry isn't all cherries . . . . IT'S the PITS (in my best Gilbert Gotfried voice) Joey | ||
| edwardofhuncote
Senior Member Username: edwardofhuncote Post Number: 304 Registered: 6-2014 |
Huh... small world Joey. During my stint in Nashville (crash diet was more like it) through various other music aquaintances, I met a couple guys that worked for various branches of HJ's... Richie Owens, and Todd Wright. Richie was head of production or some kind of muckety-muck at Dobro, which Gibson had recently acquired, and IIRC Todd was one of the Bozeman guys... this was my "inside" to getting hired at Gibson. I'd have done it too, but for the insanely long hiring process, which was like six weeks or something. About the same time our band got a management deal and a series of short tours that would've knocked me out of the job anyway. Eventually, Richie hooked me up with another guy that ran a shop where we built custom road cases for everything imaginable, from TV cameras for TNN Motorsports to giant mixing boards, even a B3 organ for Shania Twain. It was steady work I enjoyed, and flexible enough that I could work when off the road, a lifesaver really. Worked for him the rest of my time there, and we're still good friends today. Never saw or heard from Richie Owens or Gibson USA again, but given all that went down over on Elm Hill Pike in years to come... whew! Talk about being happy about the road not taken. Sorry for the derail... carry on! =) | ||
| edwin
Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 1982 Registered: 5-2002 |
No problem with the derail. My 15 minutes are clearly over. | ||
| hieronymous
Senior Member Username: hieronymous Post Number: 1496 Registered: 1-2005 |
It's kind of weird, not only did they take down your picture, they took down Phil Lesh?!!! | ||
| peoplechipper
Senior Member Username: peoplechipper Post Number: 593 Registered: 2-2009 |
Surprised no one else has mentioned, but you're better looking than Phil, so you have that going for you, which is nice...Tony | ||
| edwin
Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 1993 Registered: 5-2002 |
"Ugly but honest, that's us. Hey, there's a good title for you, 'Ugly but Honest.' A'course, we ain't all that honest, either. Maybe just 'Ugly' is good enough...." -J. Garcia | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 6035 Registered: 7-2004 |
sromur ylgu Bill, tgo | ||
| 5a_quilt_top
Senior Member Username: 5a_quilt_top Post Number: 497 Registered: 6-2012 |
Mars Hotel. Nice tangental reference for this thread. "Keep it Weird" - P. Lesh, as posted in TXR | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 8498 Registered: 6-2000 |
I love this thread. |
