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Title: Apparently Guild is confused about who their artists are.
Post by: edwin on March 28, 2015, 02:45:56 PM

Or at least what they look like.
 
http://guildguitars.com/community/artists/ (http://guildguitars.com/community/artists/)

Title: Apparently Guild is confused about who their artists are.
Post by: adriaan on March 28, 2015, 03:02:40 PM

Epic!
 
Must be the Alembic strap that caught them off guard ...
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/207972.jpg)

Title: Apparently Guild is confused about who their artists are.
Post by: elwoodblue on March 28, 2015, 03:05:57 PM

: )))) Ha!

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Post by: adriaan on March 28, 2015, 03:11:12 PM

The photo credit points to our very own little corner of the interwebs (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=8082)!

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Post by: sonicus on March 28, 2015, 09:42:44 PM

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

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Post by: lbpesq on March 29, 2015, 09:21:42 AM

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

Title: Apparently Guild is confused about who their artists are.
Post by: bigredbass on March 29, 2015, 05:34:01 PM

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

Title: Apparently Guild is confused about who their artists are.
Post by: edwin on March 29, 2015, 05:55:54 PM

Hey, don't cut short my moment in the sun! :-)

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Post by: sonicus on March 29, 2015, 07:03:20 PM

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

Title: Apparently Guild is confused about who their artists are.
Post by: edwin on March 29, 2015, 07:36:56 PM

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.

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Post by: edwardofhuncote on March 30, 2015, 02:23:05 AM

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!

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Post by: pace on April 06, 2015, 04:14:45 PM

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....

Title: Apparently Guild is confused about who their artists are.
Post by: edwin on April 06, 2015, 04:36:34 PM

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.

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Post by: hammer on April 06, 2015, 06:36:47 PM

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

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Post by: sonicus on April 06, 2015, 07:40:14 PM

Made in China ?

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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on April 06, 2015, 08:23:36 PM

Guild's US operations are now in Oxnard, CA, under the direction of former Gibson Acoustic honcho Ren Ferguson.
 
Peter

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Post by: sonicus on April 06, 2015, 08:38:00 PM

That's great !

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Post by: bigredbass on April 06, 2015, 10:53:34 PM

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

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Post by: lbpesq on April 07, 2015, 09:27:42 AM

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

Title: Apparently Guild is confused about who their artists are.
Post by: edwin on April 07, 2015, 09:37:46 AM

Hah! As if he could ever replace me! ####

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Post by: David Houck on April 07, 2015, 03:57:43 PM

Really!

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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on April 07, 2015, 08:40:23 PM

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

Title: Apparently Guild is confused about who their artists are.
Post by: bigredbass on April 07, 2015, 09:37:23 PM

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

Title: Apparently Guild is confused about who their artists are.
Post by: edwardofhuncote on April 08, 2015, 05:08:25 AM

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! =)

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Post by: edwin on April 08, 2015, 09:17:21 AM

No problem with the derail. My 15 minutes are clearly over.

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Post by: hieronymous on April 08, 2015, 02:26:02 PM

It's kind of weird, not only did they take down your picture, they took down Phil Lesh?!!!

Title: Apparently Guild is confused about who their artists are.
Post by: peoplechipper on April 15, 2015, 11:56:16 PM

Surprised no one else has mentioned, but you're better looking than Phil, so you have that going for you, which is nice...Tony

Title: Apparently Guild is confused about who their artists are.
Post by: edwin on April 16, 2015, 09:50:33 AM

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

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Post by: lbpesq on April 16, 2015, 10:46:59 AM

sromur ylgu
 
Bill, tgo

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Post by: 5a_quilt_top on April 16, 2015, 11:06:32 AM

Mars Hotel.
 
Nice tangental reference for this thread.
 
Keep it Weird - P. Lesh, as posted in TXR

Title: Apparently Guild is confused about who their artists are.
Post by: mica on April 16, 2015, 07:33:06 PM

I love this thread.