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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:22 pm
by elysrand
No Paul, that makes you an incredibly versatile professional!
Besides, you do far more surface prep than Earl Scheib and you use better paint. They hardly do a full wipedown with Prep-Sol before they shoot that cheap enamel stuff, much less any sanding and bondo work... (ducking and running fast
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:56 pm
by jingle_jangle
Earl down in SoCal didn't sand. A friend had his Mom's olds Cutlass (a beautiful li'l ol' lady car with 16K on the clock and dull paint), painted by Earl in Costa Mesa, against my advice.
They painted everything he did not remove, although they did mask the tires and lenses.
That means pale blue bumpers, window trim (both formerly anodized aluminum), door handles, emblems and scripts, and wiper blades, too. Yikes!
I think Earl has pretty much left that location. Last time in SoCal (last week) I didn't see any sign of the ol' flim flam man...
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 3:56 am
by kenposurf
Earl Schieb..one LA "classic....remember Ralph Williams or ..guess this one from the quote: "I'll ride a pig, dance at your wedding or kiss your wife to sell ya a car"
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:32 am
by elysrand
You mean those Saturday morning TV Westerns he and his German Shepherd dog would sponsor, and interrupt them every 5 minutes with his nasally rapid-fire: “Hi, friends - Ralph Williams, Ralph Williams Ford - and this is my dog, Storm” ?
That was back before he went to jail for cheating his customers....
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:37 am
by elysrand
George, do YOU remember “Howdy, Neighbor - This is Cal Worthington, Cal Worthington Dodge - and this is my dog Spot.” At first, he really had a dog in the commercials. Every so often he would switch to a different breed and a different dog, but they were always named Spot. Then, he got tired of dogs and went to the zoo and started cycling through the animals.
His two best lines were: "I’d stand on my head to make you a better deal." and "If I can’t make you a better deal, I’ll eat a bug."
Of course, Cal started off spoofing Ralph Williams big time. But at least Cal never went to jail like Ralph
Prolly mighta shoulda tho. Cal was a bomber pilot in WWII, too, and mentioned that on one of those commercials.
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 5:12 am
by shamustwin
I'm proud to say I've got matching 6 and 12 strings on order from Paul, bound headstocks, pick up options, etc.
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 5:21 am
by elysrand
Me too! A six and a twelve. Congrats - welcome to the "Paul's building me a Work of Art" Club
Paul's the kind of fella that will definitely masking-tape off any door handles and wiper blades first, too...
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 5:27 am
by 86kubicki
I've got a 12 coming from Paul. We're just working on a finish now.
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 5:36 am
by kenposurf
Hey Elys..yep..sure do..I liked Cal..couldn't stand Ralph..hey Paul I hear you build some cool guitars!!!
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 5:47 am
by elysrand
Another Club member - congrats Steve!!!
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 6:17 am
by jingle_jangle
George is a club member as well.
Cal should have gone to jail...there were several exposes written about him. Old "never met a gimme cap I didn't like" Mike Moore could have had a field day with him, but Mike was a nasty misfit teener when Cal was at his pinnacle.
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 7:38 am
by wmthor
How many "Club Members" are going to be at SoCal 2007? The only guitar that I'm taking out there is Paul's masterpiece.
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 9:23 am
by jkl56
Paul, please contact me at
[email protected].
I tried to e-mail you at your profile address and it would not go thru.
Thanks
JKL
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 1:58 pm
by jingle_jangle
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:36 am
by gjg59
Please educate me Paul. Are you a Ric employee,a subcontractor to Ric, partner with Ric for the acoustics.
Does Ric build any acoustics in house or are they all built by what sounds to me like independent Luthiers such as yourself.
Also, are they built at the Ric factory ?
Just curious