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Bridges on backwards
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 8:58 am
by jwilli
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:05 am
by jingle_jangle
John, do you think that Gruhn caught this one when he "set it up", post-photos?
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:32 am
by jwilli
Ha, I guess the expert missed that!
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:34 am
by Scastles
He missed that... and the year.
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 10:08 am
by bmi_guy
George was looking fo a good luthier - I guess he's still look'n...
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 10:12 am
by admin
Let 'em have it John.
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 10:25 am
by jingle_jangle
Actually, guys, the seller did mention in the ad copy that the photos were taken BEFORE Gruhn set it up, so that's why I was speculatin'.
Sam Calveard runs Gruhn's repair shop, and he's darned good. Mike, perhaps you could share your observations with me, off-list?
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 10:56 am
by route66guitars
Some of the rarest and best instruments I have ever purchased were on Gruhn Guitars list. In every case they did not know what they had. This includes Rickenbackers.
George is not usually on the floor, and is not the person responsible for the dating, grading, etc. of the vast majority of instruments in inventory.
While George is indeed 'the man' for vintage acoustic instruments, he is definitely not a Rickenbacker expert, and I doubt that he would tell you he is. This is reflected in what most of the people on the fshowroom loor know about them as well.
Sj
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 12:06 pm
by johnhall
George is also an expert herptologist. If you want to know anything at all about snakes, he's your man!
Now that I think about it, some of that knowledge might be useful in the music business.
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 12:35 pm
by Scastles
John, snakes are plentiful...they're everywhere.
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 1:02 pm
by doctorwho
Stan said:
... John, snakes are plentiful...they're everywhere. ...
Not exactly true: there are none in Ireland. Or Antarctica. Or ...
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 1:20 pm
by johnhall
Gary, you're wrong. I know more than a few snakes in Ireland. But I don't know any in Antarctica, that's true.
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 1:27 pm
by Scastles
Oh, you guys are talking about the real ones. I was only making reference to the upright kind. LOL.
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 1:37 pm
by Scastles
Added note...St. Patrick got rid of the snakes without the FTC. And who or what would want to exist in Antartica?
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 3:57 pm
by johnhall
Stan, the penguins make a habit of it.
