NAME: |
H.
Joshua Gaunt |
ORIGINALLY
FROM: |
Born
in Fort Wayne, IN... but moved around alot growing up. |
HOW
YOU GOT STARTED IN GUITAR REPAIR: |
Went
to Full Sail and got an AS in Show Production and Touring. Went to work
@ S.I.R in San Francisco as a backline tech, then moved back to Chicago
and learned from 3CGS in Guitar Repair |
HOW
/ WHEN YOU CAME TO WORK FOR 3CGS / BOBS: |
Looking
for a job in the Chi Reader, and managed to convince CE to hire me...
Feb. 2003 |
FREQUENT
REPAIRS / SPECIALTY: |
Headstock
Reglue with Cosmo, Top Cracks, Inlays, Touchups, refrets, and alot of
customizations, routing and cobbling. |
BEFORE
YOU BECAME A TECH, WHAT OTHER WORK DID YOU DO: |
Mostly
retail in my teens, then alot of stage hand work, and backline tech
work. |
ANY
BANDS: |
Nope,
prefer repairing guitars to playing |
RECOMMENDED
LISTENING: |
Sublime,
Flogging Molly, Calexico, Slightly Stoopid, Boozoo Bajou, Thievery Corporation,
De La Soul, Earatik Statik, Marley and the Wailers (studio one)... |
| FAVORITE
FIREWATER: |
Makers
on the rocks, and a Highlife is all I crave |
FAVORITE
GUITAR: |
Early
60's Gibson SG JR/ Pre Gibson Tobias Basic 5-St. Bass |
FAVORITE
HOBBIE: |
Rock
Climbing |
LINKS: |
