Mike Ulegue
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Mike Ulegue
Josh Gaunt
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NAME:
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H. Joshua Gaunt
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ORIGINALLY FROM:
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Born in Fort Wayne, IN… but moved around alot growing up.
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HOW YOU GOT STARTED IN GUITAR REPAIR:
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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
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HOW / WHEN YOU CAME TO WORK FOR 3CGS / BOBS:
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Looking for a job in the Chi Reader, and managed to convince CE to hire me… Feb. 2003
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FREQUENT REPAIRS / SPECIALTY:
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Headstock Reglue with Cosmo, Top Cracks, Inlays, Touchups, refrets, and alot of customizations, routing and cobbling.
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BEFORE YOU BECAME A TECH, WHAT OTHER WORK DID YOU DO:
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Mostly retail in my teens, then alot of stage hand work, and backline tech work.
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ANY BANDS:
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Nope, prefer repairing guitars to playing
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RECOMMENDED LISTENING:
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Sublime, Flogging Molly, Calexico, Slightly Stoopid, Boozoo Bajou, Thievery Corporation, De La Soul, Earatik Statik, Marley and the Wailers (studio one)…
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FAVORITE FIREWATER:
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Makers on the rocks, and a Highlife is all I crave
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FAVORITE GUITAR:
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Early 60′s Gibson SG JR/ Pre Gibson Tobias Basic 5-St. Bass
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FAVORITE HOBBIE:
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Rock Climbing
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Brett Vandonsel
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Brett Vandonsel
NAME: Brett VanDonsel
FROM: Oneida Wisconsin (think suburbs of Green Bay if Green Bay was big enough to actually have suburbs)
HOW I CAME TO THIRD COAST: I had just walked off a particularly bad roofing job when I opened the reader and found the help wanted ads. The rest is history.
SPECIALTY: Bread and butter stuff: setups, fret levels, pickup installs etc. Makin’ junk sound good.
OTHER JOBS: Odds and ends mostly. A little retail, a little film scoring, a little handy man stuff. Oh… and guitar lessons which I still do. Read about that here.
BANDS: Trouser (a million years ago), Bass for Dan Wallace. Guitar with Eddie Dixon and Grapeshot. Currently releasing solo material. (titled: Open Letter to the Cardinal)
FAVORITE GUITAR: A 1960′s small body acoustic Harmony I just bought from RD.
FOOD: Anything as long as it won’t kill me.
FAVORITE ALCHOHOL: Anything as long as it can kill me.
Chris Plank
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Chris Plank
Andon Davis
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NAME:
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Andon T. Davis Jr.
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ORIGINALLY FROM:
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Springfield, IL… Home of political corruption and tourism. |
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HOW YOU GOT STARTED IN GUITAR REPAIR:
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Dauphin company 1983-1986 Spfld. IL doing setup work. BGS / 3CGS 1996 – Present. Been playing guitar since my teens, finally decided to fix my own
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HOW / WHEN YOU CAME TO WORK FOR 3CGS / BOBS:
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1996 Approached Guitar Bob Egan at a gig we were playing togeather and said “Take me on Captain Bob”
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FREQUENT REPAIRS / SPECIALTY:
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I like doing setup’s on Telecasters and Les Pauls
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BEFORE YOU BECAME A TECH, WHAT OTHER WORK DID YOU DO:
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I play guitar and sing, Worked construction / building and road union laborer, also landscaping, sales, and teaching at music stores.
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ANY BANDS:
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Gun for hire right now… Do you need a guitar player / singer
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RECOMMENDED LISTENING:
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Jeff Beck, David Lindley, Richard Thompson, Chet Atkins, Danny Gatton, Les Paul, Doyle Dykes, George Harrison, Branford Marsalis, Link Wray, Billy Gibbons, and of course Jimi Hendrix
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FAVORITE
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Joe Rodger Chili, Springfield IL * CAUTION * use sparingly
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FAVORITE
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A great sounding acoustic guitar
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FAVORITE
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Peace on Earth “why can’t we all just get along”
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LINKS:
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John Slevira
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John Slevira
Zach Duran
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NAME:
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Zach Duran
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ORIGINALLY FROM:
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South – Side of Chicago
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HOW YOU GOT STARTED IN GUITAR REPAIR:
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Reading a few books and finally by attending Galloup School of Lutherie
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HOW / WHEN YOU CAME TO WORK FOR 3CGS / BOBS:
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Was surfing the web and came across this fine website. I turned in my resume in Jan. of 2006 and was working a week later.
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FREQUENT REPAIRS / SPECIALTY:
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All aspects of Setup/Electronics and now High End Repair (head stock re-glues, finish touchups, structural repairs)
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BEFORE YOU BECAME A TECH, WHAT OTHER WORK DID YOU DO:
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unloaded trucks on the docks
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ANY BANDS:
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RECOMMENDED LISTENING:
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Atkins to Zappa and everything in between.
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FAVORITE GUITAR:
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Fender Strat…WAIT… Gibson Les Paul,.. Ok I like em all.
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FAVORITE FOOD:
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Italian
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FAVORITE ALCOHOL:
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Jameson Whisky, on the rocks
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LINKS:
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Steve Gerlach
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NAME:
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Steve Gerlach
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ORIGINALLY FROM:
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Lake Forest, IL / Baltimore, MD
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HOW YOU GOT STARTED IN GUITAR REPAIR:
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I knew how to intonate a guitar when i got hired. I learned the rest on the job.
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HOW / WHEN YOU CAME TO WORK FOR 3CGS / BOBS:
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1996. Andon knew of me, and the needed another guy.
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FREQUENT REPAIRS / SPECIALTY:
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setups, elecronics
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BEFORE YOU BECAME A TECH, WHAT OTHER WORK DID YOU DO:
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starbucks coffee, 7 1/2 years.
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ANY BANDS:
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Tommy Keen, Bad Examples, Turnstyles, Tuffy UK, Cane Corso. Sessions for: John Cale (Velvet Underground), State Farm, Applebee’s, Friendly’s, Killian’s Red, Ralph’s World, Cooper Tire etc…………
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RECOMMENDED LISTENING:
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Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Cheap Trick, the Kinks
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FAVORITE GUITAR:
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Les Pauls and Telecasters
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FAVORITE GUITARS I OWN:
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RD Custom mahaghony tele w/P90′s – RD custom LP w/ Tele scale length
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LINKS:
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Tom Gerlach
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NAME:
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Tom Gerlach
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ORIGINALLY FROM:
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Northern Suburban Chicago area
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HOW YOU GOT STARTED IN GUITAR REPAIR:
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I started trying to fix / adjust stuff in the mid to late 70′s
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HOW / WHEN YOU CAME TO WORK FOR 3CGS / BOBS:
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I came on once Chris took over and things Really started coming togeather for Bob.
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FREQUENT REPAIRS / SPECIALTY:
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Mostly Mid-Level repairs and some structural stuff too.
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BEFORE YOU BECAME A TECH, WHAT OTHER WORK DID YOU DO:
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Musician with various day jobs, some pertaining to music.
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ANY BANDS:
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Bassist / Vocalist with the Andon Davis Situation
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RECOMMENDED LISTENING:
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Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, the Who
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FAVORITE BAR:
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The Matchbox / Silver Palm, Chicago.
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FAVORITE BARTENDER:
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Anybody who works at the Matchbox / Silver Palm!
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FAVORITE GUITAR:
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“69 Precision Bass
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LINKS:
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Robert Daniel
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NAME:
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Robert Daniel
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ORIGINALLY FROM:
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Merrillville, IN
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HOW YOU GOT STARTED IN GUITAR REPAIR:
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Messing up my own guitars, Then messing up my friends guitars, Generally taking things apart and then puttin them back together since i was a kid.
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HOW / WHEN YOU CAME TO WORK FOR 3CGS / BOBS:
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Feb. of 1996, on a tip from a friend
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FREQUENT REPAIRS / SPECIALTY:
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”I do it all baby!”
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BEFORE YOU BECAME A TECH, WHAT OTHER WORK DID YOU DO:
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Grounds keeper, Waiter, and worked at a lumber yard.
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ANY BANDS:
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Stripped For Parts
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RECOMMENDED LISTENING:
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Budgie, Cocteau Twins, Blue Oyster Cult
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FAVORITE BURGER:
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Moodys up north / rare w/blue cheese & raw onion
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FAVORITE MOVIE:
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1. Caddyshack, 2. Metropolis by Fritz Lang, 3. Careful by Guy Madding
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FAVORITE MAKI:
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Dragon roll at Thai Oscar on Western
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