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]]> http://www.thirdcoastguitar.com/techs/mike-ulegue/feed/ 2 Josh Gaunt http://www.thirdcoastguitar.com/techs/josh-gaunt/ http://www.thirdcoastguitar.com/techs/josh-gaunt/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:14:41 +0000 Guitar Repair http://www.thirdcoastguitar.com/news/?p=352

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:
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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.
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]]> http://www.thirdcoastguitar.com/techs/chris-plank/feed/ 3 Andon Davis http://www.thirdcoastguitar.com/techs/andon-davis/ http://www.thirdcoastguitar.com/techs/andon-davis/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:12:21 +0000 Guitar Repair http://www.thirdcoastguitar.com/news/?p=195 Andon Davis

 

NAME:
Andon T. Davis Jr.
ORIGINALLY FROM:
 Springfield, IL… Home of political corruption and tourism.
HOW YOU GOT STARTED IN GUITAR REPAIR:
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
HOW / WHEN YOU CAME TO WORK FOR 3CGS / BOBS:
 1996 Approached Guitar Bob Egan at a gig we were playing togeather and said “Take me on Captain Bob”
FREQUENT REPAIRS / SPECIALTY:
 I like doing setup’s on Telecasters and Les Pauls
BEFORE YOU BECAME A TECH, WHAT OTHER WORK DID YOU DO:
 I play guitar and sing, Worked construction / building and road union laborer, also landscaping, sales, and teaching at music stores.
ANY BANDS:
 Gun for hire right now… Do you need a guitar player / singer
RECOMMENDED LISTENING:
 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
FAVORITE
 Joe Rodger Chili, Springfield IL * CAUTION * use sparingly
FAVORITE
 A great sounding acoustic guitar
FAVORITE
 Peace on Earth “why can’t we all just get along”
LINKS:
 
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]]> http://www.thirdcoastguitar.com/techs/john-slivera/feed/ 0 Zach Duran http://www.thirdcoastguitar.com/techs/zach-duran/ http://www.thirdcoastguitar.com/techs/zach-duran/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:11:32 +0000 Guitar Repair http://www.thirdcoastguitar.com/news/?p=191

NAME:
Zach Duran
ORIGINALLY FROM:
South – Side of Chicago
HOW YOU GOT STARTED IN GUITAR REPAIR:
Reading a few books and finally by attending Galloup School of Lutherie
HOW / WHEN YOU CAME TO WORK FOR 3CGS / BOBS:
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.
FREQUENT REPAIRS / SPECIALTY:
All aspects of Setup/Electronics and now High End Repair (head stock re-glues, finish touchups, structural repairs)
BEFORE YOU BECAME A TECH, WHAT OTHER WORK DID YOU DO:
unloaded trucks on the docks
ANY BANDS:
RECOMMENDED LISTENING:
Atkins to Zappa and everything in between.
FAVORITE GUITAR:
Fender Strat…WAIT… Gibson Les Paul,.. Ok I like em all.
FAVORITE FOOD:
Italian
FAVORITE ALCOHOL:
Jameson Whisky, on the rocks
LINKS:
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NAME:
Steve Gerlach
ORIGINALLY FROM:
 Lake Forest, IL / Baltimore, MD
HOW YOU GOT STARTED IN GUITAR REPAIR:
 I knew how to intonate a guitar when i got hired. I learned the rest on the job.
HOW / WHEN YOU CAME TO WORK FOR 3CGS / BOBS:
 1996. Andon knew of me, and the needed another guy.
FREQUENT REPAIRS / SPECIALTY:
 setups, elecronics
BEFORE YOU BECAME A TECH, WHAT OTHER WORK DID YOU DO:
 starbucks coffee, 7 1/2 years.
ANY BANDS:
 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…………
RECOMMENDED LISTENING:
 Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Cheap Trick, the Kinks
FAVORITE GUITAR:
Les Pauls and Telecasters
FAVORITE GUITARS I OWN:
 RD Custom mahaghony tele w/P90′s – RD custom LP w/ Tele scale length
LINKS:
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NAME:
Tom Gerlach
ORIGINALLY FROM:
Northern Suburban Chicago area
HOW YOU GOT STARTED IN GUITAR REPAIR:
I started trying to fix / adjust stuff in the mid to late 70′s
HOW / WHEN YOU CAME TO WORK FOR 3CGS / BOBS:
I came on once Chris took over and things Really started coming togeather for Bob.
FREQUENT REPAIRS / SPECIALTY:
 Mostly Mid-Level repairs and some structural stuff too.
BEFORE YOU BECAME A TECH, WHAT OTHER WORK DID YOU DO:
 Musician with various day jobs, some pertaining to music.
ANY BANDS:
Bassist / Vocalist with the Andon Davis Situation
RECOMMENDED LISTENING:
Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, the Who
FAVORITE BAR:
The Matchbox / Silver Palm, Chicago.
FAVORITE BARTENDER:
Anybody who works at the Matchbox / Silver Palm!
FAVORITE GUITAR:
“69 Precision Bass
LINKS:
 
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NAME:
Robert Daniel
ORIGINALLY FROM:
 Merrillville, IN
HOW YOU GOT STARTED IN GUITAR REPAIR:
 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.
HOW / WHEN YOU CAME TO WORK FOR 3CGS / BOBS:
 Feb. of 1996, on a tip from a friend
FREQUENT REPAIRS / SPECIALTY:
 ”I do it all baby!”
BEFORE YOU BECAME A TECH, WHAT OTHER WORK DID YOU DO:
 Grounds keeper, Waiter, and worked at a lumber yard.
ANY BANDS:
 Stripped For Parts
RECOMMENDED LISTENING:
 Budgie, Cocteau Twins, Blue Oyster Cult
FAVORITE BURGER:
 Moodys up north / rare w/blue cheese & raw onion
FAVORITE MOVIE:
 1. Caddyshack, 2. Metropolis by Fritz Lang, 3. Careful by Guy Madding
FAVORITE MAKI:
 Dragon roll at Thai Oscar on Western
LINKS:
 
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