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Specimen Products is a Chicago-based manufacturer of custom guitars, tube amplifiers, and audio horn speakers led by luthier Ian Schneller. Specimen Products also offers courses in guitar and tube amplifier design, construction, and repair through their Chicago School of Guitar Making. The Specimen workshop offers repair services to the general ...
CME was founded in 1990 by Scott Silver who moved the store from 3270 N. Clark St to its current location in 2005. A major player in the global vintage guitar market, Chicago Music Exchange took an active role in vintage guitar boom of the mid to late-2000s.
A stint as a repair tech at Music Dealer Service in Chicago was where Dantzig learned guitar setup and repair. During this time Dantzig was a frequent visitor at Božo Podunavac's luthiery shop, picking up tips from Podunavac. Another mentor was Jim Beach owner of Wooden Music in Chicago.
In the early 1960s, retail store The Chicago Guitar Gallery hired Rudolf "Rudy" Schlacher, a young German violin builder, as a repair technician. A few years later, Schlacher opened The Sound Post [7] [8] in Evanston, Illinois, to focus on guitars. He soon realized the sales potential for quality instruments of modest cost.
What began as a tribute to his fallen friend was a guitar that in 1977, took off and is still revered today; known as the Dean ML, [9] taking its name from Dean’s fallen childhood friend’s initials. Dean set up his first manufacturing shops in the Chicago area, with all work being closely supervised personally by him on a daily basis.
The man walked into the shop and explained, "So, this is a 1941 Gibson SJ-200. It was owned by 'Pawn Stars': Rare guitar owned by Stephen Stills sells for $85,000
In 1978, he started working at Wayne Charvel's guitar repair shop in Covina, California (while using a PO Box in neighboring San Dimas). Since Charvel's shop was almost bankrupted, Charvel eventually sold his interest to Grover Jackson on November 10, 1978, which gave Jackson control of the business and the Charvel brand.
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