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I'd be interested to hear feedback from those who 'hire on' for this, after 6 months 'on the job'. No telling what RB's shop will be like. I once worked at the Dobro workshop in Long Beach, CA. in the 70's, and I'd never do that again, unless desparate. While attending a guitar making school, I spoke with one of the shop employees/instructors, asking him what guitars he made for himself, he laughed, and said that he didn't make any for himself. Making guitars in a production environment is hard work, and doesn't pay well. Not for the 'starry eyed' hobbyist.

OTOH, it might be a great opportunity for someone with real dedication to persue guitar making as a career. Having RB on a resume would certainly be a big plus.

CrowDuck

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Chris Nielsen
Soquel, CA.

How's this for a missed opportunity...I learned a couple of decades after the fact that, when I got out of the Army in the early '70s, I lived about 90 miles from Richard Schneider's shop in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He was always willing to take on apprentices in those early days, and I could have learned alongside Abe Wechter! Schneider was consulting for Gibson at the time, and Wechter worked in the R&D department. I had enough money to support myself for about a year, my car was payed-for, and studying with Schneider would have probably gotten me into Gibson if I wanted to work there. I didn't know about it!!!

[QUOTE=Hesh1956] Joe Georgia sounds pretty special even if it's no longer the summer of 73. No wonder Ray Charles wrote the song.[/QUOTE]

Actually he didn't write it It was written by Hoagy Carmichael with words by Stuart Gorrell.

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Don Atwood
Arlington, VA

[QUOTE=Don A] Actually he didn't write it It was written by Hoagy Carmichael with words by Stuart Gorrell. [/QUOTE]
Yeah, but who remembers Hoagy's version?"

I do...

Rick...you old f**t!!!