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Truetone Music | Behind The Counter
Name and age Paul Ulino, 53. Mike Randle, 51. Lou Castillo, age ain’t nothing but a number. Your story & background Paul: I was born and raised in New York City, and started in music retail in 1986. I spent sixteen years on Manhattan’s 48th Street strip of famous music emporiums, working at legendary stores like Alex…
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Ant Macari | Macari’s | Behind The Counter
Name, Age, Store, Location Ant Macari , Macari’s, London UK Tell us a little about yourself and how you came to work at the store? I was born here. I opened my eyes and there were guitars everywhere. In all seriousness, when I was born, my uncle had just opened Macari’s in Denmark St…
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Rick Tedesco | Guitar Hangar | Behind The Counter
One of the great things about working on the Stompbox book is that you never know where your detective work will lead. Our attempts to track down a pedal used by the late, great Mick Ronson led us to Guitar Hangar owner Rick Tedesco, who is not only a major “Ronno” fan but also the…
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Blair & Brandon | Eastside Music Supply | Behind The Counter
Name, age & location Blair Whiteand & Brandon Highfill. Eastside Music Supply, Nashville, TN Please tell us a little about yourselves, and how you came to work at the store. BLAIR: I’m one of owners of Eastside Music Supply. I was born and raised here in Nashville, and I’ve been a gearhead for as long as…
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Howie Statland | Behind the Counter
We hear about the players who use the stompboxes. Sometimes we hear about the people who make them. But rarely do we hear from the people who actually get the stompboxes in your hands – the guitar store sales people. These are their stories. Name, age, location Howie Statland , 47 years old. Rivington Guitars,…
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Peter G.Fisher | Behind The Counter
Tell us a little about yourself and how you came to open the store? Peter G. Fisher, 34, Troy, New York I became fascinated with the idea of building a parts guitar on my own. After barely making it through the build, I decided to look into further training for guitar building and found Roberto-Venn…
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Jimmy Archey | Behind the Counter
We hear about the players who use the stompboxes. Sometimes we hear about the people who make them. But rarely do we hear from the people who actually get the stompboxes in your hands – the guitar store sales people. These are their stories. Tell us a little about yourself and how you came…