Experience

Westgate Music Center
5/85 - 6/01                   Westlake, OH
Retail Store Manager - Shop Manager/Lead Tech

Advanced Sales & Training, Rentals & Advanced Customer Service. Operated the Band & Stringed instrument repair shop. Advanced Guitar Construction And Repair Tech! Member of "GAL" & "NAPBIRT" On-site sound, lighting & various other A/V installations.
Check Below for Some Work Pictures!

 

www.westgatemusic.com

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A Violin that had a new Bass bar and a top crack repaired!
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A 70's P Bass that was Refinished, Re-fretted and a Custom Pickguard!
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A Famous Touring Bass Player Dropped his Bass and I re-assembled it in 2 hours!
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Famous Blues Musician Robert "Jr" Lockwood had me restore his Chet Adkins!
Re-Fret - Fix Binding - Re-Plate Gold Hardware - Added a "0" Fret!
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A Cello that I refinished!
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 An Cracked Antique Harp that I had to Swell and Repair!
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A Dobro I repaired! Re-Fretted - Refinished - Restored!
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Replacing a Finger Board on A Student Cello!
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A Customer's Rock-A-Billy Gig Got Out Of Hand!
I had to Replace the Neck Block And Re-Set the neck on his Kay Bass!
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Repairing a cracked Top On An Old Martin!
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Another Guitar i Restored For Robert "Jr" Lockwood - His Prize Guild!
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Leveling the frets on an Old Gibson!
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A Vintage Buffet R-13 that Was Dropped!
I became the Allstate Insurence Repairman After completeing this repair for the Claims Dept!
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A Really Nice Old Strad Cop That was Falling Apart! 
A Complete Restore Was Given to this Fine Instrument!
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I Also Make Adaptive Equipment for the Physically Challenged.
Here is a Cornet holder that I made for a Little Girl (Not the One Pictured)
Who was missing her Right Hand.
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A Sax that played a little "Flat" When I was done!
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How Do You Play This?!

 

 

W/ Dan Armstrong
W/ Albert Lee
With My Friend  Robert " Jr Lockwood in my Shop

W/ (My Hero) Jimmy Daquisto
In Portugal Studying Guitar!
In Jerry Jones' Original Shop

Touring the Gibson Factory With Then Manager Jim Triggs! (Check Out the Mulett!)
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A Mini Guitar Kit I made For Mark Thompson Of the Judd's Band!
(Mark is in the White Leisure Suit!)

My Blond Days in the Shop!


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