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Topic: RIP Tom Wheeler (writer & longtime GP Magazine editor) |
Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Godfrey Arthur
From:
3rd Rock
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Posted 12 Feb 2018 2:29 pm |
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Godspeed Tom.
You and GP mag were of the first world wide communication of information for guitarists before the internet.
I have stacks of back issues with your name on them.
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ShoBud The Pro 1
YES it's my REAL NAME!
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Jeff Garden
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Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 12 Feb 2018 2:39 pm
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| Guitar Player Magazine has always been a quality publication that has avoided the hype so many other guitar magazines have fallen victim to. Much like Andy and Godfrey, I have been a subscriber for decades and have stacks of them. Rest in peace, Tom and thank you for a job well done. |
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 12 Feb 2018 4:39 pm
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I still have Tom's 'The Guitar Book' and 'American Guitars' here on my shelves. He made a real contribution.
RIP, Mr Wheeler.
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Roger Rettig: Emmons D10, B-bender Teles and Martins - and, at last, a Gibson Super 400!
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Mark van Allen
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Watkinsville, Ga. USA
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Posted 15 Feb 2018 2:16 pm
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I have a great deal of love and respect for the journalists and publishers who fed my hunger for all things guitar and steel liver the years. Tom was an enormous help. Thanks...
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Stop by the Steel Store at: www.markvanallen.com
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Andy DePaule
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Saigon, Viet Nam & Springfield, Oregon
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Posted 16 Feb 2018 6:39 pm Sad
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Sad to see another good guy gone away for good.
Met him when I first moved to Eugene, Oregon in 1992 or 93.
He was very nice and encouraged me as I was getting back to building guitars after 11 years away from luthiers work. Told me to go meet Bob November who owned a music shop in town and specialized in collectable vintage instruments. Tom said I should show him my archtop guitar I'd just finished. Bob really liked what I was doing and gave some very good advice to me. Sorry to say that Bob also lost his life to liver cancer a few years ago when he was still much too young.
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Inlaid Star Guitar 2006 by Mark Giles. SD-10 4+5 in E9th; http://luthiersupply.com/instrument-gallery.html
2017 Mullen SD-10, G2 5&5 Polished Aluminum covering. Custom Build for me. Great Steel.
Clinesmith Joaquin Murphy style Aluminum 8 String Lap Steel Short A6th.
Magnatone Jeweltone Series Lap Steel, Circa 1950? 6 String with F#minor7th Tuning.
1956 Dewey Kendrick D-8 4&3, Restoration Project.
1973 Sho~Bud Green SD-10 4&5 PSG, Restoration Project. |
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Andy DePaule
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Saigon, Viet Nam & Springfield, Oregon
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Posted 16 Feb 2018 7:12 pm Sad
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Sad to see another good guy gone away for good.
Met him when I first moved to Eugene, Oregon in 1992 or 93.
He was very nice and encouraged me as I was getting back to building guitars after Told me to go meet Bob November who owned a music shop in town and specialized in collectable vintage instruments. Tom said I should show him my archtop guitar I'd just finished. Bob really liked what I was doing and gave some very good advice to me. Sorry to say that Bob also lost his life to liver cancer a few years ago when he was still much too young.
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Inlaid Star Guitar 2006 by Mark Giles. SD-10 4+5 in E9th; http://luthiersupply.com/instrument-gallery.html
2017 Mullen SD-10, G2 5&5 Polished Aluminum covering. Custom Build for me. Great Steel.
Clinesmith Joaquin Murphy style Aluminum 8 String Lap Steel Short A6th.
Magnatone Jeweltone Series Lap Steel, Circa 1950? 6 String with F#minor7th Tuning.
1956 Dewey Kendrick D-8 4&3, Restoration Project.
1973 Sho~Bud Green SD-10 4&5 PSG, Restoration Project. |
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HowardR
From:
N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 16 Feb 2018 10:00 pm
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During the first half of the 1970's I lived, worked, and went to school in Los Angeles......I worked in a unique photo facility that rented dark rooms, did custom b&w printing, and rented out studio space in addition to doing studio work......I used to attend many concerts and shoot a lot of film......one day, one of the owners asked the staff if we wanted to submit any of our photos to be considered in a book that a friend of his was writing......several of us said yes......so we were introduced to Tom Wheeler who had the idea for a "guitar book".......Tom selected the photos that he thought were appropriate and we received $5 for each photo plus credit in his book (and a copy of the book)......my photo of Jerry Garcia in front of a great wall of speakers kicked off the chapter "Amplifiers"......the first printing came out in 1974......RIP Tom.....
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 17 Feb 2018 4:50 am
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Howard! I have posted/referenced that photo so many times (via google). I totally did not remember that it was in the book and I most certainly did not know that it was yours! Iconic!
I have read numerous tributes to Tom that demonstrate the depth of his contributions to the culture and the universality of the respect that he'd earned from his peers. |
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Dave Mudgett
From:
Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 18 Apr 2018 11:42 am
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| Tom fed my guitaraholic obsession for decades, through GP and his books, which are still staples in my reference library. I was a sponge looking for information, and Tom delivered in spades. RIP, Tom. |
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