New Member!
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 12:18 pm
Hi--
I have been reading this forum recently and greatly enjoyed it. I had gotten back into contact with Bob Shade, of Hallmark Guitars, and that led me here.
Bob is a wonderful and knowledgeable person, and a real straight arrow. When he began the venture (no pun intended) that became Hallmark, he was my guitar tech and I remember thinking that there are few who succeed at such a thing. I am so proud he was one of the few, and he has earned all he has achieved. I have read many posts noting his helpful manner and honest approach to business.
I am in my mid-50s, live outside Washington, DC, and have been in bands since the mid-1960s, playing guitar or bass. Have had too many nice instruments to remember, including a late '60s Mosrite sunburst bass that I traded for an Ampeg fretless because I wanted to be Rick Danko!
Bad decision on my part!
Professionally, I have been in graphics and marketing since high school, have worked for three US Presidents in that capacity, patented the first color-sep computer process while a consultant to Marvel Comics, and am now a marketing production director for a large medical association in DC. A new grandfather and happy to be one!
I am hoping that my next guitar will be one of Bob's sunburst Hallmarks. I know the care he puts into them, and I have had a tough time finding an electric solidbody that I feel comfortable with.
Thanks for letting me join your fine forum--
--Jim
I have been reading this forum recently and greatly enjoyed it. I had gotten back into contact with Bob Shade, of Hallmark Guitars, and that led me here.
Bob is a wonderful and knowledgeable person, and a real straight arrow. When he began the venture (no pun intended) that became Hallmark, he was my guitar tech and I remember thinking that there are few who succeed at such a thing. I am so proud he was one of the few, and he has earned all he has achieved. I have read many posts noting his helpful manner and honest approach to business.
I am in my mid-50s, live outside Washington, DC, and have been in bands since the mid-1960s, playing guitar or bass. Have had too many nice instruments to remember, including a late '60s Mosrite sunburst bass that I traded for an Ampeg fretless because I wanted to be Rick Danko!
Bad decision on my part!
Professionally, I have been in graphics and marketing since high school, have worked for three US Presidents in that capacity, patented the first color-sep computer process while a consultant to Marvel Comics, and am now a marketing production director for a large medical association in DC. A new grandfather and happy to be one!
I am hoping that my next guitar will be one of Bob's sunburst Hallmarks. I know the care he puts into them, and I have had a tough time finding an electric solidbody that I feel comfortable with.
Thanks for letting me join your fine forum--
--Jim
