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Post by coachdoc on Jan 27, 2020 18:52:41 GMT -5
My brother in law is at Sloan Kettering for chemo for a couple of weeks. He had leukemia and the chemo has now provoked a new separate cancer. The chemo for this one is not as intense as the last round at least for the first couple of weeks. He is very interested in hitting a few of the high end guitar stores before he slums Sam Ash and picks up one of the laminate Martins. Suggestions for high end stores that are still extant? Is Matty Umanov's still in biz? Other suggestions? He has 1-2 weeks with free afternoons before the chemo will wipe him out. Any and all help appreciated, especially if they can be attached to addresses and directions from Sloan Kettering.
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Post by drlj on Jan 27, 2020 19:06:44 GMT -5
I have never been to NYC but I would love to visit Carmine Street Guitars and TR Crandall. Howard should have some suggestions.
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Post by billhammond on Jan 27, 2020 19:09:58 GMT -5
What is NYC?
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Post by Russell Letson on Jan 27, 2020 19:17:58 GMT -5
Umanov closed up shop a couple years ago, though I hear that he still takes repair/restoration jobs (he owned his building). His former restoration guy, Tom Crandall, now has a store full of goodies: TR Crandall Guitars, 156 Ludlow St, 5th floor (trcrandall.com/). The shop is full of all manner of goodies, and Tom has become Fixer to the Famous. We've known him for decades (he was one of Cezarija's star pupils before he went walkabout in the direction of commerce), and I own his first guitar, an archtop he built in his apartment kitchen with hand tools. I had it at IJam a few years back--  Howard has had Tom work on one of his instruments-- |
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Post by aquaduct on Jan 27, 2020 19:19:06 GMT -5
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Post by t-bob on Jan 27, 2020 19:25:43 GMT -5
All the music places was near the theaters - Broadway
I remember that in the 60s maybe it’s different now.
The Sloan-Kettering near another borough.
Howard has the particulars and the another Howard Emerson also.
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Post by epaul on Jan 27, 2020 19:30:02 GMT -5
Sheesh, Bill! Haven't you ever seen "Annie"? |
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Post by epaul on Jan 27, 2020 19:31:51 GMT -5
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Jan 27, 2020 19:32:57 GMT -5
Funny, you don’t look like Todd. Mike |
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Post by John B on Jan 27, 2020 19:34:00 GMT -5
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Post by billhammond on Jan 27, 2020 19:41:16 GMT -5
Bill make little Todd joke. Bill know what NYC is. |
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Post by Marshall on Jan 27, 2020 20:27:13 GMT -5
I still kick myself. When I was in NYC for Howard's Big Apple Jam, way back when, I thought about hopping the Ferry and stopping by Mandolin Bros.
**SIGH**
Those days are gone.
( I mean I've been to Gruhn, Cotten, and Carter in Nashville. Gryphon in Pal Alto, and most great guitar shops in IL, WI, MI, IN, & some in Iowa. Cosmic treated me in Portland. I used to make a point, whenever I was in a city, to check out a quality store or two. But I blew it with Mandolin Bros.)
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Post by billhammond on Jan 27, 2020 20:34:15 GMT -5
(I mean I've been to Gruhn, Cotten, and Carter in Nashville. Gryphon in Palo Alto, and most great guitar shops in IL, WI, MI, IN, & some in Iowa. Cosmic treated me in Portland. I used to make a point, whenever I was in a city, to check out a quality store or two. But I blew it with Mandolin Bros.) < Snubs Minnesota. > |
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Post by Marshall on Jan 27, 2020 20:39:14 GMT -5
DANG !
It was supposed to be on the list. Podium several times (and the Podeo), and of course Willie's
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Post by drlj on Jan 27, 2020 21:33:38 GMT -5
So, NYC is what again?
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Post by howard lee on Jan 27, 2020 21:38:47 GMT -5
Doc,
in Manhattan:
TR Crandall 156 Ludlow St 5th floor, New York, NY 10002 (Tell Tom or Alex you're a friend of mine)
Rudy's Music 461 Broome St, New York, NY 10013 (Tell Gordon, Rob, or Howie you're a friend of mine)
Carmine Street Guitars 42 Carmine St, New York, NY 10014 (Tell Rick or Cindy you're a friend of mine) Rivington Guitars 73 E 4th St, New York, NY 10003 30th Street Guitars 234 W 27th St, New York, NY 10001 (Tell Jimmy or Matt you're a friend of mine) Chelsea Guitars 224 W 23rd St, New York, NY 10011
in Brooklyn:
Retrofret 87 Luquer St, Brooklyn, NY 11231
Southside Guitars 303 Grand St. Brooklyn, NY 11211
This ought to keep you busy, are the best stores to visit, and might be more than your B-I-L will want to undertake.
Any chance we might do lunch while you're in town?
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Post by billhammond on Jan 27, 2020 21:53:28 GMT -5
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Post by John B on Jan 27, 2020 22:18:39 GMT -5
Nice Young Cheese.
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Post by epaul on Jan 27, 2020 22:37:47 GMT -5
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Post by jdd2 on Jan 27, 2020 23:17:28 GMT -5
... ( I mean I've been to Gruhn, Cotten, and Carter in Nashville. Gryphon in Pal Alto, and most great guitar shops in IL, WI, MI, IN, & some in Iowa. Cosmic treated me in Portland. I used to make a point, whenever I was in a city, to check out a quality store or two. But I blew it with Mandolin Bros.) Is there still that shop out in dekalb? (or ws it someplace closer in?) I wonder if there's still a Rosewood in CU... |
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