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1993 Collings Staff featured by Gryphon newsletter
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2022 1:36 am
by pto
with the announced retirement of Bruce Van Wart, i have been reflecting on Collings guitars and their incredible staff. i first became aware of Collings while frequenting one of my old haunts in Palo Alto. and i always looked forward to receiving in the mail the next copy of Gryphon's newsletter, and this one from 1993 was my favorite; with the one, and only, Bill Collings out front.
Re: 1993 Collings Staff featured by Gryphon newsletter
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2022 2:23 pm
by Mr. Jelly
You have to admit wearing a Taylor shirt is pretty cool.
Re: 1993 Collings Staff featured by Gryphon newsletter
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2022 5:01 pm
by catndahats
Love seeing this!
Made me smile on a rainy cloudy morning in the Texas Hill Country.
Re: 1993 Collings Staff featured by Gryphon newsletter
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 2:28 pm
by armdog
As we all know, Bill Collings was one of a kind. Thanks for the post, didn't know Bruce was retiring. bert
Re: 1993 Collings Staff featured by Gryphon newsletter
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 6:10 pm
by Red Oak
pto wrote: Mon Mar 21, 2022 1:36 am
with the announced retirement of Bruce Van Wart, i have been reflecting on Collings guitars and their incredible staff. i first became aware of Collings while frequenting one of my old haunts in Palo Alto. and i always looked forward to receiving in the mail the next copy of Gryphon's newsletter, and this one from 1993 was my favorite; with the one, and only, Bill Collings out front.about #1,000 D-45 copy.jpg
The one and only Bill! I’m sure that other guitar genius - Bob Taylor - enjoyed seeing his buddy wear that shirt!
Thanks for posting!!!
Re: 1993 Collings Staff featured by Gryphon newsletter
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2022 2:57 pm
by GreatWestern
Wow that is amazing — thanks for the post. Love the goofy old print publications that oozed with character.
I also hadn’t heard about the pending retirement. Any more details?
Re: 1993 Collings Staff featured by Gryphon newsletter
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2022 3:57 pm
by pto
on the retirement, i was just alluding to the post in "announcements" on this forum. in keeping with currently accepted journalistic practice, i did not verify before publishing.
Re: 1993 Collings Staff featured by Gryphon newsletter
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2022 4:13 pm
by JeffM
Wow! Thanks for this post and picture. I just moved to my closet and lifted out my 1993 D2H #889 and thought, "These were the guys who built my guitar." Great memory, and I do like the Taylor T-shirt. I think Bill Collings and Bob Taylor have done more than any others in the past thirty years to move the guitar industry out of the doldrums.