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I have heard now from a couple of sources, that one of my "competitors" has been diagnosed with cancer and is apparently no longer doing repair. I never met the guy, his name is Gene, and he ran the electronics shop across town at a large music store. I won't name the store, but it is the same name as a very well known British amp maker. I worked there myself for 8 years, and just couldn't stand the guy in charge, so I left. But I hold no grudge against the poor folk who are employed there. I believe in professional courtesy, and wouldn;t hesitate to help a fellow tech, even if he is competing with me for repair work.
I always intended to call him and introduce myself, not sure if I wanted to actually enter that store, but too late now. I know he knew who I was too. No one has ever said anything negative about the man, and seemed to me he knew what he was doing. In this town, there are two music store electronic repair shops and my independent shop, that is about it for commercial repair. There are any number of guys doing this work as a hobby. I see Dan from the Music Manor now and then, and we speak on the phone from time to time, but I feel kinda guilty now that as small as our little group is, I never talked to Gene. Mostly I'd hear about him from my customers who also used his services. As with any fellow tech, you just never know when some little gem of wisdom will be found. But such conversations are now never to be.
This won't be on the news like Amy Winehouse, but still, it is sad when we lose someone from the music world. I wish him well.
I always intended to call him and introduce myself, not sure if I wanted to actually enter that store, but too late now. I know he knew who I was too. No one has ever said anything negative about the man, and seemed to me he knew what he was doing. In this town, there are two music store electronic repair shops and my independent shop, that is about it for commercial repair. There are any number of guys doing this work as a hobby. I see Dan from the Music Manor now and then, and we speak on the phone from time to time, but I feel kinda guilty now that as small as our little group is, I never talked to Gene. Mostly I'd hear about him from my customers who also used his services. As with any fellow tech, you just never know when some little gem of wisdom will be found. But such conversations are now never to be.
This won't be on the news like Amy Winehouse, but still, it is sad when we lose someone from the music world. I wish him well.
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