I live in the big city now, and fix guitars for famous people. I'm hoping to fix a guitar for the most famous person in the world, whoever that is.
A quick internet search reveals that the most famous person in the world is Ronald McDonald.
I worked on a guitar for Johnny Depp. It was missing a part (a hard-to-find DeArmond pickup) that some other shop, years ago, stole from him and replaced with an inferior part. I think that's the story. I only heard it secondhand. I was not allowed to speak to Johnny Depp, lest I get fired. Johnny Depp was apparently very nice. But I wouldn't know personally, because if I spoke to him, I would get fired.
I found an old youtube clip of Johnny playing the very guitar I was trying to find the old pickup for. From closely watching the clip, I figured out the particular model of pickup he needed. We found one tucked away in the shop and installed it into his guitar. I hope he liked it. I would ask him the next time he's in the shop, but I'd get fired.
Below is the clip I watched which features the guitar I found the pickup for. In this episode of 21 Jump Street, entitled "High High," the undercover-cop-teenagers bust the shit out of a drugged-out art school. Johnny is undercover as a guitar playing teenager.
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So jealous....
You didn't mention Guy Pearce though. I want more on that encounter....
I was not properly prepared for that video. I mean, wow. Did you see that guy get his shit thrown at the 2:00 mark? Art school dude was like, "Not in my house!" and the Jew guard was like, "All I can do is shoot this one layup."
If you do ever meet Johnny Depp, ask him if he wants approx. 500 Marry Me Moses CDs. Rich people like excess, right?
that clip made me want to vomit. terrible, terrible, all too horrible for my eyes and ears...was that a clarinet i saw next to the synthesizer? blech.
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