Talk:Washburn Guitars

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poor grammar in Endorsers section could use a touch-up.

[edit] Where's the rest of the history?

Big jump from 1883 to rock-star endorsers--which leaves out the four or five decades when Washburn was an important brand name and maintained factories in Chicago. Washburn was a brand owned by Lyon & Healy; the current Washburn organization has little in common with the original beyond ownership of the brand name. There's a lot of interesting guitar and music-biz history around the Washburn brand--certainly more significant than which rocker has a promotion deal with the current trademark owners. Hint: Look at almost any photo of ordinary working stiffs and guitars from, say, 1900-1930. Then look at one of the facsimile Lyon & Healy catalogs or the reproductions in John Teagle's book Washburn and notice the similarities.

BTW, what's the source of the assertion that their guitars are "all hand built"? That is extremely unlikely in today's manufacturing and marketing environment. Statements like this (along with the focus on endorsers) makes the article look more like PR copy than a proper encyclopedia entry.RLetson 22:31, 14 July 2006 (UTC)