kevin
Ernie Ball Customer Service
close up panel shots to follow.....
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Ernie Ball Customer Service
panel one...
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Ernie Ball Customer Service
panel two...
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Ernie Ball Customer Service
panel three....
bovinehost
Administrator
BP must be out mowing the yard.
Big Poppa
Well-known member
Actually working......
THis painting hung in the original Tarzana Store where it all began. THis is where all the pros would shop and get their stirngs set ups and hang. The painting was painted by Roland Fargo Crump...He was a childhood friend of my fathers (How many Rolands are in a class....Roland was my dads given name)
Crump went on to be one of Walt Disneys tope three art directors and integral to the Disney style. His most lasting contribution at Disney was "Its a Small World' which was commissioned for the Words Fair in 1959.
Crump did the ERnie Ball logo the striped ball whtat we still use and the Slinky lettering.
My dad asked Rollie to paint the history of the guitar from the spinx to early rock N roll This painting was painted in 1962 and has hung in all of our businesses except for the temp facilities in indio.....
I will post later some more Crump art.
THis painting hung in the original Tarzana Store where it all began. THis is where all the pros would shop and get their stirngs set ups and hang. The painting was painted by Roland Fargo Crump...He was a childhood friend of my fathers (How many Rolands are in a class....Roland was my dads given name)
Crump went on to be one of Walt Disneys tope three art directors and integral to the Disney style. His most lasting contribution at Disney was "Its a Small World' which was commissioned for the Words Fair in 1959.
Crump did the ERnie Ball logo the striped ball whtat we still use and the Slinky lettering.
My dad asked Rollie to paint the history of the guitar from the spinx to early rock N roll This painting was painted in 1962 and has hung in all of our businesses except for the temp facilities in indio.....
I will post later some more Crump art.
bovinehost
Administrator
That is too cool, boss.
I'd love to see some more artwork - and what a name!
Do you have any photos of the Tarzana store?
I'd love to see some more artwork - and what a name!
Do you have any photos of the Tarzana store?
DrKev
Moderator
Funny, I was just thinking how nice it would be to see some more EB history. Will this stuff get it's own space on the website when the update comes? A string factory tour would be cool too.
adouglas
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tiffles
Well-known member
wow this is fantastic!! i have always admired the eb artwork, logos, and packaging designs... absolutely amazing. he must have been before his time?
leftymike
Well-known member
Thanks for posting this. Great to know the actual history behind some of the most famous logos in musical instrument history. 
sloshep
Well-known member
Thanks for the story BP, that is too cool.
I agree that we need an area in the forum for the history of EBMM. This is what I love about this forum, the stories and the history. I saw that picture in the SLO facilities for several years and never made the connection.
Its a small world at Disneyland will take on a new meaning now. I will have to pay more attention to the art work inside the ride.
I agree that we need an area in the forum for the history of EBMM. This is what I love about this forum, the stories and the history. I saw that picture in the SLO facilities for several years and never made the connection.
Its a small world at Disneyland will take on a new meaning now. I will have to pay more attention to the art work inside the ride.
Psychicpet
Well-known member
amazing!!
I love hearing the history of the company, it's amazing the threads and people that are woven into the fabric of EBMM!!
also, nice STP sticker on the cash register! Good to see I'm not the only sticker fiend
now... more art please BP!!
I love hearing the history of the company, it's amazing the threads and people that are woven into the fabric of EBMM!!
also, nice STP sticker on the cash register! Good to see I'm not the only sticker fiend
now... more art please BP!!
Monty Billocks
Well-known member
I didn't know that the Stone Temple Pilots had been around that long...learn something new every day....wow!
Steve.
P.S. I agree....Pictorials of the history of the company as well as of the current facilities would be fascinating!!!
Steve.
P.S. I agree....Pictorials of the history of the company as well as of the current facilities would be fascinating!!!
Colin
Well-known member
great story and what a piece of history
