Dave Guardala (Mouthpiece Work Yahoo Group)

FROM: wenmien (wenmien)

SUBJECT: Dave Guardala

Hi:

Does anyone know what has happened to Mr. Dave Guardala?  Much has 
been said about his mouthpieces, but nothing of the man himself.

Doing my 'research' , I only know that he was invloved in some kind 
of lawsuit resulting from some people trying to make 'copies' of his 
mouthpieces.

Can someone enlighten me here?

FROM: ed_svoboda (esvoboda@...)

SUBJECT: Re: Dave Guardala

He was involved with a horn being made by B&S.  Opinions differ as to what level of design input he had or if they designed it and his name was stamped on it.  From various postings on usenet lately it appears that Guardala might have a new product idea that they will be marketing soon.

I don't believe that he personally has anything to do with the laser trimmed models anymore.


> Hi:
> 
> Does anyone know what has happened to Mr. Dave Guardala?  Much has 
> been said about his mouthpieces, but nothing of the man himself.
> 
> Doing my 'research' , I only know that he was invloved in some kind 
> of lawsuit resulting from some people trying to make 'copies' of his 
> mouthpieces.
> 
> Can someone enlighten me here?
> 
> 
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FROM: kwbradbury (Keith Bradbury)

SUBJECT: Re: Dave Guardala

Dave Guardala's business partner, Jeff Powell (Abbedd, ansermetniac), 
hangs out at alt.music.saxophone.  He has a rather forceful 
personality but he might answer your questions first hand.

DG's mouthpieces play easily with open tips because they have superb 
facings on them.  Some of the Laser Trims are very good too, but most 
of the ones WW&BW sells has minor defects in the facing.  They are 
not hand finished even though the box says they are.  They are nice 
machine-made mouthpieces.

FROM: tenorman1952 (Paul Coats)

SUBJECT: Re: Dave Guardala

All previous Guardala line was sold to LASax.  LASax was in turn sold to 
Orpheus Music in San Antonio, TX.
 
Orpheus Music also has the Vespro line of saxes, B&S, and Pearl Flutes, 
and other product lines.   At the last trade show I attended Orpheus had 
a booth for their other products, and still had LASax as a separate 
booth.  Future of the Guardala line at this time is uncertain.
 
Paul

esvoboda@... wrote:

> He was involved with a horn being made by B&S.  Opinions differ as to 
> what level of design input he had or if they designed it and his name 
> was stamped on it.  From various postings on usenet lately it appears 
> that Guardala might have a new product idea that they will be 
> marketing soon.
>
> I don't believe that he personally has anything to do with the laser 
> trimmed models anymore.
>
>
> > Hi:
> >
> > Does anyone know what has happened to Mr. Dave Guardala?  Much has
> > been said about his mouthpieces, but nothing of the man himself.
> >
> > Doing my 'research' , I only know that he was invloved in some kind
> > of lawsuit resulting from some people trying to make 'copies' of his
> > mouthpieces.
> >
> > Can someone enlighten me here?
> >
> >
> >
> >
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FROM: billmecca (billmecca)

SUBJECT: Re: Dave Guardala

Jeff Powell, ansermetniac, abbedd never seems to answer anything 
directly.  His most recent response to this question, was the same 
thing he said in November of 2003, that Dave has something in the 
works and when it is ready there will be a press release.

yawn.....

....One thing he will say is he revolutonized the manufacture of 
saxophone mouthpieces, ad infinitum. the way he talks it makes you 
wonder if Dave added anything besides his name.

-- In MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com, "Keith Bradbury" 
<kwbradbury@y...> wrote:
> Dave Guardala's business partner, Jeff Powell (Abbedd, 
ansermetniac), 
> hangs out at alt.music.saxophone.  He has a rather forceful 
> personality but he might answer your questions first hand.
> 
> DG's mouthpieces play easily with open tips because they have 
superb 
> facings on them.  Some of the Laser Trims are very good too, but 
most 
> of the ones WW&BW sells has minor defects in the facing.  They are 
> not hand finished even though the box says they are.  They are nice 
> machine-made mouthpieces.

FROM: saxcat2001 (david schottle)

SUBJECT: Re: Dave Guardala

 but most 
> of the ones WW&BW sells has minor defects in the
> facing.  They are 
> not hand finished even though the box says they are.
>  They are nice 
> machine-made mouthpieces.
> 
> 
I wouldn't blame Dave for this one.
My understanding is that WW&BW own the Guardala
mouthpiece lines.  Thus, they are cnc'd some where
other than under Dave's control.


		
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FROM: bluesnote2000 (dan lunsford)

SUBJECT: Re: Dave Guardala

--- david schottle <saxcat2001@...> wrote:

>  but most 
> > of the ones WW&BW sells has minor defects in the
> > facing.  They are 
> > not hand finished even though the box says they
> are.
> >  They are nice 
> > machine-made mouthpieces.
> > 
> > 
> I wouldn't blame Dave for this one.
> My understanding is that WW&BW own the Guardala
> mouthpiece lines.  Thus, they are cnc'd some where
> other than under Dave's control.
> 
> 
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Hi:

Maybe someone can help me.  Where the heck is
Guardala? I am sure he knows people are paying up to
$2000 for his '80s made done pieces. I am wondering
why he doesn't start doing that again, even if he had
to pimp his name to someone else>

BK

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FROM: kymarto (Toby)

SUBJECT: Re: Dave Guardala

According to Abbedd (Jeff Powell) it was getting to be too much for him to hand finish all the pieces himself, because (if I remember correctly) Abbedd said that he was spending 5-6 hours on each piece after it came off the CNC machine.

You could always post the question on alt.sax--Abbedd answers everything having to do with Guardala, and a lot more besides ;-)

Toby
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: dan lunsford 
  To: MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 8:51 PM
  Subject: Re: [MouthpieceWork] Re: Dave Guardala

  --- david schottle <saxcat2001@yahoo.com> wrote:

  >  but most 
  > > of the ones WW&BW sells has minor defects in the
  > > facing.  They are 
  > > not hand finished even though the box says they
  > are.
  > >  They are nice 
  > > machine-made mouthpieces.
  > > 
  > > 
  > I wouldn't blame Dave for this one.
  > My understanding is that WW&BW own the Guardala
  > mouthpiece lines.  Thus, they are cnc'd some where
  > other than under Dave's control.
  > 
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  Hi:

  Maybe someone can help me.  Where the heck is
  Guardala? I am sure he knows people are paying up to
  $2000 for his '80s made done pieces. I am wondering
  why he doesn't start doing that again, even if he had
  to pimp his name to someone else>

  BK

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FROM: bluesnote2000 (dan lunsford)

SUBJECT: Re: Dave Guardala

--- Toby <kymarto123@...> wrote:

> According to Abbedd (Jeff Powell) it was getting to
> be too much for him to hand finish all the pieces
> himself, because (if I remember correctly) Abbedd
> said that he was spending 5-6 hours on each piece
> after it came off the CNC machine.
> 
> You could always post the question on
> alt.sax--Abbedd answers everything having to do with
> Guardala, and a lot more besides ;-)
> 
> Toby
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: dan lunsford 
>   To: MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 8:51 PM
>   Subject: Re: [MouthpieceWork] Re: Dave Guardala
> 
> 
> 
>   --- david schottle <saxcat2001@...> wrote:
> 
>   >  but most 
>   > > of the ones WW&BW sells has minor defects in
> the
>   > > facing.  They are 
>   > > not hand finished even though the box says
> they
>   > are.
>   > >  They are nice 
>   > > machine-made mouthpieces.
>   > > 
>   > > 
>   > I wouldn't blame Dave for this one.
>   > My understanding is that WW&BW own the Guardala
>   > mouthpiece lines.  Thus, they are cnc'd some
> where
>   > other than under Dave's control.
>   > 
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>   Hi:
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>   Maybe someone can help me.  Where the heck is
>   Guardala? I am sure he knows people are paying up
> to
>   $2000 for his '80s made done pieces. I am
> wondering
>   why he doesn't start doing that again, even if he
> had
>   to pimp his name to someone else>
> 
>   BK
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Thanks.  Jeff's a  good guy, and I will try to contabt
him.

BK



		
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