HDBRbuilder Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 Oops...looks like the company pic disappeared...look below...sorry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDBRbuilder Posted December 31, 2002 Author Share Posted December 31, 2002 Here is another pic of me in my "been gettin ready for the concert" mode just before a Willie Nelson/Leon Russell Concert in Shreveport in 1978 or 1979. Yep...that is a now VERY RARE "naked sound" Klipsch LaScala t-shirt I have on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDBRbuilder Posted December 31, 2002 Author Share Posted December 31, 2002 Ok, here is the pic(I hope)...taken in spring of 1977...the entire motley crew who built your speakers back then gathered at the loading dock area....I am on top row...8 from the left...with blue shirt and hat on. Some other names some of you have seen on your speakers: Mr. Bradford...kneeling up front on the left with brown jacket on...he tested alot of your speakers over the years; Gwin Cox...sitting in the middle section, with the flannel shirt and the head-band on...she was "hell-on-wheels" in the final assembly dept...lots of your speakers will have her as the inspector; Judy Clayton...in horizontal-striped top about twelve over from left on top row, and standing right behind Gwin...she started out sanding...ended up testing speakers later on; Judy Harris, also may be found as an inspector...she is standing on bottom row...6th from left in yellow shirt; Portus Gilley is another one...did it all at one time or another...and one of the few "original hands" left at that time...he is top row standing, 3rd from right...his name is often found on many of the speaker labels from the early 1960's. Oh, yeah...Janet Latham....she is the gal on bottom row, standing...5th from right...I posted another pic of her this evening on another post here! OK...now for the clincher...only ONE person in this pic is STILL at Klipsch today...that is Robert "Bois d'Arc" Wyatt...he is now the head of the new shipping warehouse and in the pic he is...standing, top row, 9th from the right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m00n Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 Groovy Baby! I escpecially like the guy on the bottom row, I think 3rd from the right. Thems some far out Greg Brady pants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasN00b Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 wouldnt think they're skilled craftsmen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDBRbuilder Posted January 1, 2003 Author Share Posted January 1, 2003 appearances can be deceiving...LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike stehr Posted January 1, 2003 Share Posted January 1, 2003 What are the "Ya Gotta Want It" t-shirts about, Andy? Some sort of company slogan? I like plaid! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoe11 Posted January 1, 2003 Share Posted January 1, 2003 OMG!!!! Lawd that's scary! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDBRbuilder Posted January 1, 2003 Author Share Posted January 1, 2003 They were just one of many company t-shirt designs back in those days...the vast amount of different designs were just one small run...pretty much for employees, and dealers only!...with a few extras made...then another one was designed....not many of the designs had large runs made!! Matter of fact, a few runs were for employees ONLY...and they came around and took down your size for them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt1stcav Posted January 3, 2003 Share Posted January 3, 2003 And now, almost 30 years later, what do the skilled craftsmen/women from Klipsch's golden years look like? What are they up to now? Do they miss not working for Klipsch? This is what every Klipschan wants to know... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invidiosulus Posted January 3, 2003 Share Posted January 3, 2003 HDBRbuilder, The letters stamped onto the back of my '81 heresies are AA. Were these made by yourself or someone else at the time? Peace, Josh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDBRbuilder Posted January 3, 2003 Author Share Posted January 3, 2003 Josh...yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Palm Posted January 4, 2003 Share Posted January 4, 2003 Builder,You and I went to a lot of concerts together and didn't know it. Did you see the Moody Blues in Shreveport in 78 or 79? I toured the Klipsch plant the next day. Bought me a bull$hit button and a LaScala Hobbit T-Shirt. Wish I still had them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael hurd Posted January 5, 2003 Share Posted January 5, 2003 Cool pics! Too bad in the spring of 77 I was still in the womb. Lol. Guess I missed out on the earth tones, and bell bottoms though. Why don't you see if they will post some of these on the main web page ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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