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Topic: Ted Weber owner of Weber Speakers Dead |
Gaylon Mathews
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Jasper, Georgia
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Posted 14 Aug 2009 6:07 pm |
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My good friend Ted Weber died today in a rehab center near his home in Indiana while awaiting a lung transplant. He was a GREAT friend and will be missed by all who knew him.
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David Doggett
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Bawl'mer, MD (formerly of MS, Nawluns, Gnashville, Knocksville, Lost Angeles, Bahsten. and Philly)
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Posted 14 Aug 2009 6:20 pm
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| That is so surprising and sad to hear. He designed and produced the best instrument speakers and the biggest selection, recreating many vintage speakers. He would get on the phone himself and explain all the options and advise you on what you needed. And he would break the speakers in for you before shipping them. He ran a great company. I hope it will be continued the same way he ran it. That would be the great legacy he deserves. |
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Ron Whitworth
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Yuma,Ariz.USA Yeah they say it's a DRY heat !!
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Posted 14 Aug 2009 9:07 pm
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This is both shocking & saddening to hear.
He was such a nice businessman. He always took time to answer all the questions I ever asked him & was
very nice about doing it too. He cared about his customers - something missing from many of todays
business owners IMHO.
My condolences to his family ... Ron
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"Tone is in the hands. Unless your wife will let you buy a new amp. Then it's definitely in that amp."
We need to turn the TWANG up a little
It's not what you play through, it's what you play through it.
They say that tone is all in the fingers...I say it is all in your head 
Some of the best pieces of life are the little pieces all added up..Ron
the value of friendship. Old friends shine like diamonds, you can always call them and - most important - you can't buy them. |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 14 Aug 2009 9:15 pm
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I hate to hear it when someone dies on the waiting list for a transplant. That's so sad. That's why I am a designated organ donor on my driver's license and encourage others to seriously consider doing the same, so that more people like Ted won't meet the same tragic fate.
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Larry Weaver
From:
Asheville, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 15 Aug 2009 3:38 am
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Sad, sad news. What a wonderful and gifted human being. I appreciated the fact that Ted always seemed to enjoy talking about Pedal Steel and how Steel players used a lot of his gear.
He'll be sorely missed. |
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Dave Mudgett
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Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 15 Aug 2009 12:40 pm
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| A rough week in the music world all the way around - Ted was a class act. My condolences to his family and close friends. RIP, Ted. |
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Chris Boyd
From:
Leonia,N.J./Charlestown,R.I.
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Gaylon Mathews
From:
Jasper, Georgia
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Chris Boyd
From:
Leonia,N.J./Charlestown,R.I.
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Robbie Lee
From:
New York, USA
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Posted 16 Aug 2009 3:53 pm
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| This is sad. I use his speakers every day. Well all the racket we can make will be Ted's living tribute. |
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Joe Alterio
From:
Irvington, Indiana
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Posted 20 Aug 2009 10:34 am
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Ted was just about an hour away and was a truly good guy...he was always reconing my JBL for me and would give me tours of his shop just to pass the time (he LOVED talking about speakers!!!). Was working on steel guitar prototypes speakers last time I talked to him (well over a year ago). He is going to be greatly missed 
His obit: http://www.ktonline.com/obituaries/local_story_228004437.html |
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Marc Jenkins
From:
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 20 Aug 2009 10:41 am
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| SO sad. A great, friendly man who will be missed! |
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Rick Johnson
From:
Wheelwright, Ky USA
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Posted 21 Aug 2009 4:08 am
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Ted Weber had the best speaker
business in the USA. He was doing
so much to encourage players to
become involved in their sound by
building their own amps too.
I will miss him.
Rick
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Jim Sliff
From:
Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 23 Aug 2009 8:26 am
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I don't often check this section of the forum and got the news only today from a friend. I'm just numb. The last time we talked we was confident it'd all work out fine.
We'd talked speakers for years - email, phone, at NAMM - and he taught me more about speaker technology that I'd learned in years of reading and studying. Just about all my main "player" amps have Webers in them, and several are custom-jobs he personally specified the parts for to nail certain tones and breakup levels I was trying to hit.
I am absolutely stunned. What a terrible loss - and at such a young age.
If you're listening, thanks for everything, Ted.
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Appalachian, Regal & Dobro squarenecks
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 29 Aug 2009 9:22 am
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Ted I miss you.
He helped my pick JUST the right speakers for several amps.
My '59 bassman sounds SO cool because he got me
JUST the right 15w Jenson clone styles.
I'd used the amp on several speakers, on Ted's it
just started sounding COOL!
Wow, way too nice and way to smart and way too young,
to not make it to a ripe old age...
RIP Ted Weber
you left many friends and many happy players and amp builders.
I hope your legacy will go on.
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DLD, Chili farmer. Plus bananas and papaya too.
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