Guild/Hartke history?

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I'm trying to recall some stuff to set the history right over on TalkBass...

Anyway, I know that Jaco Pastorious was the connecttion between Larry Hartke and Guild. The original Hartke aluminum cone speaker cabinets were Guild/Hartke. But does anyone know WHEN Hartke went to Samson, and what was going on at Guild at the time?

Thanks!!

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Hi jte: can't answer your question but ... if you're into weight-lifting, in the St Augustine FL area on Craigslist Guild/Hartke 4X10" cabinet ... with plenty of aluminum!

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jte said:
I'm trying to recall some stuff to set the history right over on TalkBass...

Anyway, I know that Jaco Pastorious was the connecttion between Larry Hartke and Guild. The original Hartke aluminum cone speaker cabinets were Guild/Hartke. But does anyone know WHEN Hartke went to Samson, and what was going on at Guild at the time?

Thanks!!

jte
I think Guild was Hartke's distributor, and Samson acquired them somewhere around the late-80s. Don't quote me on this, I'm just clearing cobwebs from the synapses.
 

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Well, I was a Guild dealer from 1977-1988. I bought the first two Guild/Hartke cabinets we got for myself. About a year or two later, they switched from the cloth grill fabric to the punched steel grill covers, and that's when I think Samson had taken over distribution.

I was just trying to get year when the change happened.

BTW, I really liked my two 4x10s. Not that heavy compared to other stuff until Neo-magnets got reliable and working a few years ago. And the Hartke drivers were reliable for me. I kept one until about 2002, using every bass amp I've ever owned through it. A Music Man HD-130, a Peavey TB Raxx driven with a CS-400 bridged to mono, a Hartke 3500, an Eden WT-400, and and Eden WT-600 bridged to mono.

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capnjuan said:
Hi jte: can't answer your question but ... if you're into weight-lifting, in the St Augustine FL area on Craigslist Guild/Hartke 4X10" cabinet ... with plenty of aluminum!

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The 2-10 I picked up recently isn't exactly light either.
 
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