Dream Job Application

I have a dream job. It's one of those jobs where only a few people have them and maybe they aren't the most stable jobs in the world, but it's a dream job nonetheless and... well... Well, when you get down to it, it's just a dream.

I'd like to work for Gretsch Guitars as an idea man. A modern Jimmie Webster if you will. Not that I'm comparing myself to Mr. Webster or anything, I'm not musically inclined (anything I can do comes from lots of hard work and zero raw talent) nor am I really educated in construction of the guitar. That's not what I'm looking to do.

I would LOVE to come up with ideas for Gretsch limited runs. I've got them, I've got ideas and customization ideas that go from one end of the model spectrum to just about the other and would love nothing more than to see if we could sell 75 of them if they were made. The ideas range from incredibly restrained to the point where the guitar LOOKS stock but is engineered with the player in mind to the radical.

It's not that I think Gretsch needs new models or a new perspective or anything like that. I am satisfied with their model line but have always been drawn to the models that AREN'T standard like an orange 6120. Everyone has an orange 6120 or an orange 5120 and I'm not drawn to them. The Vince Ray Hot Rods, the Hot Rods and Phoenix's in general, the odd guitars like the Corvettes and the Billy Bos, the almighty 6118T, THOSE are the guitars I love.

And like I said, I have ideas. As of right now, I have no less than five different ideas in mind and a couple others that are more in line with pickup and pickguard swaps.

So I propose to Gretsch to let me make a model, just one and see how it does. I ask for no financial compensation, just one of the modified model for free. I would offer all of my ideas at the table and have Gretsch pick the model THEY would think would sell the best, not my personal favorite. I think that most of them would actually sell pretty well, but of course I would say that - I'm the guy that came up with the mods.

I will say that everyone of my models are based on a current production model Gretsch which means that none of them would have to be built from the ground up (though one of THOSE ideas are possibly in the works too. Just working out a tuning issue right now).

How can I further entice you to bring in a true non-professional to pitch ideas for limited run models that would would probably be kind of expensive?

Hmmmm...

Well, you can exploit me. I'd be willing. How about this: you whip up a marketing statement that says that Gretsch fans are willing to work hard to figure out the logistics of making a new model (or modifying an existing model) and GRETSCH is unlike any other guitar manufacturer in that they actually let a fan of the brand come up with a limited run that they actually put out. 75 pieces of fan creation or modification.

That sounds like a company that cares.

I'm standing by, Gretsch.

Please call me.