RIP Ted Weber
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RIP Ted Weber
I don't know any details but I read on TGP that Ted passed away today.
I would like to express my sincere condolences to Ted's family.
I would like to express my sincere condolences to Ted's family.
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Although I was a member of the 18W forum during the Ted Weber/Jersey Aaron meltdown, I was fortunate to not get wrapped up in it, thank goodness.
In my dealings with Ted and his crew via email and phone over the years I have never had a bad or even marginal experience with them. They have all been great. I've made purchases and forgot to get a little thing like a mounting clamp for a cap can or something like that. You know what I talking about.. it is so frustrating.. But I would call Ted and the next thing I knew I had a package on my porch free of charge. Try that with other suppliers. When I was having a speakers re-coned because I was looking for something special, Weber would always patiently answer my questions regardless how "dead the horse is".
I have always been treated with respect by Ted and I am deeply saddened by his passing. What a great loss to the guitar community.
In my dealings with Ted and his crew via email and phone over the years I have never had a bad or even marginal experience with them. They have all been great. I've made purchases and forgot to get a little thing like a mounting clamp for a cap can or something like that. You know what I talking about.. it is so frustrating.. But I would call Ted and the next thing I knew I had a package on my porch free of charge. Try that with other suppliers. When I was having a speakers re-coned because I was looking for something special, Weber would always patiently answer my questions regardless how "dead the horse is".
I have always been treated with respect by Ted and I am deeply saddened by his passing. What a great loss to the guitar community.
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I've dealt with Ted and C.J. for about 90% of my amp projects, about 40 or 50 over the last two years. (you could say I got the bug) I've never had a problem as a customer. He made a great impact on the building world that I'm sure his family will carry on. I know most would agree he was the ultimate tinkerer. Many thanks to him.what_wires wrote:Although I was a member of the 18W forum during the Ted Weber/Jersey Aaron meltdown, I was fortunate to not get wrapped up in it, thank goodness.
In my dealings with Ted and his crew via email and phone over the years I have never had a bad or even marginal experience with them. They have all been great. I've made purchases and forgot to get a little thing like a mounting clamp for a cap can or something like that. You know what I talking about.. it is so frustrating.. But I would call Ted and the next thing I knew I had a package on my porch free of charge. Try that with other suppliers. When I was having a speakers re-coned because I was looking for something special, Weber would always patiently answer my questions regardless how "dead the horse is".
I have always been treated with respect by Ted and I am deeply saddened by his passing. What a great loss to the guitar community.
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FYI, the handful of times that 18watt.com came up over at the Weber forum he had nothing but good things to say. When it went off line for a bit he expressed regret that this wealth of information for the amp building community would not be available. I've dealt with Ted for several years, just communicating with him last week. He was way too young to have this happen and you could sense his suffering over the past year. Just rambling here as I'm still stunned over the loss. Up till the end there was optimism that he would make it through to get his lung transplant. RIP Ted.
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Ted did the same for me. He once inspected, cleaned, repaired a small hole from an errant stud in the surround, and remagnetized the alnico ring of a mid-50's P8R for me free of charge. That included shipping it back to me. It was just a measly little P8R, but Ted gave it the same care as a vintage Vox Blue. He just loved old speakerswhat_wires wrote: In my dealings with Ted and his crew via email and phone over the years I have never had a bad or even marginal experience with them. They have all been great. I've made purchases and forgot to get a little thing like a mounting clamp for a cap can or something like that. You know what I talking about.. it is so frustrating.. But I would call Ted and the next thing I knew I had a package on my porch free of charge. Try that with other suppliers.
I bought many speakers and chassis fom him beginning in 1995. He was always honest, helpful, and had GREAT speaker products. We were always on the same wavelength when it came to speakers. He had a slightly different philosophy on amps at times.
The DIY amp community will not be the same without him. He will be missed greatly.
Turn it up loud Ted.
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They've got an obit on his site now as you first enter it. It's also sad that someone thought his illness was faked just to get out from taking care of his customers. He's already missed by many, and I feel saddened for the loss myself, as overall, he sounded like a good guy.
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Ted will be missed, but he has left a tremendous legacy will all the great amp kits that he has left for us to build and enjoy. While there are a lot of DIY companies out there specialize in kits for one or a couple of vintage amps, Weber provides a hugh tonal palette to choose from. That doesn't even include the great selection of fantastic speakers that you can choose from to play them through. While I will miss Ted, I have so many reminders of him that I play through every day that I know I will never forget him.
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