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Manrico Erasmi

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Gibson Guitars

The legend of Gibson Guitars has been built by Rock 'n Roll's most iconic players.

“You’ll never play guitar again.”   When a sheet metal press slices off the tips of two fretting fingers, what else can a doctor say? It was to be his last day at the factory, but now it looked like he’d be there forever. One night, in despe
A janitor at an auto plant. That’s the best he could get.   Then again, what hope could a black, 21 year-old ex-con have?   For years he struggled, bouncing to different, low-paying jobs and living in bad apartments in the worst St. Louis
“A failure.”   Everyone around him called him that. Could you blame them? A drop-out, he was barely 15 years old and working night shifts at a butcher shop.   Not surprisingly, he was fired. And with his last few dollars, he didn’t buy a