BSG HISTORY

Well – my friends – where to begin. Boogie Street Guitars. Sometimes I feel so ‘connected’ with BSG that when I did my ‘About Eric’ I had to remind myself to write a bit about ‘me’ and ‘my’ life. Without BSG.

The very condensed version or story of Boogie Street Guitars.

Boogie Street or BSG was started as a part time, online, guitar selling ‘project’ or ‘hobby’ by yours truly in March 1999.

In 1999, through a lot of curious and hard work and with the timing of massive growth both at ebay and the internet in general – my hobby just took off.

So much so that around Christmas of 1999 I had this ‘crazy’ idea of taking it full-time come January of 2000.

With just about everyone in my life telling me I was nuts or irresponsible or selfish, I left my rather comfortable corporate job and started – Boogie Street Guitars.

And the rest is history.

Well, it was not quite that easy.

Boogie Street Guitars marketed used guitars from 1999 up until about 2003 when I finally convinced a major manufacturer to work with me to build ‘custom’ versions of their already established designs. That manufacturer was Washburn guitars.

The Boogie Street and Washburn relationship continues to be fruitful and amazing – and I believe has helped both companies expand not only in the marketplace but expand in customers opinions of ‘custom’ and quality.

In 2006 Washburn resigned KISS legend Paul Stanley. I’ve was then not only to finally meet my childhood hero but now I was in a position to work with him. And we certainly continue to do that extensively on the PS series KISS guitars and Paul’s single cut design, the Preacher.

In early 2007 Boogie Street Guitars teamed with Bernie Rico Jr. Bernie is the son of Bernie Rico Sr, legendary guitar builder and founder of B.C. Rich guitars. Since our partnership, Boogie Street has brought to market some of the most downright amazing and beautiful electric guitars to market and the realtionship continues to grow – rapidly.

In 2007, I also approached Bernie Rico about helping me bring a guitar shape to the market. At the time of this writing, the guitar is tentatively called ‘Brutus’ and the small guitar company I’ve created is titled “Major”.

In 2009 I moved BSG from our office complex of 5 years in Rosslyn Farms to a more private and secure facility in Mt. Lebanon. The new office, while a bit smaller, is more functional, private and secure and is better equipped for for the filming and photography projects we do at BSG.

So there you have it – for now.

Below is Boogie Street Guitars’ latest promotional video – and what I think is our finest promotional video.

It’s titled “DECENNIAL”. Enjoy!

Pretty cool, huh? Yes. I feel I finally was able to get together with a couple of folks who could produce a 20 minute promotional piece which really brings out what Boogie Street Guitars is about. Special thanks to Dan Speicher and Heidi – they are great folks. Special thanks to Paul Stanley for use of his great music from his Live to Win CD. Huge thanks to Bruce Kulick for all of his continued cooperation in our Boogie Street projects. His music is amazing. Special thanks goes to Shawn and Hobby for their musical contribution and last but not least – my personal thanks goes out to Arun ‘Roon’ Datta for his friendship and continued musicial support. This man’s music deserves a much, much broader audience. I hope he gets it.

More videos and information AND GUITARS can be found at Boogie Street Guitars!

Thanks for reading – and watching!

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