John English R.I.P.

[kiergtr]

John English, the well known Fender Custom Shop Master Builder, passed away yesterday, or the day before. Hats off to a great luthier who created so much pleasure for us musicians by crafting beautiful and toneful guitars. Our prayers and thoughts go out to his family, friends, Fender, and the greater musical community.

[devinb]

I was just looking at his page minutes ago...I didn't know that.

[fullerplast]

:(

RIP John....may your legacy outlive us all.

[photoguy]

Condolences to his family.

[esoteric pete]

RIP john, and condolences to the family. i had not heard this until now. what a great loss to the building community.

at least his memory will live on, and he's left us his great guitars to create music with.

[John Page]

He was a great builder and friend... who made terrible eggs (he knows what I mean). May he rest is peace. He loved building Fender guitars, and it showed.

[Vince]

Goddamit.


I was saddened to learn he was sick a while ago, and this is not any more fun at all.

I was lucky to have worked with John on a couple of his projects back in the day. Hanging with him was even more fun. Great builder, cool personality.

JP, remember all the Altoid boxes? I wish he'd stuck to those and not been so fond of the smokes.



A smooth journey to you, John English.

[Ron Thorn]

Stephen Stern delivered the sad news to me this evening, what a drag.
RIP to one super cool cat.
:(

[Crumblebum]

Extremely sad news...................RIP to a great builder

[davebc]

RIP John, best of the master builders. I was told John was terminally ill a while ago, by a CS dealer a few months back.
I have a Jeff Beck tribute Esquire built by John. It is the best playing I've ever played.

[telesquire]

R.I.P John.

[enharmonic]

My condolences to Mr. English's family.

[buddastrat]

Very sad to hear this. My condolences and will be in my thoughts and prayers.

[Trebor Renkluaf]

:(
Best wishes to his family and loved ones.

[guitarsnguns04]

Wow...RIP John

[Dave Orban]

Thoughts and prayers out for John and his family.

[Trandy]

This sucks. I had the pleasure of meeting John....he was a great guy....and his guitars speak for themselves.

He will be missed.

[Jon Silberman]

This is a terrible blow for his family and luthiery, my heart goes out to his family and friends.

[dookie]

This is very very sad news...

My sincere condolences to John English's family and friends...

[dave s]

What a huge loss. Condolences to the English family and all friends of John.

dave

[Dana Olsen]

A very sad piece of news indeed. Condolences to his family, his friends, and his admirers who number many.

Dana O.

[tonedaddy]

R.I.P. John.

You've left a great legacy for Fender fans, and set a high standard for builders to aspire to.

[Alainlafrance]

Very sad news although forseable.
He made among the very best guitars ever delivered by the Custom Shop.
Whenever I'll put my hand again on one hancrafted by him- I do have many- my first toughts will go to him, then I'll hear him say" Play it Man, play it, don't let it hang on the wall"
Condolences to his Family
RIP John, your Artworks are still with us forever.

[DonM]

shoot, he was the best guy we meet at NAMM when we took him Stratocaster 0001 to inspect..

what caused his death?

seems so ashamed to loose him, and it seems too sudden on this end, he was still young!

My condolences to his friends and family

RIP John,

Don Mare
http://www.willcuttguitars.com/FenderCSBios/john_english_2005_lo.jpg

[The Eristic]

:^(

[Pa'ani]

Condolences to John and his family.
Thoughts and Prayers!

[fred dons]

I have only met him once but he was very kind to me and showed me some tricks in assembling a vintage strat, he really took the time to talk to strat fan and it was appreciated, he will be missed :(

[JamesHealey]

R.i.p.

[Mr Graphic]

R.I.P. John English

[MOJO]

wow..sad to hear... another great one gone :(

[TR-100]

R.I.P.
I had the pleasure of hanging with John a couple of times. Hanging at his
building booth and talking to him about guitars was magical. He was super humble and very open about his craft.
:(

[Jim S]

Rip :(

[Joe_Steeler]

RIP John English.
Sad news indeed. He will be sorely missed.

[gregc]

God bless John, and his family.

[v-verb]

Condolences...

[Gerald Johnson]

Such a sad loss. Condolences to his family and friends. He will be remembered in his creations - wonderful guitars.
G

[TheMiz]

Such a sad loss. Condolences to his family and friends. He will be remembered in his creations - wonderful guitars.
G

He was great at this trade , that is for sure.

[rockinh]

What a shame! Never owned, but got to play, a guitar he made, it was something else!!! R.I.P. John.

[bluesjuke]

According to John Page he passed at 4:45 PM June 28th as a result of a battle with cancer.

[Guitar James]

God bless you John, R.I.P.

[Jose Luis Garci]

A great life anyway.:AOK
Rest in peace.

[mdog114]

http://fender.com/news/index.php?display_article=197

[meangene]

Oh major boo! Wow I was just asking about him a few weeks back wondering how he was doing. John was so much fun to work with and had a great balance of builder, artist, comedian and someone you were proud to call your friend. Listening to John, Alan Hamel and Fred Stuart argue like old women over vintage guitar specs and the "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh" phrase, it was pure daily comedy like reenacting “Grumpy Old Men”.

The entire crew for the JP reign was nothing shy of stellar genuine people yet all individual characters in their own right and made waking up and going to work extremely fun. I’ve missed not seeing English in the past many years but now he will be sadly missed forever, he was truly an inspiration to me as a friend and a builder. The very first Baker guitar #001 was made from a piece of wood he gave me, he had been saving it for a special project. He had so many stories from days working at Gibson, Valley Arts or building the LJ models with Mike Stephens in the early Fender C/S days. I can easily say John taught me many things and was a true mentor.

I’ll miss ya Johnny, burn a lead for me and I’ll do the same. RIP…

[1959burst]

i'll bet he's in rock and roll heaven building axes for jimi stevie and the boys..r.i.p.

[VCuomo]

I also had the pleasure of meeting him at the Fender CS a few years ago - RIP John.:(

[Guitar James]

i'll bet he's in rock and roll heaven building axes for jimi stevie and the boys..r.i.p.
Now thats a nice thought. With Leo watching over him making sure he does it right:D

[Wheels]

Wow...I had the chance to own a John English Strat. Now I regret not going thru with it.

Rest In Peace, John. My condolences to your family and friends.

Wheels