Our Crew
Paul Decker
Age: 39
Hometown: Bozeman, MT
Position: Owner
Bands: Little Jane & the Pistol Whips
Instruments: Drums and Guitar
Favorite Bands: Beattles, Elvis, John Mayer, Sting/Police, The Dempseys.
Favorite Product: Music Villa Eagle Shirt, Martin Custom 175th Anniversary Model 1 of 1.
Blaise Arsenault
Age: 37
Hometown: Scotia-Glenville, NY
Position: Sales/Acoustic Guitar Manager
Bands: Jawbone Railroad, Dr. Gravy.
Instruments: Guitar, Banjo, & Fiddle
Favorite Bands: Hot Tuna, Ween, Various- 60′s & 70′s (Zappa, Who, Cream, Kinks, Zep, Dead), Various- Zydeco & Cajun Music, Various- Old Time Blues & Fiddle Music.
Favorite Product: Mist & Wipe.
Stacy Olson
Age: 37
Hometown: Belgrade
Position: Sales/Electric Guitar Manager
Bands: The Mighty Flick
Instruments: Guitar, Drums, and Bass
Favorite Bands: Dream Theater, Kiss, Dokken, Sevendust, Shinedown. Fav Player: Andy Timmons.
Favorite Product: Ernie Ball, Musicman.
Dustin Tucker
Age: 31
Hometown: Bozeman, MT
Position: Art Direction & Marketing
Bands: Pinky and the Floyd, Golden Grenade
Instruments: Guitar and Vocals
Favorite Bands: Radiohead, Gorillaz, Elbow, Yeasayer, Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Favorite Product: Black MV trucker hat, Lion shirt, Bose L1 Audio System.
Joe Knapp
Age: 30
Hometown: Juneau, AK
Position: Sales/Shipping
Bands: SlomoJoe + TheKnowshows, The Salamanders, The Meatskin Jubilee Jugband, Niche
Instruments: Guitar, Baritone Guitar, Ukulele, Bass
Favorite Bands: Jimi Hendrix/Band of Gypsys, Hank Williams Sr., The Clash, Touchers, Frank Zappa.
Favorite Product: Super Reverb Amp (Fender), American Deluxe Stratocaster (Fender), 000-18 Golden Era (Martin), Keeley TS808 (Tube Screamer), ES-335 (Gibson).
Marcus Engstrom
Age: 29
Hometown: Bjursas (Sweden)
Position: Repair
Bands: Little Jane and the Pistol Whips
Instruments: Guitar & Dobro
Favorite Bands: SloMo Joe’s, Bigsby Jones, Ted Stryker Band, Salamanders, Mighty Flick.
Favorite Product: Engstrom Humidifiers.
Jerry Mullen
Age: Really Old
Hometown: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Position: Repair
Bands: Fossils, Tinymen, Blokes
Instruments: Guitar’s of all sorts
Favorite Bands: The Band, John Hiatt, Leon Russell, Beatles, Rolling Stones.
Favorite Product: Any Fender Guitar or tube amp.
Fred Decker
Age: Over the hill
Hometown: Born in Louisiana, Raised in Texas, Reside in Bozeman
Position: Former Owner
Bands: Former Sgt. Rock
Instruments: Guitar and Bass
Favorite Bands: Heart, Queen, Fleetwood Mac, Louis Armstrong, Bugs Henderson.
Favorite Product: Anything with just 1 On/Off switch, 1 tone knob, and 1 volume knob.
Ron Schimpf
Age: 56
Hometown: Helena, MT
Position: Shipping/Receiving
Bands: Running on Empty, Open Range & Swing Stampede
Instruments: Bass, Saxophone (before loss of fingers)
Favorite Bands: Beatles, Pink Floyd, Steely Dan, Tower of Power, Super Tramp.
Favorite Product: High End Bass Gear.
Bobby Riviere
Age: 25
Hometown: Bozeman, MT
Position: Sales (guitar, amps, & recording technology)
Bands: Arrested for Arson
Instruments: Guitar (7 string electric, 6 string electric, acoustic, & classical guitars)
Favorite Bands: Led Zeppelin, Dream Theatre, Steve Vai, Ozzy, Shinedown.
Favorite Product: Ibanez Electrics, Martin Acoustics.
Levi Kujala
Age: 33
Hometown: Duvall, WA
Position: Web Strategist/Marketing
Bands: The Clintons
Instruments: Drums
Favorite Bands: Incubus, Muse, Chili Peppers, Mayer, Mraz, Rage Against the Machine.
Favorite Product: Tama Drums.
Scott Bone
Age: 53
Hometown: Tupulo via Toledo
Position: Operations Manager
Instruments: Guitar, Uke, Mandolin
Favorite Bands: Rammstein, SRV, his mom’s iPod playlist.
Favorite Product: Fender Electrics.
David McMurray
Age: 15
Hometown: Miami, FL
Position: Trainee
Bands: Altered 116
Instruments: Guitar, Drums, Keyboard
Favorite Bands: Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, AC/DC, Sublime.
Favorite Product: Mesa Boogie Mark V.
ha ha lets hope it turns out better tho.
We’ll take care of you… even Scotts photo looks okay.
No info?? ima very informational person and we can do the pic when ever im just am a terrible person when it comes to pics.
Dude- don’t even. No photo, no info. You don’t exist.
Hey Dustin when we gonna throw my info up here ^^
ok Thanks man…I was really wondering who he is
That’s David. We’ll get his photo up soon.
Who is the long haired teenage kid who works here. Whats his name? He is cute lol
David was very helpful to my daughter in selecting a guitar. He took the time to demonstrate several different guitars and thanks to him, I think she found one she will enjoy for a long time! Thanks David!
Hey, What about that teenage guitar playing long haired kid? I think his name is David James.
Stacy has helped me several times including selling me my Lakland bass, great store great people and as Schwarzenegger would say ” I’ll be back”
I bought the $50 Deal of the day guitar in summer’06
Still the greatest guitar store i’ve ever seen, definitely
Thank you so much
Thanks Guys for all your help, you treat me like a king there, thanks Stacy for your help and Remembering My Name. You will see me again.