Can Anyone Explain The Controversy Over Rob Chapman?

usedtobe

Bigsby said:

If only this forum had a search function....

Going from memory, which may be unreliable, I'm pretty sure it turned out that Chappers couldn't actually play guitar at all, he now runs a Chippie in Malta and is/was involved with one of the girls from Wham! 

Quality!

slugelise

Rift city guitars, there's an old thread on here. They were exclusive importers for Chapman into the USA. They went bust, not exclusively due to Chapman but did post a response to Rob's recollection of his dealings with them.

Old news now, the rift city blog on the matter seems to have vanished into the mists of time.

jonnyburgo

I heard that when he reaches the vinegar stroke he shouts "GRRRRRREATINGS" and does a salute. Whether it's true or not I don't know.

Roland

Bigsby said:

If only this forum had a search function....

https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/50034/using-google-to-search-thefretboard

bertie

Sassafras said:

Didn't he sell guitars with pickups that needed upgrading?

no mann that was Thom.

Nick

digitalscream said:

Nick said:

That "idiot kid" you refer to was one of Rob's earliest and biggest fans. He was active on the Rob Chapman Forum and buying Chapman Guitars around the same time - if not before - the likes of you and I. I'm talking original ML-1 days. Did you not realise? I assume not, due to the lovely nickname you betrothed upon him.

On top of that, the fact that he did a bunch of similar hit-piece videos on other YouTubers (and then switched to guitar content) would strongly suggest that it was a self-serving strategy to give his channel a boost before trying to become known as a YouTube guitarist, rather than some sort of public service. That's not the mark of a decent, trustworthy person - to me at least.

I can understand that to some degree. But, after all has been said and done, I know which one I would agree to lend twenty quid on the promise it be paid back.

(Answer: it’s the Axl Rose lookalike, not the grown man who refers to himself as the primate king  )

duotone

slugelise said:

Rift city guitars, there's an old thread on here. They were exclusive importers for Chapman into the USA. They went bust, not exclusively due to Chapman but did post a response to Rob's recollection of his dealings with them.

Old news now, the rift city blog on the matter seems to have vanished into the mists of time.

https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/171113/riff-city-now-chimes-in-on-the-rob-chapman-video/p1

prowla

I'd really like a Chapman stick, rather than Chappers schtick.

(Andertons are selling Chapman guitars, though - https://www.andertons.co.uk/brands/chapman-guitars .)

NelsonP

Summary here...

https://adamharkus.com/rob-chapman-exposed/

skullfunkerry

Well he clearly hasn’t fallen out with Lee Anderton:

https://youtu.be/c5Z0JbdcP2c

(And I’ve got to say, some of those guitars look great)

Caffeine_Vampire

skullfunkerry said:

Well he clearly hasn’t fallen out with Lee Anderton:

https://youtu.be/c5Z0JbdcP2c

(And I’ve got to say, some of those guitars look great)

What is it about Chappers that makes me want to eat a 3 course cheese meal and still call for a cheeseburger on my way home to cheeseville in my cheesemachine? 

Offset

I think some of the guitars look really nice too, especially the Tele-shaped jobbies.  But that video is excruciating, self-indulgent twaddle and the new marketing goon looked embarrassed to be there.

digitalscream

Nick said:

digitalscream said:

Nick said:

That "idiot kid" you refer to was one of Rob's earliest and biggest fans. He was active on the Rob Chapman Forum and buying Chapman Guitars around the same time - if not before - the likes of you and I. I'm talking original ML-1 days. Did you not realise? I assume not, due to the lovely nickname you betrothed upon him.

On top of that, the fact that he did a bunch of similar hit-piece videos on other YouTubers (and then switched to guitar content) would strongly suggest that it was a self-serving strategy to give his channel a boost before trying to become known as a YouTube guitarist, rather than some sort of public service. That's not the mark of a decent, trustworthy person - to me at least.

I can understand that to some degree. But, after all has been said and done, I know which one I would agree to lend twenty quid on the promise it be paid back.

(Answer: it’s the Axl Rose lookalike, not the grown man who refers to himself as the primate king  )

I'm equal-opportunities about it. I wouldn't want to be associated with either of them

poopot

Jetfire said:

poopot said:

He is a member here… just not under his real name obvs…

Is this actually true?

Yep… and he’s quite a prolific poster as well!!!!

Strangefan

Roland said:

Bigsby said:

If only this forum had a search function....

https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/50034/using-google-to-search-thefretboard

That should have read if only the forum had a search function which actually worked. 

digitalscream

Strangefan said:

Roland said:

Bigsby said:

If only this forum had a search function....

https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/50034/using-google-to-search-thefretboard

That should have read if only the forum had a search function which actually worked. 

It actually does

guitarjack66

poopot said:

Jetfire said:

poopot said:

He is a member here… just not under his real name obvs…

Is this actually true?

Yep… and he’s quite a prolific poster as well!!!!

Greetings! I've learned from my mistakes,you will be glad to know.

PS I only have two mansions now,and three ferraris. I sent the Lamborghini back as it was just a tad too ostentatious.

Kilgore

There is the possibility that Rob Chapman doesn't actually exist and is simply the product of forum mass hysteria. 

dindude

His fall from the dizzy heights was a near dictionary definition of Hubris IMO. Don’t blame some spotty kid swinging in a chair on an unwatched YouTube channel.

I don’t watch any of his current content but seems he’s found peace in Malta and and reduction in exposure / popularity. 

Sassafras

I collaborated on the Chapman guitars and I'm still waiting for the £2 million I think I was promised.