pronunciation...

[Gundi]

Just buy a Fender and be done with it!

[bassfran]

I used to work at a recording studio.

One day I took a call from a gentleman hoping to utilize our facilities, taking specific interest in our vintage "New-min" mics, immediately bringing Seinfeld to mind.

I didn't correct him, but it's pronounced 'Noy-min'.

[backup]

i like pronouncing names in their native language. i hope i get everythign right:

i-ba-nez (not eye)
a-gi-lar
sheck-ter
gál-li-yen crew-ger (krüger)
epi-fáni
lake-land
war-wick
cóu-biki (cou as in coup and biki as in bikini, russian word meaning "cubes")
atelier zet (atelier french pronounciation, meaning something like workshop)
skjold (nordic word, skjöld)

Originally Posted by SubEndSorcerer

kruger with the umlaut is pronounced kh-roy-guh in german.

no

Originally Posted by Sonorous

What about Sadowsky? Or Drozd?

russian pronounciation:
sadóvsky, (not like sad but sharp s and ah, sad means garden)
drozhd

Originally Posted by bassfran

I didn't correct him, but it's pronounced 'Noy-min'.

almost, german pronounciation: noy-munn with a "u" like in bum.

zain feld, not field.

i add to the list:

moog - mogue

[bassfran]

Well, that's what I get for bein' a smart-ass.

(I did write 'feld', though.)

[Geroi Asfalta]

Rickenbacker, Krüger, Warwick, Behringer all German names (except maybe Warwick) and it annoys the living hell out of me to hear them mispronounced. I used to speak fluent German (lost a little but still know my way around).

I don't think even John Hall knows how to pronounce Rickenbacker.

Rickenbacker- not Rick-en-baker. No. Ricken-bock-er.
Warwick- For some reason I pronounce it Varick. Though it may just simply be Warwick.
Krüger- Kryu-ger
Behringer- Not Burinjer- Bayrin-gehr