Jim Dunlop Sr.

Entrepreneur

Birthday July 5, 1936

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Glasgow, Scotland

DEATH DATE Feb 6, 2019 (82)

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About

Founder of Dunlop Manufacturing, a manufacturer of musical accessories.  

Before Fame

He moved to San Francisco in the 1960s, and began making and selling toggle capos while working as a processing and chemical engineer at Barr and Stroud in Glasgow

Trivia

Dunlop Manufacturing has acquired several prominent pedal companies, including Cry Baby, MXR and Way Huge. 

Family Life

He began making the toggle capos with his wife. 

Associated With

Ann Gloag is also an entrepreneur born in Scotland.