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Dave, it looks just a beautiful here as it did there. Your daughters are very lucky. I hope the show you that they know this.

We would still love to have copies of your songs.

Oh that was subtle Hesh. Nice move.

Billy, I can't tell if you look more like your mom or your grandma.



Hesh, you never cease to amaze me.






I think the sidelines are going to be a great place to be for this thread.

Billy, I've been busy dodging curveballs at home and at work. Sweetie hasn't been helping. I was drooling over some of Uncle Bob's wares, lamenting the state of affairs and whatnot. To which I was informed that I could buy all the wood I wanted ( you should have seen the look on my face), (here come...

Billy, your new avatar is confusing me. Are you declaring to the world, well at least our forum, that you are a butt head? I don't get it.

Serge wrote:Budget busted here too !

Serge, I hear you. I really do.

Gawd, if this is what you deem to be thrown together, I would really love to see one that you took your time and thought about it. It would be a Treatise. Thanks for another great tutorial.

I do so love understated elegance you are developing into your style.

Hesh, you're holding out on us. Where's the rest of them? I counted 8 in the photo. I know one defected to the North, so that's 9. 15 is on your bench now. I can be slow some times, but I distinctly remember a couple of other numbers in between 9 and 15. So.... where's the rest of those beauties of ...

sebastiaan56 wrote:I showed the page of Zircote to the Financial Director, she reckons that if I can afford that then I can afford more bling for her. Any more room on the floor?

Sebastian, there is always floor space.

I'm here for you Bro.

Hesh, that is so sweet. Serge, I've got the same problem you have. The bookkeeper is going to have me sleeping on the sofa for weeks.
Uncle Bob, ignore any requests you get from me. I must be strong.

Sebastian, that is the wood. He just bookmatched it. http://www.rctonewoods.rcefaluguitars.com/ziricote.htm This is one of Uncle Bob's treasure woods.

I remember a lengthy, almost nasty discussion over at MIMF about radiusing fret wire and the necessary jigs. Mario piped up with his solution. Its about as low tech as you can get. He cut a grove into the edge of a bench and would pull the fret wire through that until it was curved enough for his ne...

Hesh, JJ said some awfully nice things about this one on the other forum. I would really love to have a sound clips of your guitars. I think that it would be really cool to have sound clip and sound board bracing montage. It would be a cool way to see/hear how your guitars have evolved. Now that you...

Wow, I would have never thought you could get such rich sounds from such a small guitar. I my mind, parlors sounded more like ukes than guitars. Wow! Thank you for sharing the sound clips. I really like the sound. I've played Anji several times now. One question, how do I steal it and put it on my i...

GAWD you boys are bad.


Dave, I really like you new baby. You should be very proud.

I like it. Where did you get it? The coral snake purf that is.

Serge, what does coral snake purf look like?

Looking good there Serge. Good to see you have time to play in the sawdust again. I hear you about the shop cleaning. Now that winter is here, there is absolutely no room out there. There wasn't much to begin with, but now I'm starting to look at things with an eye towards the dump. But you don't ge...

Jazz, they are wonderful. They sound so rich and soulful. They look beautiful. You should be so proud.

Snip... I know it's pretty anal to polish bridge pins but this is one of a host of very small details that no one will probably ever notice that I do when setting up a guitar. Hesh people might not be consciously aware of all the little details that you have tended to, but I can promise you that th...

Well, its a good thing that he is moving and rather busy right now. It will give time to finagle some overtime. Need to pad the coffers first. Don't want to upset the bookkeeper too much. The couch isn't that comfy, cat takes up too much room.

It is simply beautiful. Love it.

Where did you get you oak from Ron?

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