Gom with the wind

[oldwave maker]

Delivered blondie #414 to George at the Santa Fe bg fest saturday, after Paul Rangel taught it a bunch of crooked OT tunes friday night:

[oldwave maker]

The peghead inlay was designed by George, by george!

[oldwave maker]

Maple back

[oldwave maker]

Old well quartered brazilian rosewood for the peghead veneer, fretboard, bridge, pickguard, and tailpiece, old german tort celluloid binding

[ShaneJ]

That's beautiful, Bill!

BTW, your wit and creativity has always reminded me of my grandad. He used to build - well, everything. He built hotrods, boats, toys, go-carts, tools, thing-a-ma-jigs that were useful in one way or another, etc.... He worked in wood, metal, fiberglass, and anything else that he thought might work. He only had a 9th grade education, but he was a brilliant designer and engineer and artist. He was a typesetter and printer by trade, but he made a decent living as a sign painter as well. He taught me a lot.

He called his sign painting business "Signs, by George". Bill George is his name. He has always been one to find a clever 2nd meaning in words and phrases. A lot of the things that you say and joke about sound exactly like something he would say.

He is in a nursing home now, with my grandmother. He has Alzheimer's and doesn't know who we are, but he is always happy and joking with anybody that is close by. We are really blessed by that. It's great that he still has his sense of humor and is happy.

Anyway, thanks for your humor. I get it!

Shane

PS: Love the roadrunner! It's a little cuckoo though.

[steve V. johnson]

Hey Bill,

Thanks so much for posting this! Splendid work, I love the road runner!

But... I'm not a GOM guy (so far, anyway) cuz I'm kinda fascinated with what happens with mando-OMs. You've built both mando-type OMs and GOMs, right?

Would you care to expound a bit on the difference from your perspective? Mostly in the different sounds between 'em, I mean.

Many thanks and much admiration,

stv

[GD Armstrong]

Lovely work! I prefer redheads but that's a fine looking blonde.

[POB]

Gorgeous instrument, sir! I should let you know, though, that if you plan on expanding your target market into Ireland, particularly the west coast, you might need to consider some rebranding. Over here, the word "Gom" is used in the vernacular to describe someone who wouldn't be the sharpest knife in the drawer. As for a gom with wind, as per your topic title...

[oldwave maker]

Padraig- thanks for the warning, your 'gom with the wind' would be 'gomer breaking wind' at festivals on this side of the pond. My gsom pricing includes free personal hand deliver to counties Clare, Kerry and Leitrim.....
GD- thanks again for the square shooting on the repair of my dented mandofamily hauler! iss all good now!
Steve-chord accompaniment seems brasher on the gom, maybe more projection up the neck in melody mode......