Skip, I didn't use your template. I had a Monte tracing that I lost for over a year. It turned up about 4 months ago along with a bunch of other info. Thanks for the comments. Perfect it isn't but I'm happy with it. Can't wait to play it.
Skip, I didn't use your template. I had a Monte tracing that I lost for over a year. It turned up about 4 months ago along with a bunch of other info. Thanks for the comments. Perfect it isn't but I'm happy with it. Can't wait to play it.
WOW no more comments?Is that good or bad?
Gary,
I think it looks really nice. I want one.
Heiden F-5 #110
GMC Terrain VIN 2GTEC13Z871107423
2007 Tempurpedic mattress
$1.35 in assorted change
Hey, Gary -- been away awhile, just saw this masterpiece & had to acknowledge yet another great surprise from the master! Talk about perfection... look at those miters. This is not very encouraging to we elder mortals, you know... now it's my turn to be sick.
Tell ya what: you stick to fiddles & I'll do bows - deal? (NOT!)
Still love that button shape too, man.
BTW, do you ever sleep?
FINALLY!, I thought someone must have died or something. Hello is anybody out there??Mando's are just too fun to stop Bill, as you know. Not useing any CNC stuff at all makes me feel like I'm standing in mud sometimes. It's been a hard summer trying to get stuff done.
biorkman, you can have THIS one, well not really HAVE but it could be yours.
Right. Sounds like my CNC looks a lot like your CNC...
Mine's bigger
Holy Scroll Batman!! Ya know, I thought I owned the two prettiest Vessel mandos out there, and then dang it Gary,ya had to top them!! Just when I was starting to get in a better financial situation, and learning to live with the fact that I may have to be happy with only two of your creations you go and do this.......now I know how heroin addicts feel. Ok, we're going to have to post pone the 'dola order and talk here. No joke, I have been considering offing the Nugget...i'm just not playing it much. We'll have to talk soon! That is absolutel jaw dropping. -geoff:O
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.
Bill, do you have any more shots of your CNC? Looks a lot more aggressive than my puny model.
Gary- Any shots of the headstock?? is it Monte shaped, or other?? -geoff
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.
Gary,
That Monte Style looks awesome!
Very impressive! And awfully tempting...
Jason Anderson
"...while a great mandolin is a wonderful treat, I would venture to say that there is always more each of us can do with the tools we have available at hand. The biggest limiting factors belong to us not the instruments." Paul Glasse
Stumbling Towards Competence
Gary, I would love to take that off your hands, but I like being married so I must respectfully decline.
Heiden F-5 #110
GMC Terrain VIN 2GTEC13Z871107423
2007 Tempurpedic mattress
$1.35 in assorted change
Well, I don't know about anyone else but I was out of town when those shots were posted, and I didn't look at a computer all weekend!
Jeez Gary, if I had known you were into trying out a Monte, I would have talked you into doing one for me!
Love the blonde!
Daniel
Daniel,you can own more than one you know
biorkman, marriage is overrated
Geoff, the head is Monte with a new flwerpot design. Tried my hand at some wire inlay. That's hard to do. I'll post pics later. thanks guys.
Gary
Yah Daniel!! They're like Lays potato chips, you can't have just one!!! C'mon! Just teasing. I love both of mine. They have two totally different voices, yet there is an undescribable (probably due to my limited vocabulary) commonality with the tones. How's your's breaking in?
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.
Quite well, thank you. I think it's done with the first 6 months/radical break in period. I need to put its 3rd set of strings on and hear where it is when they're fresh.Originally Posted by (squirrelabama @ Aug. 21 2007, 15:16)
Absolutely no complaints; I love it.
I took it to the Healdsburg Guitar Festival last weekend and got a lot of jokes about what happens when you put your guitar in the dryer.
Yes, I suppose I could own two, but then --overrated or not-- I would likely no longer be married. Then I'd have to sell a bunch of instruments to stay afloat. Best to wait at least two years before considering another mandolin.
Daniel
Gary,
That's RIGHT !!
Sure. Don't know if this is too far off-topic, but for context I'll put it here.
For years I had the priviledge of living near an antique tool dealer (now retired) who scoured Britain for the best of the best pre-WWII tools. This one is a Thos. Ibbotson & Co., 1-1/2"w., probably about a 7 or 8 sweep. A 5 or 6 might be better. I made the two-fisted handle, and the whole affair is about 21 1/2".
I can rough a top & back and still shave with it. Try that with your CNC...
Thanks Bill, that's now at the top of my fantasy tools wish list
Gary,
I think that the Monty will like the dry climate here in New Mexico
PJ
Stanley V5
This little guy comes in handy for paring cuts.
(wanna go, Billbows?
OOOOH that's bigger than mine.
(wanna go, Billbows?
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