RIP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LkrIamJqTM
RIP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LkrIamJqTM
This should be of some interest. I may have posted the before pics on here earlier, but you'll get the gist.
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I recently returned a late 70's ?? Benedetto owned by...
62' Benedetto . Still haven't gotten the story on how this happened but pretty sure I can do better than the last guy ! :))
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Don't know if this has been posted yet:
"Very sad news in the bluegrass and entire music world today. Mac Wiseman has passed away. The "Voice With a Heart" was 93 years old. He was a musical...
25' 00-21 re-furbish. Got it all re-braced and buttoned up / bound. Top re-colored and varnished.
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And just finished off an archtop.
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It's nice to dream, and stranger things have happened. I know we all keep an eye out, and occasionally you can luck out.
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Don't know if there's anything new here, just stumbled across it:
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Love those obscure body shapes Marty ! As little as I build, I'm done with the norm. Each one is (hopefully) a one of a kind thing from now on.
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Got some torrified Lutz spruce that looks, smells and pings wonderful. First build with torrified anything but I like the idea. Pretty reasonably priced too.
IMHO, HELL NO ! Don't do it. That should stay a guitar, plenty of better candidates for conversion you would have fun with. Or , just buy/have one built. 12-string conversions are a good way to go...
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So I suppose the latest , would be the Bari uke. Just picked it up , and fixed her up good. Waiting on some strings. Getting a pretty nice uke collection going ! The last of 4 Weyman banjo tenor...
Some nice pics. Don't know if it's been posted before but, here ya go:
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Johnny Smith's old Epi De Luxe Emperor in for a little restoration work. Pretty excited about it. He lived in Colo Springs later in life and gave some lessons to a couple folks I know. I think it...
Thanks folks, it's pretty much reacted with the laquer such that it goes all the way through to the wood. I think it's just gonna stay as is. Short of a full back re-fin, which I'd refuse to do, he's...
Heard this yesterday, would've sworn it was Sierra Hull. Kudos kids, tons of talent already !
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Tryin' to learn this one too :
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Maybe another bridge or two . I seem to recall waaayy back when I'd ordered my Nugget, hearing from a couple of in the know customers of his, telling me that Mike usually goes through 2 or 3 or more...
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