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| Author: | Dave Fifield [ Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Big UP for Blues Creek Guitars! |
I just received a bunch of different guitar molds and bending pattern sets from John Hall (5 different kinds in fact)  . The quality exceeds my expectations by a large margin. They are beautifully made and finished. I thorougly recommend them to you.....but you knew he produced good stuff already, right? ![[:Y:]](./images/smilies/smiley20.gif "Thumbs Up") Thanks John!! ![[clap]](./images/smilies/smiley32.gif "adulations") Cheers, Dave F. |
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| Author: | Hesh [ Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Big UP for Blues Creek Guitars! |
Yep - John is my go-to moldy guy too  - and my Fox bender came from John too.Nice score Dave - what body shapes did you get? |
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| Author: | Dave Fifield [ Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Big UP for Blues Creek Guitars! |
Hey Hesh, The molds and bending pattern sets I made weren't that good (I guess I get impatient making them), so I decided to try John's. He makes them so much better than me.....and at a very reasonable cost too. I went for the D'Angelico New Yorker 18" archtop, Benedetto 17" archtop, Martin 000/OM, Martin 0000/Jumbo, and Martin Drednought D28. That should keep me busy for a while! I haven't made an archtop yet, so that'll be all new and fun, albeit a substantial challenge! I've got some lovely archtop wood just begging for me to give it a go.... Cheers for now, Dave F. |
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| Author: | bluescreek [ Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Big UP for Blues Creek Guitars! |
thanks again for the kind words. john |
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| Author: | BobK [ Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Big UP for Blues Creek Guitars! |
He's the go to guy for your bending needs as well. John was very generous with his time a few weeks back helping me select a new set of bending slats and giving me some pointers as well. A big thumbs up. |
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| Author: | BruceHerrmann [ Thu Oct 23, 2008 5:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Big UP for Blues Creek Guitars! |
The best advice I ever got from John I should have already known. He recommends using Dental carbide bits for use in routing out the rosette. He does not feel that the down-cutting bits from Stew-Mac work well. I finally tried some of the bits I have around my Dental office and he's absolutely right. The cut is much finer, no tear-out and they last longer. I can order them in packs of 5 for anyone interested, for obvious reasons they don't come in large diameters but they work so well a couple of extra passes to get the width in the rosette I need is no problem. Thanks John, right again. Best Bruce |
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