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LanceK
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Thought id share a little bit of whats been keeping me out of trouble lately!
Here is my OMFS Addy Indian.
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Not quite done yet, but its getting there.

Here is another WRC Cocobolo ready for bindings
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Last is my daughter Leanna scraping the glue from the center reinforcement strip... Shes been keeping me REAL busy!
This is HER guitar, she is determined to build it 100% by her self.
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Great looking guitars Lance!
Are these for Healdsburg?

Leanna must be a great little lady! & daughter!!
Now really -does she really build all your guitars?

When your kids are young and interested in what their parents do is
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Thanks Mike!

These are commissions, they need to be done so I can start my HGF guitars. After these two and one more OMFS I have a pair of 12 fret dreads, then I will start my HGF batch. Im lovin it!

Leanna is going slow, taking her time and doing it right. She has a very creative mind.

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Three things :D :

1) I was going to point out that darn pink towel again but you redeemed yourself, or Leanna saved you with her excellent craftsmanship!!!! [:Y:] [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap]

2) Your two guitars look incredible as always! [:Y:] [:Y:] [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap]

3) Is Lance your real name? You know handles don't cut it here anymore buster....... :D

Great work Lance and family!!!!

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I save that pink towel for Photo shoots! laughing6-hehe

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Leanna is a smart maker already !
You'd better watch out dad!

I like pink!!!
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They both look nice! I have always liked the sapwood stripe backs.Great job! Mark
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Nice Work! Lance.

thought of sending some of mine too.

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Nice stuff Jeffery! [clap]

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Lance, that is so cool to see your daughter building her own guitar! How old is she? I've built a couple of electrics and my oldest son (he'll be 7 next month) is always hot on my heels if I head to the basement to work. I've been talking about taking on my first acoustic and last night I was watching a video posted on here about the Godin factory...my kid was fascinated by the whole side bending process. It's cool to see him get excited about this.

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Lance, I'll second what they all said about your daughter. With regard to those first four pics, they just kill me. Just beautiful. Now........I can hardly wait to see your finish bringing out all the best visual qualities of that cocobolo body in pic number 5.
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Cool guitars, Lance, and cool thing with your daughter. I expect I'll be starting an L-00 with my 12 yo. Anna Lee next year. She's been cruising BobC's site picking out wood. Uh-oh. Two in the family afflicted with WAS.

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Lance, your work is as clean as it gets.
Man, I hope my table isn't next to yours at Healdsburg.
Not that I don't want to meet/visit with you.
I DO!
It's rather that I don't want people seeing your work, and then scrutinizing mine! Ouch! wow7-eyes

Anyway, they're lovely. Anxious to see that coco under finish!

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Steve Kinnaird wrote:
Lance, your work is as clean as it gets.
Man, I hope my table isn't next to yours at Healdsburg.
Not that I don't want to meet/visit with you.
I DO!
It's rather that I don't want people seeing your work, and then scrutinizing mine! Ouch! wow7-eyes

Anyway, they're lovely. Anxious to see that coco under finish!

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Thanks Steve, I appreaciate it!
Check this out, in Montreal this year Brock was between Mark Blanchard and Jeff Traugott! wow7-eyes
I was directly across the isle. I just kept to my self :shock:

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Lookin' good as always Lance. That's very cool that your daughter is
learning the craft. That's a great shot of her cleaning the glue squeeze out !!

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Lookin' good as always Lance. That's very cool that your daughter is
learning the craft. That's a great shot of her cleaning the glue squeeze out !!


Thanks Dave,
Yes I am a proud Dad thats for sure!
Both my girls spend a lot of time in the shop with me. The other Emily is 7 and she spends most her time hammering nails in to the work bench wow7-eyes

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Elegant stuff Lance.
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Great looking stuff, Lance. I love the concentration on your daughter's face. She's really into the process. What a great thing.

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Lance Kragenbrink wrote:

Check this out, in Montreal this year Brock was between Mark Blanchard and Jeff Traugott! wow7-eyes
I was directly across the isle. I just kept to my self :shock:


Wow, that sounds daunting.
However, from what I've seen of Brock's work, he can hang in there w/ the best.

At GAL last June, I was sandwiched between Jeffry Elliott and Charles Fox.

What, me self-concious?

hmmmm...

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