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I am happy as a clam because my mail person brought me a shipment of custom made, wooden bridge pins that were superbly made by OLFer Louis Freilicher.

These are 3 degree, unslotted pins made from blanks that I sent to Louis. You may recall that Louis also provided us with an excellent toot about how he makes pins.

First the BRW pins:



These are Mad Rose pins:



And these are African Blackwood pins:



Many, many thanks to Louis for making these for me!!!!

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Ann Arbor Guitars

Nice Hesh .. when I first opened it up, there were no pics .. thought it was maybe for your new AIR guitar huh

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Tony Karol
www.karol-guitars.com
"let my passion .. fulfill yours"

I know Coach Tony my friend I got so excited at how cool these pins looked in person I hit the "submit" button before I uploaded the pictures........

I know - I don't get out much.....

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Ann Arbor Guitars

Oooh, those ARE nice. What a lovely surprise to find those in the mail. Cool!

I must be ignorant, but what are the three fat Blackwood pins for?

They are all beautiful, though.

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Waddy

Photobucket Build Album Library

Sound Clips of most of my guitars

Those are end pins, Waddy!

Is that why your new shop is in the basement? Does the rest of the house above serve any purpose other than insulating?

Man those pins look really great. They are very consistent in diameter and length. And they are polished perfectly!

Thanks Louis and Hesh! Now, Hesh, you have no excuses to keep you from turning out more Heshtones!

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Steve Walden
Aspiring Builder,
Bartlesville, OK

Good thing there's Domino's delivery !!!!! do they have beer ????

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Tony Karol
www.karol-guitars.com
"let my passion .. fulfill yours"

Steve I tell folks that I bought a new basement that happened to have a stinkin house on top.... So yeah - it's insulation...... Mind if I borrow that one, with full attribution to you of course, from time to time?

The pins are beautiful and a very nice and price effective alternative to fossilized Mastiff poop or titanium........

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Ann Arbor Guitars

Stinkin house on top ... what, no downstairs washroom ????

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Tony Karol
www.karol-guitars.com
"let my passion .. fulfill yours"

Right - no bathroom downstairs yet but I have been looking into that.

It sure would beat using that milk carton with Billy's picture on it........

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Ann Arbor Guitars

You mean Billy's still lost. I though they found him.

Speaking of Billy, I haven't seen him around lately. Hope he's OK.

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Waddy

Photobucket Build Album Library

Sound Clips of most of my guitars

Now THAT was funny Hesh ..... I still remember a few years back being at a friends that had a workshop building out back, and they had the shop bucket .... well, when you gotta go ....

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Tony Karol
www.karol-guitars.com
"let my passion .. fulfill yours"

You could just go "astronaut". (i.e. Depends)
Save time and money.

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Horton, MI

Well, the shuttle flight going up tomorrow will carry a new "recycler" of human waste for the International Space Station. It is part of an effort to reduce the amount of water that has to be lifted into orbit.

The astronauts describe it as a coffe machine...making today's coffee from yesterdays.

Hesh, feel free to use the bit about your "insulation."

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Steve Walden
Aspiring Builder,
Bartlesville, OK

So, the rumors of a new Heshtone Pinless Stealth Bridge are false?

Dennis

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Dennis Leahy
Duluth, MN, USA
7th Sense Multimedia

Yes I like pins!

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Ann Arbor Guitars