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Hesh
PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:08 pm 
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I took a road trip to visit my friend Joe White today and to drop off a guitar for Joe to do one of his superb Poly finishes on. It's interesting to me that this is almost to the day one year later since I first visited Joe and he was just starting out with his finishing business and I was to be his first customer.

As always Joe is one heck of a great guy and he will bend over backwards to help us builders. He also has a passion acoustic guitars that is second to none.

I thought that I would share some of the pics that I took at Joe's.... :D

Here are three beauties with the reso being one of Doc Andy Z's and the slope shouldered dread is a superb looking guitar that JJ built. I don't recall who built the one in the middle but it is very cool too.

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Joe does beautiful finishes and also offer bursts and shading - here are some color boards that he uses for the process:

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Here is Joe with some jerk's guitar...... :D :

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Here is Joe showing me his "Sand Pro" which is a fantastic down-draft table and built locally in Indiana. It is also very attractively priced and now I want one too..... :)

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While I was there one of Mike Frank's beautiful BRW guitars arrived and man am I impressed!!!!

Many thanks to Joe for a great day and being the great guy and friend that he is!!! [:Y:] [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap]


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One of these days I have to visit Joe and just absorb his knowledge.
BTW I cannot wait to get that resonator back!!!!!

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Andy, I can't wait until you get that reso back and have it all together! That will be a must see.

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Best part of the day was Hesh buying my lunch at the crappy buffet! [:Y:]

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What crappy buffet???? What did ya want Ruth Chris's....... :D

Well it was better than the Chinese place that we went to last year with the cockroaches and the old woman sitting behind JJ who farted out loud...... laughing6-hehe [xx(] :D

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Hesh wrote:
What crappy buffet???? What did ya want Ruth Chris's....... :D

Well it was better than the Chinese place that we went to last year with the cockroaches and the old woman sitting behind JJ who farted out loud...... laughing6-hehe [xx(] :D


Please don't remind me of that "lunch".

BTW...sorry I was out of town and couldn't attend the most recent meeting.

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i cant help but notice how much "OLDER" he looks laughing6-hehe

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