Well I have to say mine's pretty much everything other than sanding or emptying the dust collector. Drawing and design work is way high on the list along with voicing a top and collecting wood.
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| Author: | Randolph [ Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:16 am ] |
| Post subject: | Ok then, what's your FAVORITE job in the shop? |
Well I have to say mine's pretty much everything other than sanding or emptying the dust collector. Drawing and design work is way high on the list along with voicing a top and collecting wood.
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| Author: | Hank Mauel [ Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:20 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ok then, what's your FAVORITE job in the shop? |
Depositing the customer's final check.
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| Author: | Mark A Thorpe [ Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:23 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ok then, what's your FAVORITE job in the shop? |
final set-up. |
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| Author: | Bill Hodge [ Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:37 am ] |
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In my furniture building days, admiring the finished product and prepping it for delivery. Now days, picking up that finished guitar and making it sing sweet songs before delivery.  Of course I also greatly enjoy the things Randolph mentioned as well. ![[:Y:]](./images/smilies/smiley20.gif "Thumbs Up")
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| Author: | SteveCourtright [ Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:38 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ok then, what's your FAVORITE job in the shop? |
Shaving braces. |
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| Author: | jordan aceto [ Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:44 am ] |
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I like pretty much all of the early stages, when everything seems to move fast and make a big difference. From resawing the wood up until the bindings are on, after that everything seems to slow way down and i loose steam. I will carve plates, bend sides, brace tops, carve necks, bind bodies etc. all day long, any job where i can see the fruits of my labor actually making a difference, the more physical the better. |
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| Author: | Jim_H [ Tue Jun 30, 2009 10:38 am ] |
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jordan aceto wrote: I like pretty much all of the early stages, when everything seems to move fast and make a big difference. From resawing the wood up until the bindings are on, after that everything seems to slow way down and i loose steam. I will carve plates, bend sides, brace tops, carve necks, bind bodies etc. all day long, any job where i can see the fruits of my labor actually making a difference, the more physical the better. This! |
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| Author: | Andy Birko [ Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:06 am ] |
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Easy: admiring the finished product. For those of you who say that's not a job, I'll pick cleaning up now that the instrument's done. |
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| Author: | Erik Hauri [ Tue Jun 30, 2009 12:11 pm ] |
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Shopping for the lumber - it is the most optimistic part of building. Before all the tiny flaws and mistakes take away from the perfect instrument.... |
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| Author: | Tom West [ Tue Jun 30, 2009 12:33 pm ] |
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THE FIRST STRUM.....!!!!! |
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| Author: | mateo4x4 [ Tue Jun 30, 2009 1:09 pm ] |
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jordan aceto wrote: I like pretty much all of the early stages, when everything seems to move fast and make a big difference. From resawing the wood up until the bindings are on, after that everything seems to slow way down and i loose steam. I will carve plates, bend sides, brace tops, carve necks, bind bodies etc. all day long, any job where i can see the fruits of my labor actually making a difference, the more physical the better. Absolutely! |
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| Author: | Mike Collins [ Tue Jun 30, 2009 1:39 pm ] |
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All the above and -smelling Brazilian as you sand it or bend it. Same goes for Walnut,Imbuia,Cypress and, Port Orford Cedar. Looking at the woods as the rough sawn surface gets sanded and the grain & color really come alive. It's like seeing a child being born-just less noisy ! Mike |
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| Author: | Zach Ehley [ Tue Jun 30, 2009 1:56 pm ] |
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Erik Hauri wrote: Shopping for the lumber - it is the most optimistic part of building. Before all the tiny flaws and mistakes take away from the perfect instrument.... Ah yes, the joy of WAS. Great when you can afford it. Besides that, I'd have to admit the planning portion. Choosing the woods, appointments, rosette style, what will go with what, what can you try differently on this build. Thats where the excitement is for me. The rest is just achieving the goal you have created, but most is fun none the less...except sanding. 
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| Author: | SteveSmith [ Tue Jun 30, 2009 2:00 pm ] |
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Completing any difficult task and actually having it come out right. Since I'm just finishing acoustic#1 that pretty much means anything 
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| Author: | woody b [ Tue Jun 30, 2009 3:08 pm ] |
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I love the smell of most woods when bending. I also love gluing braces, and voicing. This is where a guitar get it's presonality. |
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| Author: | ayavner [ Tue Jun 30, 2009 3:10 pm ] |
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Any part that involves a well-honed plane or chisel. that's when i feel the most like a "craftsman" |
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| Author: | Alexandru Marian [ Tue Jun 30, 2009 3:56 pm ] |
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All of the above, but maybe I enjoy the most stringing up for the first time. And after it is all done, hearing it in the hands of a good player... |
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| Author: | Stephen Boone [ Tue Jun 30, 2009 6:57 pm ] |
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Scoping out the great ideas on the OLF!!!!!!! It usually leads to increased confidence and better results in the shop. |
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| Author: | Blain [ Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:21 pm ] |
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jordan aceto wrote: I like pretty much all of the early stages, when everything seems to move fast and make a big difference. From resawing the wood up until the bindings are on, after that everything seems to slow way down and i loose steam. I will carve plates, bend sides, brace tops, carve necks, bind bodies etc. all day long, any job where i can see the fruits of my labor actually making a difference, the more physical the better. Well said. This is me exactly, so long as it doesn't imply sanding and scraping. |
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| Author: | Dave Higham [ Thu Jul 02, 2009 12:54 am ] |
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Once the bindings and purflings are all glued in, scraping them back to transform something cruddy into something that (hopefully) looks great. Same with the rosette. |
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| Author: | Dave Fifield [ Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:15 am ] |
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Cutting out a back on my laser - the burned wood resins smell WONDERFUL!!! (but I'm sure it's not good for me....) Dave F. |
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| Author: | Fred Tellier [ Thu Jul 02, 2009 8:05 am ] |
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There are no guitar building tasks that I dislike, my time in the shop is the best parts of my day. That said, I love the sound of the first notes played on a new guitar, so I guess set up is my favorite task. Fred |
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| Author: | Bob Garrish [ Thu Jul 02, 2009 9:30 am ] |
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The smell of Brazilian anytime I'm cutting it...getting rarer as time goes by! Favourite 'real' job is cutting necks, the stream of chips flying off a neck in progress is somehow relaxing despite the noise. |
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| Author: | Mark Groza [ Fri Jul 03, 2009 10:01 am ] |
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Opening up a tree to see what's inside is my biggest thrill, as i mill my own wood for the guitars i build. |
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| Author: | Hesh [ Fri Jul 03, 2009 10:40 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ok then, what's your FAVORITE job in the shop? |
Why cleaning-up with my trusty vac of course AND voicing a top and carving braces. The smell of BRW in the morning is pretty special too... |
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