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...you ensure your vehicles have a tape measure in the glove boxes at all times just in case you come across some interesting stock at the lumber yard.

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Doug

Don't let fear or common sense stop you from trying to build something

You check the tap tone of ceder fencing

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Say what you do, Do what you say.

When going hiking out in the beautiful forests of the Smoky Mountains, you wonder how the grain is in that huge Maple tree off the path over there...

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Old growth, shmold growth!

...your "stash" gets better and better and your wardrobe gets older and older.

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Doug

Don't let fear or common sense stop you from trying to build something

Straining your eyes trying to count growth rings on a popsicle stick, and then doing a deflection test on it.

Alex

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"Indecision is the key to flexibility" .... Bumper sticker

You see an interesting chunk of wood on the ground at the park, and still remember exactly where it is a year later when you come up with a use for it http://www.luthiersforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=518385#p518385

I keep looking at all that cool wood in antiques and thinking how great it would look as a guitar...

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"Act your age, not your shoe size" - Prince

You spend more time building guitars than playing guitars

You check out the "thrift stores" in Honolulu looking for solid koa furniture that you can disassemble and ship home for your stash.

Bob

Your bathwater is never the same color.

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I read Emerson on the can. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds...true...but a consistent reading of Emerson has its uses nevertheless.

StuMusic

You are my new hero.

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Old growth, shmold growth!

I know what ya mean this is for sale nearby...

If you can't decide if you want to restore that old mahogany table that your grandmother left you...............or build a guitar with the wood.

The guitar sounds great.:>)

You go outside after a storm looking for fallen trees for potential guitars...

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Cat-gut strings are made from kitten guts, stretched out to near breaking point and then hardened with grue saliva. As a result these give a feeling of Pain and anguish whenever played, and often end up playing themselves backwards as part of satanic rituals.

Typhoon Guitars
http://www.typhoon-guitars.com

You walk across the street and check out the pine tree next to the swimming pool and collect over 1 qt worth of resin for homemade resin varnish.

You plant Dalbergia Niagra in your backyard as "investment".

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Cat-gut strings are made from kitten guts, stretched out to near breaking point and then hardened with grue saliva. As a result these give a feeling of Pain and anguish whenever played, and often end up playing themselves backwards as part of satanic rituals.

Typhoon Guitars
http://www.typhoon-guitars.com

You find yourself staring at the lumber at Lowes to see if any of it is quarter sawn.

or.....

You have more than 1 donut spare tire on your car, but you are headed to the lumber yard to check out their stash.

Filippo is right - those that are luthiers or hacks should have the measurements memorized and be able to measure with their fingers or arm lengths. a few lose hairs laid side to side are good for those really precise measurements

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It's this new idea from recent decades that everyone gets a participation award. - MUX

You have no hair on one of your forearms from testing how sharp your chisels are.

Every new build you bring in the house is looked at by your wife as "the other woman" !

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The Shallower the depth of the stream , The Louder the Babble !
The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
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you look at the 1 3/4 inch thick door to your state senators office in the state capital building and wonder how many guitars you could build with that 140 year old mahogany?

cecil

Either buy that right now, or tell me where it is so that I can buy it!!!
Ummm.... I think that counts, right?

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Guitar Maker and Purveyor of the World's Finest Tonewoods
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http://stores.ebay.com/A-Hix-Tonewood-a ... r-Supplies

I used to keep a Dreadnought 1/2 template in the car too...

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"I want to know what kind of pickups Vince Gill uses in his Tele, because if I had those, as good of a player as I am, I'm sure I could make it sound like that.
Only badly."

I just kept it on the back seat. Or in the trunk. Or on the floor somewhere.

I used to buy a lot of wood...

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"I want to know what kind of pickups Vince Gill uses in his Tele, because if I had those, as good of a player as I am, I'm sure I could make it sound like that.
Only badly."

If you look at same Door and wonder if it is REALLY Mahogany and if he is in Compliance with Cites/lacey

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The Shallower the depth of the stream , The Louder the Babble !
The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/GatewayA ... rAssembly/