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I've been watching the Mayes videos and I have to say, these are the best training videos I've seen bar none!

John, thanks! I for one greatly appreciate the fact that you took the time to make these and with such quality and attention to detail. You are a man of many talents.

I recommend these to any and everyone considering any training videos. Even if you've built several guitars they are great for occasional refresher references. I'm very thankful that John put these up for auction and almost feel guilty that I didn't just buy them directly from him. To me, they're worth every penny he charges and even far more. It's really difficult to put a monetary value on the quality, detail, and time he put into it. And, I love the music and bloopers. John is a great down to earth guy and that comes through in his vids. Three cheers, and thank you John!!!

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Bill Hodge


One does not simply, own enough guitars!

I second that!

THANK YOU Mr. Mayes for sharing your knowledge.

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"After forty-nine years of violin building, I have decided that the search for a varnish is similar to the fox hunt. The fun is in the hunt."
Jack Batts Maker and Repairer of Fine Violins

Not to jump on the band wagon, but I also strongly agree. I bought the complete set, and they have been invaluable to me.

Glenn

Actually I encourage all who will to jump on the bandwagon. Especially other satisfied owners or viewers of these videos. Taking the one or two week intensive classes, or the weekend type courses spread out over several weeks are an extremely valuable experience. I took the two week course at ASL and hold high value on my experience there and the ability to interact face to face with master luthier Charles Fox. The tough thing for me personally, is that there is far more info shared in the class environment than I can write, photo, or short clip video fast enough to capture all the tidbits of extremely important info. This is not to take away from classes, if you can swing the expense and time of classes, I strongly urge it. A great benefit to John's videos is the extreme detail and amount of info in the full set that I can always refer back to. To me this is worth the price of the two week intensive class I took. It totally compliments all that I learned in the hands on experience. The Advanced voicing video is priceless in my opinion and worth more than the price of the entire training series.

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Bill Hodge


One does not simply, own enough guitars!

Yup. I'll agree with everything everyone else already said.

I purchased the set a couple of years ago, but just last night I pulled on of them out to watch because I figure just like building more and more guitars makes things sink in, watching John's videos also makes things sink in.

Great Job John. You're videos are absolutely Priceless!

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Thanks,
Blain

http://www.ullrichguitar.com

"89.67% of all statistics are made up on the spot."

Totally agree with all that has been said.
Just hope he produces a wood prep/finishing DVD in the future.

Charles.

I bought them. What I have watched so far

Thanks for the nice words fellas. They are, for sure, not deserved but they are appreciated!

Not everyone likes my style as I can be a bit corny (on purpose) and I tend to go on about certain details too long for some peoples taste, but for the most part I've gotten great response from them. (about 2-3 people in thousands said they didn't like them)

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John Mayes
http://www.mayesluthier.com