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Filippo, that made me laugh! We have a couple of trees here. There is a very large spruce looking tree near my house I have been pondering turning into a huge stash! I notice trees a lot more than I used to.



Montana is every bit as pretty as advertised. I have a series of photos I took all within about forty miles of my house that are pretty amazing. I live in the Gallatin valley. We are surrounded by four mountain ranges and very close to the headwaters of the Missouri river. That is the confluence of the Madison, Jefferson, and Gallatin rivers. Fishing, hiking, hunting, camping, skiing....all the outdoor activities are close and easy. The best part for me is that the crowds are few and a busy crowded day at the lake means there might be ten cars in the parking lot. You should come. See Yellowstone and Glacier and be amazed at the wonder of it all.

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Well, sometimes you just get sick of building guitars and mandolins!
A friend of ours is beginning his slide to eternity, and while he's still active upstairs, his ole body is starting to give out. His wife asked me to build them a pine coffin, and while at first I was kinda taken aback, I decided I'd do it.
So, this is what I've been doing the last week. Thought for a while I should just build two, but think I'd rather be in a Mason Jar!
Probably one of the strangest requests I've ever had, and it was interesting measuring him up while he cracked jokes...

Now that it's finished, I'm happy to have had the honor. Going to be an interesting delivery too.

Wow, that's pretty special Haans!
It's funny just today it crossed my mind wondering what you were up to as I hadn't seen any posts in a while.
Never thought of this though.

Seriously, I think that is pretty special!

Joe

That's great Haans! How does it sound?

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Sound Clips of most of my guitars

Well, it is solid wood and the top is ladder braced...
Kinda sounding though...
Think I built it too heavy...
Time to clean out the mountain of pine dust in the shop...

Haans,

Does that come with a deathtime warranty Very cool

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Absolutely Filippo, that's why they ring the doorbell and run like he!!...
Fedex is worse...they don't even ring the doorbell.