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There's snow in the mountains around us but none in the valley. We've got a big Christmas concert tomorrow evening so I'm busy with that this weekend. Fortunately I'm on vacation all week so I should be able to get some shop time!

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Steve Smith
"Music is what feelings sound like"

24", Phew, I can't imagine dealing with that. We got 1" today and that was enough shoveling for me. I strung up 3 new ones yesterday and have 5 more bodies in the works that I am fitting necks on today. Unfortunately no time for pics, I'm pooped!

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tim...
http://www.mcknightguitars.com

We're at about 20" here near Annapolis...I like it, it's a rare treat for us in the mid-atlantic to get anything besides slush!

Computer work today...and I'll do some "real" work tomorrow. Probably get my next steel string started and do a bit more work on the ukes i have going.

Trev

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http://www.PeakeGuitars.com

Heard you guys out east were getting pounded. We only have about an inch in SE Michigan. Fortunately you have something to keep you entertained while the wind and snows are mixing it up outside!

I have had too many holiday activities to make too much progress. But I did manage to get the end graft mostly done on the claro walnut J-185. Now when I have a break, I can get the bindings on.

Ken

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http://www.casperguitar.com

Snow?

What's that?

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From Nacogdoches...the oldest town in Texas.

http://www.stephenkinnaird.com

love claro and what a great shape to build with it! show us some more sometime.

edit: i guess the picture didnt show up in the quote. oh well.

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sweat the small stuff.

We are getting hammered in Philly and i have been busy clearing snow off the sidewalks and roofs. I had planned on doing something in the shop this weekend because i been working extremely long hours at work and the snow wiped me out this week. I'm to exhausted to do anything else. And to boot the city of Philadelphia does not plow streets or anything much for that matter. Thanks god i got a 4x4 truck.

Snow eh!

Well check this out.

http://happygerusaroundtab.multiply.com/video/item/113/Canadian_Ice_Fishing_Crazy_Canucks.wmv


blessings
the
Padma

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Audiences and dispensations on Thursdays ~ by appointment only.


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We're right on the edge of the frozen stuff. I talked to a friend in Asheville (NC) which is ~65 miles north west and the got 20 inches. We had an inch, with some ice, but 10 miles south only had rain. It's all melted now. My Dad, 20 miles North got 4 inches of snow and no ice. Our electricity went off for a couple hours Friday night. I was getting ready to spray a 'burst. It would have probably looked funny if I had sprayed it in the dark. I've got the top on a Parlor I'm retopping for a local client. It was a nice little guitar but it sounded like a stick with strings on it. ( I didn't build it) The lower bout is less than 12". It was ladder braced, and had an Adi top that was .120" thick.

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I didn't mean to say it, but I meant what I said.
http://www.brackettinstruments.com/

We've got about 6" on the ground and an inch last nite.
Honduras 12 in the spray booth...

Haans, looks nice. How are you venting that spray booth?

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http://www.casperguitar.com

Estimates here range from 13 to 18 inches at various places. Only a few inches in my driveway at this point, thanks to early efforts yesterday.


I'm French Polishing and doing final setup for a Reyes flamenco that will be the guitar that goes with me to Spain for the next 6 months - just didn't seem right to take a steel string so I rushed to get this one to serviceable shape. Not proud of the cosmetics - sanding and other touch up could have been better. But all the other classicals have been out the door as soon as they were done, and I needed one to play myself.

No pictures - maybe later in the week.

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Jim Kirby
kirby@udel.edu

Ken, I have a 10" duct going out a window and makeup air is 10" flex duct (from a different window facing another direction and 30' away) run through a "Rube Goldberg" electric oil radiator heater to warm up and then passed into the room (filtered) by a 14" inline fan booster (outside the room). I have a second 10" duct opening in the room that can be opened or closed so I can run the replacement air but not the booth and "push" the fumes out of the room.

Makeing a rosette today for a black walnut dread.

We got 2 inches last night maybe more with the wind drifts. Anyone up for snowboarding ? We have to take advantage of this white stuff when ever we get it.

Great vid padma. Would that be concidered a fish eye view?

Man, gorgeous view off the porch Filippo!
You guys should move to Canada..... weather's great here!!

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Dave
Milton, ON

Filippo, can you rip that board of flamed maple off your workbench and send it to me?...lol

Nice looking guitars fellers.

I'm jonesin' last guitar I built was a year ago this month. Ah, but come summer of 2011 I'll be back at it. Now if only I can find a luthier close to Ft. Benning.

Merry Christmas !!

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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

My snowblower broke down after clearing a path to my shop.
I'll have to fix it before doing any guitar work. I have 24 inches on my 100 yard driveway.

Ray

I'm glad it missed us, the ground is a little white but not enough for the grand daughter to make a snow man. I finally got the box closed on the 000 12 fret and now have 2 guitars ready to cut for binding. The binding and purfling strips are bent and ready, but for some reason I always seem slow down and find excuses not to rout for the binding.

My buddy Tim was over today and we jointed his back and glued up the rim and blocks for his Mahogany OM. It sure is enjoyable to see the wonder on someones face as the guitar takes shape. I think we have another builder in the fold, he is hooked, and is using my shop, tools, and templates for his 1st. Next session he will do the kerf lining and radius sand the rim.

Fred

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Fred Tellier
http://www.fetellierguitars.com
Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/FE-Tellier-Guitars/163451547003866

Just shot some quick pix before it went in the box about 1/2 hour ago. This one ships out tomorrow to Carrie Underwood's guitar player. It's his 2nd McKnight. Merry Christmas JH

The specs are as follows:

Slope MacNaught body
East Indian Rosewood back and double sides
Adirondack spruce top
Ebony peg head, FB and bridge
25.4" scale length, 1-11/16" nut, 2-1/8" bridge spacing
"Hollow-dot" FB and side position markers
Curly Maple bindings
Dark vintage burst
Simple 2 ring rosette
Gotoh 510 open backs
Luckenbooth sound hole feed back buster
Fiberglass flight case






and heeeeeeeeeeeer she is.......


































Sorry about the glare and shadows on the back. I was in a hurry...

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tim...
http://www.mcknightguitars.com

We got just about a foot here. My neighbor had a little plow on his ATV and had the street clear in no time.

I have been working the past couple days finishing up dome Christmas presents in the shop. Beyond those, I have a little Ziricote guitar that has been taking its time getting finished. I also have my first baritone at Joe's getting sprayed. The thing I am most excited about is a new old jointer I picked up. I am moving some things around making room and ultimately I hope to gtet a Rikon 25-010, which I think would be perfect for me. In the meantime though I picked up an old Walker Turner 6" off of craigslist that I am really excited about tuning up and getting running again. It is in nice shape for its age and should be a great addition.

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Burton
http://www.legeytinstruments.com
Brookline, MA.

Holy cow, Filippo, that's gorgeous!
Norman Rockwell doesn't have anything on you guys, that's for sure.

Are you far enough North to see the Northern Lights?
(That's something on my bucket list to see before I....)

Thanks for the picture, it's truly worth a thousand words.

Steve

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From Nacogdoches...the oldest town in Texas.

http://www.stephenkinnaird.com

More often than not, Portland Oregon doesn't get snow...but man, the rain has been coming down! There is talk of a little in the hills before it cools down and clears up this week. This time last year we were into the 1.5 to 2 foot range.

Beautiful pics (guitars and scenery)...I spent most my time trying to get shellac to stick to the top of an acoustic bass. A circle about 2" across just won't take! Making a new batch of shellac and we'll see how it goes from there.

Padma, they look just a tad chilly. Nothing you'd ever catch me doing...

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Mike

It's a lefty (the guitar, not the dog) That is "The Tree" mahogany, cut on the quarter-wish I had more......

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In Markham,Virginia