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I would give anything to study under The Padama. I love the variety of his work and artistic ability. And he is very wise.

Grumpy or Rick Turner.

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Chris

Almost forgot. Got a gift certificate for an inlay course with Dave Nichol for Xmas.

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Steve

Well Kent,

me don't know what to say except other than gee thankx for the kind compliment.

So you wanna study with me eh....well I guess you could start with learnin how to spell me name right.

Ok all joking aside...me stopped teaching and mentoring way back long time gone past.

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I will be the third to say Sergei de Jonge, who builds in Southern Quebec. I've heard him lecture twice and was impressed by the forthright and practical quality of his instruction. Additionally I've worked in a shop that sells his instruments and found them to be excellent in every respect. Michael Millard, who builds Froggy Bottom guitars in Central Vermont, is another whose work I think is exceptional. I suggest these two builders exemplify the best of what might be considered the "Eastern School" of guitar making.

I'd like to study with Alan Carruth.
Don’t know if my science chops are up to enough to keep up but I’d like to give it a try.

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I would like to spend a week up there with ole Padma as well , but more interested in the beer making !

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Wow, that's a great question. So many amazing builders/teachers out there. Trevor Gore would definitely be at the top of the list, and since I've been doing a lot of repair work, I'd really love to spend time with Bill Tippin, who not only is one of the best repairmen in the country, his guitars are some of the most exquisite I've ever played. Same goes for John Slobod -- I never knew maple-backed guitars could sound so freaking good! And his fit and finish is second-to-none.


Ken Jones
Mountain Song Guitars

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Mountain Song Guitars www.mountainsongguitars.com

I would spend a week under any of the Victoria's Secret models in the catalog that just arrived.

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For me it's a toss-up ...it would either be a week with Mario Proulx or a week with Howard Klepper. Both would be incredible learning experiences.

Since the weather in S.Cal suits my clothes better than the sub-zero environs of Ontario ... Howard gets the vote.

Ok Ok,

Wud, Kent,

as a teenage beer sales man (they use to call us musicians) me used a lot of fake books, you know, tabs and lyrics, which taught me a lot...the truth be known...me really don't knows nuffen about looferin around and really is just fakin it like in them books.

Yo Wud...guess you missed that post, but ?adma, him Officially be on the wagon. Yes. Is true! Me no lie. Twist reality all to hel but no lie.

Non the less guys, guest are welcome. Just ask Lance for and fill out the 32pg. Application Forum to Visit ?adma. Be sure to inclose your visitors fees.


Try sex...
you might likes it
?adma

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Since I gravitate to automation and power tools, a week with Todd Stock would be enlightening.

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David Malicky

Mario Proulx, Wayne Henderson, or Dana Bourgeois. I was lucky enough to attend a voicing seminar with Dana a while back, and it went a long way towards demystifying the process for me. I play bluegrass music, so picking the brains of any of these guys would help me build the kinds of guitars I love. Can't forget John Arnold either, who I hope to meet next time I'm down in Tennessee. The nicest wood in my stash right now are the 3 Red Spruce tops I bought from the two trees John & the Hamptons cut & offered for sale on the OLF Classifieds a while back. John was out of town the weekend I rode down to buy the tops, so hopefully I can catch him next time. If you're reading this John, will you be at the next East Tennessee Luthier's Guild meeting? As long as I can work it into my schedule I'll be making the trip...hope to see you there.

I knew someone who worked in Ken Parker's shop and made it sound as much like an education as a job. I've also heard his name come up respectfully in more than just luthiery circles. I'd like to spend some time there for sure-

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

You would have a pretty long commute as Howard lives in N. Cal.

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Sorry for the misspelling. I didn't mean any disrespect. Spelling has always been my down fall.

I figure there would be a wealth of information to be learned from Michael Heiden

I would love to spend time with Ervin Somogyi, Joel Stehr, Tim McKnight or Mark Hatcher. I've got to hang out with mark before with tony. He's a really cool dude and his work is amazing!

Jason Kostal or Jeff Traugott. Visiting Jeff's shop was awesome, but a formal learning environment would be another story entirely.

Hmm.. maybe he'd be able to teach me how to build a guitar that could play itself....

Jose Romanillos, but I fear I've missed the chance.

A friend of mine here built a guitar with Sergei de Jonge and really liked the experience.

I have to say that I spent a week with Frank Finnochio back when I was thinking in terms of steel string guitars, and benefited a great deal from it. I'm curious about his archtop course.

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Jim Kirby
kirby@udel.edu

Cumpiano. Yeah, I know there are many builders that are much more highly regarded, especially on this forum. But as a beginner, his book has influenced me the most as far as building methods. In planning my first completely acoustic build, I plan to use many of the methods in his book, but there are a lot of places where I will be doing things the way I do them, based on my current building experience with electrics. I will take what I like and think will work from his book, add that to what I already prefer, and sprinkle in anything else I learn that I think I can use.
But spending a week with him, watching and or building alongside him would give me deeper insight into the methods in the book, as well as any thing that has changed in that regard. And I can take what I've learned, disregard what doesn't work for me, and come out a better builder on the other side.
Again, I chose Cumpiano because his method appeals to me. But I could just as easily be happy with any experienced builder on this site, regardless of method. Todd Stock, Filippo Morelli, Tony Karol, Alan Carruth, just to name a few. I can learn from anyone, and adapt what I learn to fit my style and preference. Anyone, and I mean anyone, who has been there before me, would be someone I'd be interested in learning from.
Just the view from an amateur's side.

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Mike

The only thing nescessary for evil to thrive is for good men to do nothing.

Frank was fun to work with, and I could get to his place in about an hour and 20 minutes if I avoided rush hour. (He does have a place to put people up for the week, but I needed to be home one evening). I built his version of a fingerstyle guitar which is somewhere in between a 000 and a medium jumbo - one of the nicest guitar shapes I've seen.

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Jim Kirby
kirby@udel.edu

Trevor Gore, hands down.


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Jason McGowan
M&S Guitars
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