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- Thu Aug 29, 2013 12:30 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Aussie Leahy makes US visit
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6256
Aussie Leahy makes US visit
Well, I just met (for the first time, in person) and spent a day with one of my Australian cousins and his Japanese wife. Born and raised in Cairns, has been living in Hobart, Tasmania for years, and will be moving to Perth as soon as they sell the Hobart place. Really nice guy and his wife is a ver...
- Tue Aug 20, 2013 3:32 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: David Gilmour...over 2 hours of bliss
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9637
David Gilmour...over 2 hours of bliss
Saw/listened to part of this concert (and downloaded it for later, off-line, enjoyment as well.)
Made me think of Kim Hickey. :~)
David Gilmour Live at the Royal Albert Hall
youtu.be/
Dennis
Made me think of Kim Hickey. :~)
David Gilmour Live at the Royal Albert Hall
youtu.be/
Dennis
- Fri Aug 09, 2013 10:26 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Ban
- Replies: 30
- Views: 30473
Re: Ban
Alright mister! Everyone is being so bloody polite, I guess I'll have to be the one to come down heavy: Steve Kinnaird, you are banned forever, plus two weeks. Don't come back until you invest in one of these things ( https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Old_Iron_1.jpg/800px-Old...
- Sun Aug 04, 2013 1:09 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: When is a flat top guitar not a flat top?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 19320
Re: When is a flat top guitar not a flat top?
I know Dave White builds using a cylindrical rather than dome shape, and every guitar of his I've heard recorded was "sumptuous"... maybe he can chime in.
Dennis
Dennis
- Tue Jul 30, 2013 1:10 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: What d you make of KIRI CAMPBELL Of Hawera New Zealand?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9130
Re: What d you make of KIRI CAMPBELL Of Hawera New Zealand?
What d you make of KIRI CAMPBELL Of Hawera New Zealand? And I hoped "Kiri Campbell" was another NZ wood for instrument making. :? If this is a money-making scam, then perhaps the final outcome could be the scammer sliced in 3mm slices, dried, and sold as "New Zealand Ancient Kiri." I had a feeling ...
- Mon Jul 29, 2013 12:42 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: What d you make of KIRI CAMPBELL Of Hawera New Zealand?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9130
What d you make of KIRI CAMPBELL Of Hawera New Zealand?
KIRI CAMPBELL Of Hawera New Zealand Unlawfully Arrested And Detained After Exposing Massive Banking Fraud Kiri Campbell of Hawera NZ has been detained by the NZ Police and NZ Courts for exercising her rights. She is the only Maori Woman in the world to make a stand against the alleged foreclosed ba...
- Mon May 20, 2013 12:34 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Xavier Rudd
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2999
Xavier Rudd
Not stringed instruments... but this guy made me think about me upside-down friends:
youtu.be/
:~)
Dennis
youtu.be/
:~)
Dennis
- Tue Apr 30, 2013 12:26 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Bob Brozman, Passes Away at Age 59
- Replies: 12
- Views: 13938
Re: Bob Brozman, Passes Away at Age 59
Damn, I'm 59 years old. I seem so young to me.
That band in the sky just got a little bit better.
youtu.be/
Dennis
That band in the sky just got a little bit better.
youtu.be/
Dennis
- Tue Apr 30, 2013 9:45 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: I predict an exodus from Queensland...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5013
I predict an exodus from Queensland...
Queensland Government Bans Chocolate, Saffron, Echinacea and Beer
Source: http://melbournecriminallawyersblog.com ... -and-beer/
Oh well, you blokes probably won't miss beer very much.
Dennis
Source: http://melbournecriminallawyersblog.com ... -and-beer/
Oh well, you blokes probably won't miss beer very much.
Dennis
- Tue Apr 23, 2013 5:59 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Hello...hello....hello
- Replies: 33
- Views: 27958
Re: Hello...hello....hello
Sandra's earrings so distracted me that I provided old weather details, from before the last storm. My little town of Duluth, MN has broken its old record for snowfall in April, and we now have over 41 inches of snow in April (over ten feet for the entire winter.) I'll get out my slide rule and try ...
- Tue Apr 23, 2013 5:19 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Hello...hello....hello
- Replies: 33
- Views: 27958
Re: Hello...hello....hello
... Your Barmaid for this event will be Sandra http://www.delish.com/cm/delish/images/We/bikinis-waitress-2.jpg ... You know, I could not help but notice, Sandra has big, er, huge, um, I mean enormous [______________.] <--- I want to make sure I put the correct word in there, as I know that you Sou...
- Fri Mar 08, 2013 1:46 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: I disown thee, I disown thee, I disown thee
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4987
I disown thee, I disown thee, I disown thee
...That is, if this guy was really a relative of mine, I would disown him. http://www.news.com.au/national-news/queensland/families-rejoice-as-21-year-old-murder-suicide-finding-rejected-and-husband-ordered-to-face-court/story-fndo4ckr-1226588777132 Very bizarre that the police and forensic patholog...
- Fri Mar 01, 2013 4:32 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Shipping a book to Oz
- Replies: 23
- Views: 20117
Re: Shipping a book to Oz
Wow, Martin, your book is a gorgeous value-added memento for the guitar owner. Brilliantly done!
Dennis
Dennis
- Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:32 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Shipping a book to Oz
- Replies: 23
- Views: 20117
Re: Shipping a book to Oz
Hi Col, I'm not sure if he has considered that or not. I'll ask him. I did think of the possibility of him sending it to one of those "print-on-demand" printers that some authors are using. Rather than printing 1000 copies, or 10,000 copies, you just print one each time there is an order. The machin...
- Sat Feb 23, 2013 5:01 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Shipping a book to Oz
- Replies: 23
- Views: 20117
Re: Shipping a book to Oz
I have a family member that worked for DHL, and I know how they did some of their magic: "mules." It is cheaper to send a human being with "luggage" from, say, Los Angeles to Paris than it is to send the "luggage" as air freight. So, DHL hires people (or at least they used to), and the person was al...
- Fri Feb 22, 2013 3:52 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Shipping a book to Oz
- Replies: 23
- Views: 20117
Re: Shipping a book to Oz
Thanks for all the replies. Yes, there is no way to get any deal on shipping if you are a small business sending out one small parcel occasionally. Sounds like international buyers are subsidizing not only domestic shipping but, when buying from small vendors, also subsidizing the big guys' internat...
- Fri Feb 22, 2013 4:25 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Shipping a book to Oz
- Replies: 23
- Views: 20117
Shipping a book to Oz
This is off-topic from lutherie, in this particular case, but may come in handy for any type of shipping. For those of you who live in Australia or New Zealand, when you buy a book from the US (for example, from Amazon.com, or Somogyi's book), how is it shipped to you ? (USPS, FedEx, DHL, etc.) I ha...
- Fri Feb 15, 2013 10:54 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Flat top tail piece
- Replies: 17
- Views: 16877
Re: Flat top tail piece
Thanks, Nick for the clarifications! I also realize I said "ladder" bracing in my post and meant "parallel" bracing (with the two longitudinal braces doing the work.) Even if I'm wrong, that's what I meant to type. Mike, thanks for that link that gave the look at that 1950s Selmer-Maccaferri beauty ...
- Thu Feb 14, 2013 3:52 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Flat top tail piece
- Replies: 17
- Views: 16877
Re: Flat top tail piece
Hi Jim, I'm a wannabee luthier, so will only offer ideas you may want to explore, but not the experience to back it up. A flattop guitar with a tailpiece is a combination of two styles of guitar that sorta flies in the face of engineering theory. A regular steelstring flattop has a strong break angl...
- Sun Feb 10, 2013 9:24 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Assistants? Staff? Apprentices??
- Replies: 22
- Views: 18257
Re: Assistants? Staff? Apprentices??
... And then there's working with Americans....26 years of that is enough to drive the thickest skinned person mad. :lmao I did it for all my life - no wonder I gave up and started my own business. The boss is still an asshole, but he won't fire me. Besides, the world needs "Americans." You need at...
- Sun Feb 10, 2013 9:11 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Snow on US East Coast: Problem? Solution!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4312
Snow on US East Coast: Problem? Solution!
I figured my Antipodean friends (many of whom are sweltering in heat) would appreciate a photo from the snowstorm that just hit the East coast of the US...and what some enterprising person did to deal with it.
Cheers!
Dennis
Cheers!
Dennis
- Mon Feb 04, 2013 9:10 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: A major disaster
- Replies: 34
- Views: 30858
Re: A major disaster
Any thoughts at all of creating a patch that looks like an inlay? If you don't go crazy with cleats on the backside, I'll bet it won't sound noticeably different than what it would have sounded like. If you try a patch (not a "hidden" patch, that would be impossible in this top), and you don't like ...
- Tue Jan 29, 2013 1:38 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Flooding Queensland
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8288
Re: Flooding Queensland
Thinking about those of you affected by the flooding and tornadoes. Tornadoes? Hey, give Dorothy in Kansas back her tornadoes!
Seriously hope everyone is OK.
Dennis
Seriously hope everyone is OK.
Dennis
- Fri Jan 18, 2013 2:39 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Hello...hello....hello
- Replies: 33
- Views: 27958
Re: Hello...hello....hello
This forum features some of the best luthiers on planet Earth. And some of the best natured. And some of the funniest.
Don't you dare take time off! Build some guitars, you bunch of lazy Antipodeans!
:~)
Dennis
Don't you dare take time off! Build some guitars, you bunch of lazy Antipodeans!
:~)
Dennis
- Tue Jan 15, 2013 2:00 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: A 2012 tribute to Led Zeppelin (Kennedy Centre Honours)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 16037
Re: A 2012 tribute to Led Zeppelin (Kennedy Centre Honours)
That was awesome!
Well played, Kim!
How would you like to be a musician tasked with playing the music of rock legends back to them? How intimidating to play the Jimmy Page guitar part to him, or sing the Robert Plant vocals back to him..
Really outstanding.
Thanks, Kim!
Well played, Kim!
How would you like to be a musician tasked with playing the music of rock legends back to them? How intimidating to play the Jimmy Page guitar part to him, or sing the Robert Plant vocals back to him..
Really outstanding.
Thanks, Kim!