Port Fairy Folk Festival.

[rocket]

Well seeing as i'm a creature of habit i can be found lurking around the instrument builders tent again at the PFFF this weekend, i really enjoyed the event last time it was really well organised imho, a really nice atmosphere for the whole weekend, and i bumped into a dude called Bob, very friendly bloke we managed to neck a few tinnies after hours, so looking forward to that bit again, all BS aside thought it is a great opportunity to talk to other luthiers and gain / swap info. I won't have anything new to exhibit this year coz i've only built one gat and i sold that so i'll have to parade out the old stuff that i can't get rid of, hopefully i'll have a chance to complete another build before i down the obligatory ale with that Bob bloke next year.
Promise to take the camera along to post some pics on this thread!!
Cheers,,

Rod.

[needsmorecowbel]

Hope it is a good one Rob! Good Luck to all going along!

Stu

[Bob Connor]

I'm looking forward to it too Rod. And damn I'm thirsty.

Regards

[peter.coombe]

See you in the tent. We arrived yesterday. Car full of instruments. No new guitars, but plenty of new mandolins.

Peter

[rocket]

Good one Peter, see you there!!

[kiwigeo]

The beer tent people are shitting themselves....they've just heard that Bob has arrived and he's thirsty.

[Nick]

The beer tent people are shitting themselves....they've just heard that Bob has arrived and he's thirsty.

Probably more delighted Martin and rubbing their hands together, they can go ahead and order that extra mini tanker of draught now and know it will get drunk.

[kiwigeo]

The beer tent people are shitting themselves....they've just heard that Bob has arrived and he's thirsty.

Probably more delighted Martin and rubbing their hands together, they can go ahead and order that extra mini tanker of draught now and know it will get drunk.

I heard they were frantically laying a pipeline from Port Fairy to the Guinness plant in Melbourne.

[jeff crisp]

Best of luck to all exhibitors.

[rocket]

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Well i had a great weekend, the weather was great and the company was good also, got to see a few of the performances , managed to down a few with that Connor bloke too : I think Bobs double tuned Wiesborne attracted the most attention, it blew the punters away, personaly, i liked his teardrop Wiesy, , and like i said,,, a great weekend :dry .
Cheers,,

Rod

[Dennis Leahy]

Those are some SERIOUSLY cool instruments, Bob!

Gotta hear 'em! Do you have any sound clips?

Dennis

[Jeremy D]

I grew up in Portland, not far from Port Fairy. It was a right of passage to go and get drunk and stumble through the streets when the folk festival came along .

[kiwigeo]

Which one of these three objects is the odd one out??

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