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Hey Tom this looks like a real winner very nice...
Joker - I'll rate this 5 all day long, great job man..... Take care, Jim
Hey Jamie, thanks man. I caught the new secondhand video yesterday, it was very cool.... Every thing going well for you? Hey I am rebuilding an old (pre-1900) parlor guitar. Have you ever heat-set a warped neck? I may just add a truss-rod. I can't w…
Oh, we can see it Jim...stunning wood work!
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- At 7:57pm on March 9, 2010,
Joker said…
- Jim, thanks for the comment on the vid! Nice looking builds by the way
- At 11:25am on March 2, 2010,
O-DAD said… - thanks for the pics,that is neat ! what is the black material?
- At 3:07pm on February 17, 2010,
James Carpenter said… - << Do you have a good source? >>
For the carbon-fiber sheets, I got mine at the hobby store, in the model aircraft dep't. Tubes/spars, I got at a kite shop on the coast for inevitable stunt kite mishaps, but "Into The Wind" on the web could fix you up with all kinds of carbon-fiber tubes.
<<And was that the Sortacaster that you sold? What do you get for them >>
It was Curly I sold, and was fool enough to let it go for a paltry $300, but the guy's a good friend, and runs the music store here - there's a "word of mouth" advertising component at work, which I like. I do hope to beat minimum wage one of these days.
- At 1:41pm on February 17, 2010,
James Carpenter said…
- re: kite spars for reinforcement - a fearless experiment. The jury's still out, but it seems to work fine. I used a carbon fiber tube, not fiberglass, well buttered with epoxy. I just sold the guitar I tried it with, and I expect I'll hear about it if it doesn't pan out, but I remain confident.
More promising is a thin 1/2" slab of carbon fiber superglued in a nice-fitting saw kerf. I'm liking that a lot, used it in the Sortacaster; the neck's dead flat under tension, and the thing's just packed with sustain.
- At 6:06pm on January 27, 2010,
THENUGE said… - yeah, i have an old yairi that is going to need one sometime in the near future
- At 11:33pm on January 26, 2010,
Diane in Chicago said… - Thanks! It was a shot I popped off a couple nights ago, to see if I could sell the thing to a friend of a friend. No sale, but I did get front page, so that was even better!
- At 10:44pm on January 26, 2010,
THENUGE said…
- hey JIm..you ever done a neck reset?
- At 9:16pm on January 22, 2010,
Rev. Nix said… - My first Build is almost done. I tossed it together and stringed it up for a test. Picture will be posted soon.....and yes Ben is a Florida Guy he just played on new years day here in Orlando for 4 hours at Will's Pub. That Beast that Johnny Lowebow build him is a real treat to hear live.
- At 9:27pm on January 10, 2010,
Jim Mitchell said…
- Thanks again for the kind words.... I really like these CBG's they have me completely distracted... Actually I have a long way to go myself with regards to my building... If there is anything I can do to help you in your approach just let me know. I certainly have picked a lot of brains in my day. Anyway I am just trying to find my way and these instruments can be forgiving and certainly rewarding... Thanks again take care - Jim
- At 9:10pm on January 10, 2010,
THENUGE said…
- ahh yes...if i had just scrolled through a couple more pics i would have seen that!I really love your work, and i aspire to make guitars half the caliber of yours, maybe even a dreadnaught someday
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