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Tom Lanford
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Stink Finger Radio
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Blues Name
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Adjustable Altoid Bridge
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Art and music combined. You are awesome.
Tom, these are some beautiful instruments. Nice photos too. I too love taking recycled objects and usung them in my boxes. Really nice stuff.
Hey Tom this looks like a real winner very nice...
I always use the middle 4 strings from a set for my 4 stringers. I like to tune them to their standard pitch - ADGB - that way I can play any of the standard chords (just minus the low and high E strings) - also makes it easy to go back and forth to…
Mine was "Big Fingers Parker" - The "big fingers" actually fits for me. Some friends actually call me "Sweet & Low T" - think I'll stick with plain old Tom.
Thanks Tim. The boxes are cool looking for sure. Didn't know until I started cutting it that the top is actually a "particle board" type of material though. The top is really thick too, so I was a little disappointed with the "unplugged" volume, but…
Thanks to all for the nice comments! I really do appreciate it! No, No snow on this day!
The stain was actually a mix of 2 "leftovers" I had. One was Red Mahogany and the other was Golden Oak. I just mixed them together in one can. I really liked t…
Thanks for all the wonderful comments everyone! I always like to add a string tree for the added tension behind the nut. In this case I'd used the business end of the spoon for the string tailpiece and found myself looking at the left over handle an…
Thanks Richard. I really appreciate the nice comments. Never tried maple, but it should be fun. I always sand as smooth as possible first to help eliminate the "drag" when going over the grain. I also like to practice onscraps of the same wood befor…
Cool woodburning as always; outstanding detail.
Beautiful, outstanding work!
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Nasty
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Comment Wall (41 comments)
- At 6:30pm on February 25, 2010,
Rev. Nix said… - Nasty friday on Sink Finger Radio !
- At 4:16pm on February 19, 2010,
dg said… - thanks for the add tom,
- At 7:35am on January 29, 2010,
ron bross said… - thanks tom it was fun working with the copper,ron
- At 12:52pm on January 18, 2010,
Julia Prusia said… - Hey Tom
Just thought I'd drop way to sy Hi.... it's be too long since I've been to the Nation. Lovin the music ...soon will be startingmaking cigar boxes into the prettiest jewerly boxs you ever saw and putting pout a couple of guitars.
Happy New Years and many blessing
Jules
- At 7:20pm on January 16, 2010,
bairfoot cajun said… - thanks tom, you gots lots of cool builds that i get lots of inspiration from brother.great ideas you have on yer builds yep.
- At 12:14pm on January 13, 2010,
Tony Lazarski said… - Thanks, Great Music Too!!
- At 10:56pm on January 12, 2010,
Wes Yates said… - Tom, Glad to see you're still around and doing well. Saw your latest pics. Nice man, real nice!
-WY
- At 5:07pm on November 25, 2009,
ron bross said…
- thanks tom,after looking at your builds,il gladly accept your kind words,ron
- At 2:20pm on November 22, 2009,
Trevor steger said… - Cheers to you Tom , listening to your sounds. some great music! some excellent guitars to. Ive nearly finished my first one !
All good fun.
Trev
- At 12:17pm on November 18, 2009,
Sounds of the Nation said… - hey tom
added nasty to the playlist.
gotta bit of zappa quality to the vocal. i dig it.
cheers
ets
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