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Permalink Reply by Gary Merrithew on June 26, 2013 at 1:43pm

I enjoy art, music, and building stuff so this hobby has been great for me, since my divorce this has kept me in a good place. I think of what I can do next and enjoy my time in my workshop, I really like watching my friends play stuff I made it's a cool thing.     I don't like my WalMart soldering iron the only thing it cooks real good is my paws, time for a new one.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Fred Johnson on June 26, 2013 at 10:12pm

I love the process of just making things, especially musical instruments, getting covered in sawdust, saving timber from a skip and stripping off years of old paint / varnish to reveal something that will make a great guitar neck (that tree spent a lot of time making the stuff).

Stringing up an instrument for the first time and hearing how it sounds, hearing an instrument I've built played by someone who knows what they are doing.

Saying to the better half "Shirley, I NEED a bandsaw" .....Reply..."Yes dear", always a good excuse to acquire new toys.

I hate waiting for glue /lacquer /paint to dry. Making daft mistakes. Spending a long time away from my shed, not having a current project. 

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Permalink Reply by Clarky on June 26, 2013 at 10:56pm

Time is a big pain, I work full time so by the time I get home, walk the dog, get something to eat it's about 7pm before I can hit the guitar making on a good night.  Then sometimes people have crazy ideas at the weekend like spending family time or whatever, what's that all about? ;-)

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Permalink Reply by Thomas "Duck" Petry on June 28, 2013 at 3:05am

Time doesn't bother me, I'm retired and building these things is a hobby. I may start a build and get interrupted for one reason or another and not get back to it for a week, but that just gives more time for "engineering" the build and mental doodling small things. I like the the whole process of the build, figuring out how to make each one a little different, seeing what personality the build may have and what direction it may take me and I love the magic of stringing it up the first time and hearing it speak. They all have a voice of their own and to bring that out is something that makes me smile.

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Permalink Reply by Mungo Park on June 28, 2013 at 2:28pm

Well love these sorts of thread, never bored at watching the videos of people playing their creations. The fine dance on the edge of a razor between, their are no rules and laws of physics.

 I came to this as a maker. So I love the woodworking aspect of this, good clean fun that does not consume a lot of wood, requires some concentration and skill.

 So on making them pressing in all those frets way down by the box, all squozed up together, my brain always thinks Geeeez so many so close together where nobody will ever play them, why did I draw so many lines but I can't stop now or it will look a little ADD.

                                                               Cheers Ron,

 

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Permalink Reply by jeff maurer on June 29, 2013 at 5:57am

likes-feedback, distortion, extreme volume, the feeling you get when you put strings on a gitty for the first time and realize wow this sounds good. shaping the neck(i use a utility knife and sandpaper) making mistakes and fixing them, accidently cutting myself when building( ive bled on every instrument ive made so far) throwing my gitty against the wall so i have something to fix, the comments i get on my vids, seeing other peoples work, gettn drunk in the shed and playing my gitty, telling people i make cbg's and they go "what is a cbg?" and get to tell em all about it and how to get here so they can learn more about it, uncle johns vids, james wah wah pedal, the way bemuzic uses a looper, the fact that im on a motorhead tribute album,  just about everything.

dislikes-running out of beer at 3 in the morning, mean people, the poor selection of wood at home depot and menards, and using the solder iron( i really suck at it)

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on June 29, 2013 at 6:37am

Wait, you forgot a few classics:

Turn ons: back rubs, sunsets, piña coladas, getting caught in the rain

Turn offs: rude people, splinters, and cold Ben Wa balls

>:-E

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Permalink Reply by Downtown Vinnie on June 30, 2013 at 6:19am

Never a dull moment with you ,Ronny lmao

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Permalink Reply by Downtown Vinnie on June 30, 2013 at 6:23am

-feedback, distortion, extreme volume, word.....and ......Word...glad somebody appreciates a good screaming CBG like we do.....love it.....maybe its heavy metal cbg collabo time...I'll lay the bass drum and rhythm cbg if ya wanna blow some amps up on lead

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Permalink Reply by Downtown Vinnie on June 30, 2013 at 6:08am

Thanx Rusty Pup, now that I can weigh in a bit , ....excellent stufff,Agrreed,TIME ,and the workin man, Davey.I got maself a spokeshave ,I aborted my annnoying vibrating saw and I 'm going to go back to how I did my first build before I got the tools.I enjoyed that one,but I had time to also.This is great timing,I built a 4 string Reso recently,Inlaid neck ,Lowe Cone,Stars,handmade biscuit,already fretted neck and somehow at end I cut the neck too short and my 22.5 scale didnt fit on top of cone ...couldn't push cone back further....grrr,Now I have to use  a boring piece of copper as the reso plate......grrrrrrr.....So,I stepped back for a week cause work is busy.I'm going back in today w/ a refreshed attitude ready to finish.Sometimes another big problem for rookies is what order to do things , too

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Permalink Reply by Downtown Vinnie on June 30, 2013 at 6:11am

this has been great to share and listen.I appreciate all the killer stufff from all perspectives...salud

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Permalink Reply by Vinylhed on June 30, 2013 at 6:31am

I hate starting. I stare at all the bit and bobs I've assembled, and I feel like a sculptor stood before a massive block of stone fretting over where to make the strike with the hammer and chisel. 

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