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Permalink Reply by darryl kernaghan on June 13, 2015 at 3:10pm

Not meant do denigrate luthiers John,but it is,after all, simply a title,if the product doesn't cut it,the title is meaningless anyway

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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on June 13, 2015 at 3:42pm

Yep.
There are bottom feeders who's qualification is questionable in every profession. If you want to be that in luthiers, or dentisty, law, academia, whatever, then be my guest. This is a very rhetorical question imho (while I certainly find the opinions of others interesting) because it is so personal and subjective. Do you consider your product good? Professional? World class? It is entirely up to the individual, some swim in a sea of self loathing, others in a pond of delusion. The best :)

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Permalink Reply by John Jordan on June 13, 2015 at 7:18pm

The pond of delusion seems to occasionally have some nice fish in it, though. :)

John

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on June 14, 2015 at 6:56am

That's GREAT song / album title, Kid! "Pond of Delusion." Yes.

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Permalink Reply by turtlehead on June 13, 2015 at 2:14pm

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on June 13, 2015 at 3:38pm

http://www.luth.org

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Permalink Reply by TN Twang on June 14, 2015 at 11:17am

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Permalink Reply by Mr.melo on June 13, 2015 at 4:15pm

i make Beauty come alive.................

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Permalink Reply by jim on June 13, 2015 at 7:39pm

No

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Permalink Reply by ross harper (rustic luthiery) on June 14, 2015 at 8:06pm

  Someone called me a 'Rustic Luthier' when I told them about my CBG's.

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Permalink Reply by Monterey on June 14, 2015 at 11:56pm

Hi Gary,
Wikipedia defines a luthier as being:
"someone who makes or repairs string instruments. The term originally referred specifically to makers of lutes. The term is used interchangeably with any term that refers to a specific, or specialty, type of stringed instrument, such as violin maker, guitar maker, lute maker, etc. The word luthier comes from the French word luth, which means lute. The craft of making string instruments, or lutherie, is commonly divided into two main categories: makers of stringed instruments that are plucked or strummed and makers of stringed instruments that are bowed.[2] Since bowed instruments require a bow, the second category includes a subtype known as a bow maker or archetier."
Wikipedia defines a cigar box guitar as being:
"a primitive chordophone that uses an empty cigar box for a resonator. The earliest had one or two strings; the modern model typically uses three or more. Generally speaking, strings are connected between the end of a broomstick or 1" x 3" wood slat and to the resonator, the cigar box."
Wikipedia defines a chordophone as being:
"a musical instrument that makes sound by way of a vibrating string or strings stretched between two points. It is one of the four main divisions of instruments in the original Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification."
So therefore a cigar box guitar is a primitive chordophone. A chordophone is a musical instrument that makes sound by way of a vibrating string or strings stretched between two points. A luthier is someone who makes or repairs string instruments.
A cigar box guitar, or license plate guitar, for that matter, is no less a chordophone than a violin, guitar, lyre, harp, or piano.

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Permalink Reply by TN Twang on June 15, 2015 at 3:28am

Please don't include the pianoforte (or fortepiano) in your list of products of lutherie. Unlike chordophones descended from l'oud , which may be bowed or plucked, the piano is played percussively. I have it on reasonably good authority that makers of pianos are called "piano makers."   :-)

How the hell did we get off on this?? I'm gonna' quit now...

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