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My inspiration for building my own

Posted by Lester Harper on March 23, 2012 at 9:58pm in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion

My grandfather built dulcimers, fiddles, and mandolins I have these instruments of his from when he passed. I have been building my own traditional bows and playing guitar for about 25 years. So I had the desire to build an acoustic guitar then I found these CBG's and fell in love with their sound so I got all the materials together to build one. I have a ton of exotic wood from building bows so I am now in the process of building some CBG's and a dulcimer or two. I just thought I would share his love of the art.

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  • Habanera Hal March 24, 2012 at 7:32pm

    Hello Lester!  My father was my inspiration as well.  He was a true craftsman, though he did not make musical instruments.  Your dad's creations are beautiful.  Treasure them.

  • Clock The Wolf March 24, 2012 at 5:25pm

    My grandpa left me an instrument.

    It fired .50 caliber lead slugs...

    • Lester Harper > Clock The Wolf March 24, 2012 at 6:12pm

      Ha ha I have those too..

  • Lonman March 24, 2012 at 4:43pm

    awesome

  • Lester Harper March 23, 2012 at 10:01pm

    305793289?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024305794350?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024305795405?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024Sorry some of these survived a house fire so they were damaged a little in the fire

    • Ron "Oily" Sprague > Lester Harper March 24, 2012 at 2:21am
      That's not fire damage; that's character and history! Just means the instruments will play with a smokey tone ;-). Lovely boxes, and that case is to die for. Your grandfather was very skilled. Great that you're continuing the family tradition. Of course, your name IS Harper! Thanks for sharing this.
      • Lester Harper > Ron "Oily" Sprague March 24, 2012 at 2:44pm

        I agree about the character but when he passed a few years ago I would have loved to been able to show you all how great they really were. He was an artist

    • MichaelS Country Boy Guitars > Lester Harper March 23, 2012 at 11:15pm

      Beautiful instruments, your grandfather did a good job. The case is really nice too.

      • Lester Harper > MichaelS Country Boy Guitars March 24, 2012 at 2:43pm

        Thank you he was very talented and patient lol

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