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At 11:51pm on December 8, 2009, dg said…: thanks paul, Ive never seen your page before and wow you have some nice stuff, you have some real clever ideas there.

At 3:17am on December 6, 2009, Diane in Chicago said…: Thanks, Paul! (And I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with that Dewar's tin . . .)

At 5:13am on November 23, 2009, Lou said…: Paul, it's good to see you make the "Featured Instrument of the Day", your innovative style really stands out. (:>}

At 1:36pm on November 16, 2009, bairfoot cajun said…: thanks paul fer the nice comment.its taking longer to build them now i must be getting older and more experienced yep. about once every ten years or so my birthday falls on thanksgiving day,just so happens its on thanksgiving day this year. i,ll be 730 days minus 50 years old. so with the frets added and the mag pups added it has a whole different aspect to look forward too in the playing department. thanks again fer the nice comments paul what you say means a lot to me.

At 7:06am on November 16, 2009, MrRandomWritings (Backwater Bri) said…: Thanks for the comment Paul. Be careful with that boiling water though - best get an older person to help you!

At 7:05am on November 10, 2009, bairfoot cajun said…: hey man i finally get ta see who you are.i have gone back to work at the boat factory and its kinda difficult on me to adjust physically. when i get home from work i got ta go rest my weary bones so i lose lots of time working and resting to go back to work so i can come home to rest again. haaaaaaaaaa crazy world yep.

At 6:52pm on November 9, 2009, Al Allen (Hangten) said…: Paul, thanks for the nice comments on the "Brass Lass" the wood in the fret board is poplar and oak.

At 1:51pm on November 9, 2009, Vince Stark said…: I love the details in your work. Very very nice! I'm guessing you've built some furniture in the past?

At 5:01am on November 9, 2009, Rob said…: How you doing ok?
Ill keep you in my prayers also.Thank you
and God Bless..

At 1:27am on November 9, 2009, Rob said…: Thanks for the well wishes.I appreciate it...Its only hair.Most important is she got a good laugh at it and thats priceless at this point! Very nice to meet you...Rob

At 5:03pm on November 2, 2009, Diane in Chicago said…: Hey, Paul! That li'l tin is from the same series as an earlier Hershey-tar I did. I meant to collect them all, I've got two but not that one! Thanks for the spot, I'm watching it.

At 12:51pm on November 2, 2009, rodney fruits said…: good question. you can take a reading a few ways, scrape the wire with a razor blade, touch it with a hot solder iron, torch it with a lighter. all of these take practice, the wire breaks very easy. once you have a small portion of bare wire exposed, you can take an ohm reading. after you do this, recoat it with something thin, fingernail polish, lacqure spray or anything that dries fast, then keep on winding. it takes a few to get good at this, but its a good start. as far as counting your winds? that comes later when one starts to do alot of them... i hope this helps, feel free to ask anythig. GOOD LUCK.

At 6:49am on November 1, 2009, rodney fruits said…: thanks for askin Paul. the first time winding is kind of a big guess. take notes as you go. i started with 3000 winds then took an ohm reading, then 4000 then 5000 and so on. this is a good way to start. search pickup winding on the net and you will learn what you need to know... here are some more sites for parts. guitarpartsusa.com and stewmac.com. good luck Paul!

At 11:40am on October 31, 2009, Steve Becker said…: Paul,
I saw you were asking where to get magnets for pickups. Here's the ones I used: http://www.kjmagnetics.com/proddetail.asp?prod=D2A

Stinks that the shipping is more than the magnets, but it's still pretty cheap. I'm very satisfied with the sound I get out of them. I'd also suggest getting the regular wire from Stewart Macdonald. In the long run it's alot cheaper then getting it from Radioshack, and it's the correct gauge. Check out my post in the "Low budget land" group to see a detailed description of how I made it. Good luck!

At 4:51pm on October 26, 2009, Bluesheart said…: Sorry bout the finger , and surprized that you say you don't play!? One of the joys of making your own instrument is that no one can say you are playing it wrong! At least that's my excuse! :-)

At 2:30pm on October 24, 2009, Nick Thompson said…: Thank you again, it was a blast and surpassed the idea I had for it in my head.

At 7:31am on October 24, 2009, Nick Thompson said…: Thank you for the kind words!

At 1:16pm on October 19, 2009, Nathan King said…: Hey Paul... that Partagas box where the headstock is carved is either pine, or it could be fir. It was a 2x2 stud I found at Lowe's... not sure what they use for studs, but I sorted through a whole stack of 'em to find one that had just enough decent material in it. My buddy thinks it's pine, but it sure didn't smell like pine when I was cutting it, so... who knows? :-) Thanks for your comments man!

At 6:17pm on October 14, 2009, Bluesheart said…: Our dogs do the same thing, one when she leaves, and the other when I do. Nice to be missed I guess.

At 11:57pm on October 13, 2009, Roosterman said…: Hi mate - not sure Im the best bloke to give any advice on spinning cones, but you might find this interesting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfT-DkLeb8o
Il be having another go tomorrow with some much thinner ali foil so Il let you know how it goes.