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At 5:12am on November 24, 2010, Elmar Zeilhofer said…: Hi Josh, I'm an absolute fan of your guitar design & finishing! Cheers from Vienna, Austria!

At 4:02pm on September 12, 2010, chris ekelman said…: happy birthday Josh. Hope it's a good one.

At 5:18am on July 23, 2010, Haggis said…: The name was given to me when I walked into a biker bar wearing a kilt, and when the waitress asked if I wanted food I tried to order haggis.

At 10:46am on June 18, 2010, olds sleeper said…: shoot me an email with some $$ specs, so i can run it by wifey...(with three kids, you gotta run everything by wifey!!!)...I admire your work trmendously. After watching your photo stream, i dont know if i want a resonator or not...i love the look of the plainfourstringers...your attention to detail is impressive. seriously man.

At 5:26am on June 18, 2010, olds sleeper said…: ideally i would like a four string reso with a humbucker (does that make sense?). i am buying a uke this week, but in the winter, i might be able to swing for one of yours....maybe get on a layaway plan...hehhe

At 3:49am on June 18, 2010, olds sleeper said…: thanks for the nice words...my songs are free cause im a shitty business man. i figure, get it out there, and maybe something good will happen down the road. I m having too much fun playin and recording to think about chargin anybody. if youre ever interested in building an "olds sleeper" model...let me know. i suck at building. my strings are like 2inches off the neck...makes for some slinky sliding.

At 3:19pm on June 15, 2010, Jonathan said…: That's very helpful. I'm no guitarist but my third build was a four stringer without a tapered neck and it is hard to play. Next, I've designed an electric five stringer with a tapered neck (only on paper right now). it's like 5cm down to 4cm at the nut.
Thanks again.

At 9:18am on June 4, 2010, HERMIT said…: Hi josh what you looking at is a Moo cow on my father in laws farm..
this one tried to lick the camera as i tried taking a pic of her!!!

At 7:02am on May 14, 2010, Dave Breault said…: I was just checking out Shane's video of the Tan and Black first impressions. I liked the comment you put on the vid, I've been giving some of mine to the better players in my life to just get them out there, it really makes parting with them easier when you see what they can do in the hands of an exceptional player.

At 6:41am on May 14, 2010, Dave Breault said…: And that is why you can command such a good price for your guitars. I did a time study on my last two builds and came up with 6 hours of bench time to build one. Granted I am not doing a french polish, arched fret board or raked head stock, nor truss rods. I seem to have about the same amount available time as you too, evenings through the week and what ever time I can steal on the weekends.

At 9:13am on May 13, 2010, Adam Bennett said…: I appreciate the notice, Josh. Ecspecially from a talented craftsman like yourself. I slotted the through neck and then slid the box up on to it. Even though this box is kid of dull to the casual observer it is actually has the best sound out of any that I've built... so far. Cheers Ya'll!

At 6:31am on April 26, 2010, Tracy Kennedy said…: Josh, thanks for the positive feedback from my scroll work on the CBG Im currently working on. That means alot to me coming from a pro builder like yourself. Yes maybe this is something I could do to set myself apart from the rest of the drain cover crowd. (no insults intended to anyone) But as you know there will be imitations

At 2:13am on March 29, 2010, Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates said…: Poke, poke. Haven't heard from ya. Checkin to see how things are going. Must be busy which is a good thing.

-WY

At 12:29pm on March 26, 2010, Arnold ( ARNIE ) Rydberg Jr. said…: HEY JOSH- Beautiful work / on #61/100 PICS there is 6 strings / What is the combo /is it top set of 12 strings ?? peace - Arnie Rydberg Jr.

At 10:27am on March 26, 2010, Robert Christopher Hill said…: No prob, Josh. Heck, I've read a lot of stuff you've posted on 6 string CBG's. You've answered most questions before I could even ask them, haha.

At 4:38am on March 3, 2010, Roger Morin said…: This is ment as a compliment, your guitars make me sick. I can do is simple crude builds but I like simple. I can't afford your guitars I just drool over them LOL.

At 3:50pm on February 18, 2010, Sylver said…: Hi Josh!! I was some lost asking the same, sorry. You are right, repeating things again and again can become a pain. But I didn't know even I was in the same forum, you know?. I'm a new one on English reading as well, so let alone what a muddle I got. Your are right again regarding a tidying up journey. Perhaps a short-cut desktop section or something like that would be good, especially for laypeople as myself.