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Thank you to those who have responded. I feel this will pass, but man...I gave away my first years ago. And still await some rebuttal to my skills. I am happy that those of you who responded are amoung a good percentage of builders I dig on here. I will just continue on.
Haters will hate, but I will survive through it all. Thanks for the words of confidence. Any more guys/gals can still chime in.
thanks piht bull. Right now I just have lots o boxes...lol
spot on. thanks!
Colin,
I would encourage you not to concern yourself with what most people think or say about your instruments. Build what you like, do your best, enjoy your work. Anyone that has built one of these can appreciate the skill and passion that goes into a cbg build. I would imagine that your builds have gotten a bit better each time, your skills have progressed, you've learned some do's and dont's, and began to refine your craft as a builder. People rarely buy an item that they don't like or appreciate when they are spending their money. There are naysayers everywhere and someone is always willing to belittle or take a crack at someone else's work because they are a**holes and probably couldn't create something as nice as you or they are snobs, in either case their opinions don't matter. I always welcome some critique on my work because there's usually a compliment in there with it too, plus I might get a new idea or learn a better way to do something. I'm probably my own worst critic, I can find something in all of my builds that I wish I had done differently or wonder why I thought something was a cool idea at the time. I learned a couple decades ago that trying to be all things to all people is fruitless and never brings any peace or happiness to your life. So, be true to yourself, do the right things, and the people that appreciate your work will find their way into your circle. Keep on keepin' on!
Very true Bruce, I appreciate the comment.
I had the same apprehension when visiting a local violin/cello maker. He's a 5th generation luthier and very well known. I was taking an old fiddle to have him look it over for repair. Before walking in his door, I expected him to ask for $100 just to sit down and I resolved that I would not talk about my CBGs. But, he greeted me warmly at the door and invited me into his shop. The first thing I was was the beautiful instrument below and I gave up a lot of my assumptions about luthiers in general. We had a great time talking about making instruments and my old (worthless) fiddle.
I have kind of a similar story... one of mine was brought into the local Guitar Center by it's owner... they wanted to test out amps for it... they said everybody in the store just loved it, especially the in store mechanic.
I've since gone in and talked the the guy and he's helped me quite a bit. Fixed a buzzing problem I was having in like 2 minutes. He took it around the store, made sure everybody saw it... I admit, it was a big confidence booster.
Still, it's a Cigar Box guitar... it's folk art. They need to have character.
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