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Location: Flahdaw | Beautiful piece.
But what's with the Cornerstone website? That's the slowest thing in the world. Worth the wait, though, as there are some georgous guitars pictured. |
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Location: Chehalis, Washington | It's actually a kind of tragic story. The guy who designed the website was a customer of the luthier, Peter, who actually was doing missions work in Thailand I believe. He was a techie, and was redoing the website in his spare time. Last year he passed away suddenly, leaving a wife and kids behind. They did a special fund through the AGF for his widow, to help with the funeral and beyond.
At any rate, I'm not sure he was finished tweaking the website before he passed, but you are right, the pictures are phenomenal.
This build I commissioned a year ago last November, so we're at about 18 months now, give or take. It's very exciting to be nearing the end...this baby should be making her debut on Easter Sunday.
I'm already looking at the possibility of another custom down the road. How does a small concert body in sinker redwood & honduran rosewood, short scale, with all madagascar rosewood appointments sound? |
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Location: Chehalis, Washington | Originally posted by cholloway:
Originally posted by edensharvest:
Originally posted by Mitchrx:
Nice guitar! What does the Hebrew lettering on the rosette say/symbolize? It's actually the names of my wife and 3 kids. A buddy of mine did the translation for me. He's one of these crazy intellectual types that's fluent in Hebrew and Greek, and working on Latin I think...
Does your buddy have a good sense of humor???
Reminds me of an episode of "Frasier"...
BTW, Beautiful guitar!
As to the lettering, what I don't know can't hurt me, and I don't plan on learning Hebrew... |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Andrew, take it from me, Hebrew was one of the most difficult and trying courses I took in my Christian Education: I only needed one year (two semesters) since I had three years of Greek...but your guitar is absolutely beautiful... |
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Location: big island | i've been following the making of this guitar since you mentioned it on the praise forum so many moons ago, andrew. it's great to see it nearly completed and i look forward to your assessment. howzabout posting some clips to the ning site whenyacan? |
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Location: Chehalis, Washington | I actually need to get a decent recorder. Right now all I have is the little USB mic on my computer. Any suggestions on a good entry (i.e. cheap) one to pick up? |
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Location: big island | talk to al about the olympus... |
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Location: Chehalis, Washington | Here's another shot of the neck pre-finish.
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Location: CA | What Homer said. "Guitaaaaarrrrrr, gggllgaaahh." |
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Location: Chehalis, Washington | And the pics keep trickling in...
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Location: South of most, North of few | Andrew, I'll give you 500 cash for it. American.. |
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Location: Chehalis, Washington | For the neck only? :D |
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Location: Chehalis, Washington | So, someone's coming home on Saturday...
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Lovely and unique instrument. Congrats Andrew! |
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Custom Guitar update...WARNING, may cause drooling...
