49 days ago
by JonJ |
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In case anyone was following this project, I haven’t given up…I just had to get away from it for a while. I didn’t get in done in time for the festival in May, but I did take it to show what I had done. I had spent so much time in the shop I was really testing my family’s patience, not to mention all the odd jobs that had piled up. The first order of business was pressure washing and sealing a chapel on my mother’s property that the family built as a memorial to...
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240 days ago
by JonJ |
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The soundboard is done (but not glued on yet) bracing is in, and I think I’m very close to stringing it up. I may go ahead and apply finish to outside before I string it, so all the “nasty” work will be done before detail work. The soundboard is spanish Cedar…not sure if that is a good soundboard material, but saw it at the sawmill and just had to have it. The lid is done except for the flap that covers the end, and cutting it apart so part of it can fold back. It spru...
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425 days ago
by weirdwolf |
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James Peters enjoys what he does. Waking up every morning and working in his woodshop in the back of his house is the “bees knees” as James says. Once there, he makes custom acoustic guitars. He is, as it’s called, a luthier based in Springfield, TN. After moving to Nashville in 1989 and having some success in the country music songwriting industry, a friend asked James to repair his guitar. It was after that experience that he realized it would be easier &mdas...
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584 days ago
by WhiskeyWaters |
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Saw a wild video the other week on MAKE: Magizine’s blog – I’m gonna try to make this at work.
So far, this is my plan:
I’ve got base built, and next will be creating the removable instrument inserts – I have two maracas, a tambourine and one snare.
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658 days ago
by Blake |
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Just curious…
Do you listen to music in the shop? What do you listen to? On what kind of system?
Radio? CD’s? MP3’s? Internet Radio? Records? Eight Track? Tapes? Serius/XM? Live band hired for your shop? Headphones? Theater Surround Sound?
Silence? Jazz? Rock? Talk? Hip Hop? Country? Classical? Sports? New Age? Oldies? Yodeling? Blues? NPR? Heavy Metal? Latin? Polka? Opera? Howard Stern? Old School Rap? Techno? Disco? Funk? Acid Jazz? Dixyland? Gregorian Chanting? I...
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700 days ago
by JonJ |
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This is a little more detailed look at a project I posted a while back, the wheelharp…I am sorry to rehash it, but there were a few folks who inquired about some more details, and I had not had a chance to find my old pictures until today. Sorry to pester everyone else!
Have you ever had a thought, and wondered if it has been done before?
Several years ago, I was adjusting my hurdy gurdy, which is an instrument invented in the middle ages that uses a rosined wheel to bow the s...
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725 days ago
by GaryK |
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Well, this all started 10 years ago. I started my first musical instrument and ended up getting in way over my head.
My ego, knowing no bounds, thought if I was going to put so much time into a project it may as well be the best. Well, to make a long story short, my ego got the best of me and I gave up after about 6 months of work. Way over my head!
So after 10 years and two other small keyboard instruments I am finally ready to finish my masterwork.
This part of this blog will show ...
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792 days ago
by GaryK |
8 comments »
Hello All,
I am going to end this blog unfinished. Someone saw it and was interested in having me write a book on the subject.
I will have to remove what I have done so far.
When the book is complete and published I will let you all know.
Sorry if there’s any inconvenience.
Gary
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1013 days ago
by Dick, & Barb Cain |
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This is the first project I posted on Lumberjocks. I’d like you to hear the sweet music my Son can play on it.
Sleep Walk Solo Slideshow
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