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These two Youtube viedeos were posted on the Acoustic Guitar Magazine Luthiers Forum showing Peter Yelda teaching guitar making as an Artist in Residence in California. I found it incredibly uplifting and a great insight into the "magic" we all enjoy. Robbie O'Brien does a similar thing and it must feel great.

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Dave White
De Faoite Stringed Instruments
". . . the one thing a machine just can't do is give you character and personalities and sometimes that comes with flaws, but it always comes with humanity" Monty Don talking about hand weaving, "Mastercrafts", Weaving, BBC March 2010

Dave, when I click to play them, all I get is a message saying "We're sorry, this video is no longer available". What gives?

Cheers,
Dave F.

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Cambrian Guitars

"There goes Mister Tic-Tac out the back with some bric-brac from the knick-knack rack"

OK Let's try these as ordinary links:

Video Part1
Video Part2

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Dave White
De Faoite Stringed Instruments
". . . the one thing a machine just can't do is give you character and personalities and sometimes that comes with flaws, but it always comes with humanity" Monty Don talking about hand weaving, "Mastercrafts", Weaving, BBC March 2010

Fabulous Dave. A good way to get back to solid ground in this business. Thanks for posting these.
Terry

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It's not what you don't know that hurts you, it's what you do know that's wrong.

Very uplifting indeed - thanks Dave mon!

Yes, I do something similar but don't have arts council funding. Like Peter said in the video, it is more than a fair exchange. I get a lot out of teaching these courses and the satisfaction of seeing someone build their own guitar is great!

Wow ...now that is really cool. The more I dig into guitar making the more I see a culture of giving.....that is rare folks....we are all lucky to have found it. If he can make a living and make people happy....super great.Thanks for posting that Dave.
peace and respect,
big John

That is so very cool. Thanks for the post, Dave!


Pat

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formerly known around here as burbank
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http://www.patfosterguitars.com

THANK YOU Dave for sharing those links with us. I just found that so uplifting seeing people make guitars. Sometimes I get to a point in my build where I tell myself what in the world are you doing? This is for Master Craftspeople, not someone that can't even make a pair of saw horses out of two by fours. But, my struggles continues. I like when the beautiful lady says that there are a hundred ways to make mistakes and she's found most of them. My mistake meter is also pushing a hundred also.

Anyway, thanks for sharing, it has revived my love for building. It's too easy for me to put it off working on my guitar, cause I lie to myself and say I'll wait to learn more about it so I don't mess it up, when in reality, I need to pick up my tools and just do it.

Once upon a time Sophocles say, [b]"One learns by doing a thing. For though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try."[/b]

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Jack Batts Maker and Repairer of Fine Violins