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Author:  Robbie O'Brien [ Sat Jul 05, 2008 12:10 am ]
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I am finishing an intensive advanced guitar building course with a couple of students and thought I would post pics of their guitars. No drueling please! :D
Author:  Pat Foster [ Sat Jul 05, 2008 12:59 am ]
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Robbie,

Looks like you've got some serious students there. Nice guitars! How many students do you typically teach in your advanced class?


Pat
Author:  Frei [ Sat Jul 05, 2008 1:58 am ]
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Very nice Rob, Im just down from Boulder I wish I could find the time to take a class from you... idunno
Author:  ChuckH [ Sat Jul 05, 2008 5:27 am ]
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That's so cool Robbie. I wish they had a class at Southern Illinois University.

Do you finish the guitars in the class?
Author:  Don Williams [ Sat Jul 05, 2008 5:54 am ]
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Robbie O'Brien wrote:
No drueling please! :D


No dueling or drooling?

;)


Great looking guitars there! Yeah, I agree...this must have been the Advanced Class, right?

[:Y:] [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap] [:Y:]
Author:  Hesh [ Sat Jul 05, 2008 7:27 am ]
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Very cool Robbie! Is that Tiger Myrtle that we see?

It is amazing how much one of your students looks like Paulie from the Sopranos....... :D I hope that you didn't cross this guy...... :D
Author:  Robbie O'Brien [ Sat Jul 05, 2008 10:22 am ]
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Pat Foster wrote:
Robbie,

Looks like you've got some serious students there. Nice guitars! How many students do you typically teach in your advanced class?


Pat


Pat,

This advanced class had two students. I called it advanced because you had to have built at least a couple of guitars to be eligible. It was for those wanting to take their guitars to the next level. With a small number of students we are able to address areas in depth such as top voicing, binding installation, finishes etc. I taught this class at my personal shop. It was a 10 week course and we met twice a week for 3 hours.
Author:  Robbie O'Brien [ Sat Jul 05, 2008 10:25 am ]
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Frei wrote:
Very nice Rob, Im just down from Boulder I wish I could find the time to take a class from you... idunno


Frei, Boulder is just a hop, skip and a jump from Lakewood where I offer classes at Red Rocks College. I have guys coming in from all over the state of Colorado and a few moving in from out of State. There are still a few places available in my Thursday night Steel string class. Why don't you sign up? It will begin late August and run for 16 weeks. If you would like to get on my contact list I can also inform you of when I will be holding weekend workshops and also master classes with Kent Everett.
Author:  Robbie O'Brien [ Sat Jul 05, 2008 10:28 am ]
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ChuckH wrote:
That's so cool Robbie. I wish they had a class at Southern Illinois University.

Do you finish the guitars in the class?


In this advanced class we did go ahead and finish the guitars in class. One is a cat urethane and the other is a French polish.

In my regular guitar building classes at the college we discuss finishes in detail over the 16 week course. I bring in examples and then I have my students do a hand applied finish. This can be either French polish, tru oil, varnish etc. These hand applied finishes are actually very appealing if done properly.
Author:  Robbie O'Brien [ Sat Jul 05, 2008 10:29 am ]
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Don Williams wrote:
Robbie O'Brien wrote:
No drueling please! :D


No dueling or drooling?

;)


Great looking guitars there! Yeah, I agree...this must have been the Advanced Class, right?

[:Y:] [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap] [:Y:]


I meant to say Drooling. I thought it looked a little funny when I wrote it. :lol:
Author:  Robbie O'Brien [ Sat Jul 05, 2008 10:31 am ]
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Hesh wrote:
Very cool Robbie! Is that Tiger Myrtle that we see?

It is amazing how much one of your students looks like Paulie from the Sopranos....... :D I hope that you didn't cross this guy...... :D



Pretty funny Hesh! :lol:
That classical is actually the best set of Tiger Myrtle I have ever seen. It almost looks as though it should have neon bindings and fuzzy dice hanging dfrom the peghead! :lol:
Author:  Robbie O'Brien [ Sat Jul 05, 2008 10:37 am ]
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ToddStock wrote:
Robbie:

While Chris V did a cutaway as his first acoustic, how do you handle folks in the class (either the intensive or the larger, longer class) who want to built with cutaways (particularly Venetians) on their class guitar?


Todd,
I have a pre-requisite for cutaways. You must have already built at least one and preferably two guitars with me before attempting a cutaway guitar. Let's walk before we run, right? If someone comes in with experiece in guitar building I have been known to let them attempt a cutaway on their first guitar with me. This is very rare though.
The good thing about offering my classes at the college is that folks can take them over and over again. The college pricing makes these very affordable for the local guys here. Even with out of state tuition it is cheaper than taking an intensive course somewhere. You get 8 hours of my instruction for 16 weeks plus access to the shop and tools over 40 hours a week to work on your project. I have some students that have built over six guitars with me and there is no sign of slowing down.
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