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According to the Melvyn Hiscock book:


The secret to making a small fortune as a guitar builder is to start with a large fortune.

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But if you're building guitars and you start with a large fortune, how do you keep it from becoming a small fortune?

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The point, Exactly!

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What are you trying to say


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[QUOTE=old man] According to the Melvyn Hiscock book:


The secret to making a small fortune as a guitar builder is to start with a large fortune.

Ron[/QUOTE]

True, true.
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So that's the secret. Iv'e been searching so long.

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I'll start with a large fortune! Tell us how Ronny!

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[QUOTE=Billy T] I'll start with a large fortune! Tell us how Ronny! [/QUOTE]



Er, I'll have to finish reading the book. If you get elected, Billy (and I'm voting for you), you'll have a fortune. That's what politicians do.

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I've been having the best time of my life trying to make a small fortune !!!


Maybe this is where my big fortune went?


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[QUOTE=burbank] But if you're building guitars and you start with a large fortune, how do you keep it from becoming a small fortune? [/QUOTE]

It could be worse.... you could buy a boat instead.


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There'd be enough mahogany in the boat to make a lot of guitars, though, if you change your mind!

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[QUOTE=Brock Poling] [QUOTE=burbank] But if you're building guitars and you start with a large fortune, how do you keep it from becoming a small fortune? [/QUOTE]

It could be worse.... you could buy a boat instead.

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I had a boat once, but now I'm building guitars. Is there a trend here that I'm not seeing?

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[QUOTE=Hesh1956]No, no, no.......... it's not about the money...... 

  And no I have not been smoking the drapes...... [/QUOTE]


 


You can do that?


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[QUOTE=Brock Poling] [QUOTE=burbank] But if you're building guitars and you start with a large fortune, how do you keep it from becoming a small fortune? [/QUOTE]

It could be worse.... you could buy a boat instead.

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You're crazy Brock, our boat is the best fun our family has together! Of course you're right though, a boat is just a hole in the water you keep pouring money into. I wonder how many sets of guitar wood I could buy for what I've spent on boating? Hmm, come to think of it, maybe you're not so crazy...







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Before Tim Spittle came along I had a large fortune


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