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Here's alink to the article, i just thought i'd share with those interested:

here

Serge

“Back in the mid-60s,” he recounted, “a gentleman named John Roberts was working as a pilot for a lumber company that was buying wood in South America, among other areas. He befriended the natives and started collecting wood for a yacht he planned to build. That idea fell through, but he shipped the wood he had collected to Phoenix, and ended up with several boxcars full of exotic woods....

   Now why couldn't that happen to me?

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I'd like to be able to prove, just for once, that money wouldn't make me happy...

Hey Al, just remember we have a visit to make to one of your buddies!

How about this week end dude? Serge Poirier39092.3139583333

Aaaah Man, you'd now have some huge stash, so sad! Yes, must have been some experience flying down there. I had a little experience in base camps too but it was the farthest point to the north of my province, not much trees over there though, even in june we were snowmobiling on 6 feet of snow! Serge Poirier39092.3922337963

[QUOTE=Serge Poirier] I had a little experience in base camps too but it was the farthest point to the north of my province, not much trees over there though, even in june we were snowmobiling on 6 feet of snow! [/QUOTE]

Hmmm, maybe that explains why you grew that fur coat. Dave Rector39092.4262615741

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Dave Rector
Rector Guitars

Good article Serge, Thanks fer posting it

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Dave And no visual except for the arm!

My pleasure Dave!

As a Roberto-Venn graduate I can say that it is a great place to get a start on guitar making and repairs. Moving to Phoenix and going to school full time while finding a place to stay and eating was not fun but it was worth it.

The great story about John Roberts startind a School named Roberto was that he thought it sounded more like a real guitar maker to be Roberto than Roberts. There are still piles and piles (big piles) of wood stacked outside of the shop that are the remainder of the wood John Roberts brought back with him.

Cool place!!!!

Homeboy

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Way back in the summer of '77 some other students and I unloaded a very full boxcar of mahogany, rosewood, Santa Maria and starnut for John- he paid us in mahogany guitar sets. I may still have a bit of that wood somewhere....

Neither of the guitars I built there look like much these days, and I guess I ended up being one of those "hobby builders" Bill says they tend to avoid, but RVSL is still one of the coolest things I've ever done.

Thanks for posting the link, Serge- the article brings back a lot of memories.

Chris

You're welcome Chris!