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| Author: | npalen [ Sat Jan 08, 2005 4:28 am ] |
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Would like to introduce myself and say "Hi everyone" |
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| Author: | Dickey [ Sat Jan 08, 2005 4:59 am ] |
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Tell us where you are from and post a pic of some of your work if you have something to show. Plus, consider posting a bio beside Vivian Ecker's. We all want to know what makes you tick. N is that Nathan, Nicholas, Nick, what's the N for? In my case N is for nosy.... 
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| Author: | LanceK [ Sat Jan 08, 2005 5:04 am ] |
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Greetings Nelson! Enjoy! Lance |
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| Author: | npalen [ Sat Jan 08, 2005 9:02 am ] |
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James (Jim?)--I'm from North Central Kansas--Beloit, so we're nearly next door neighbors! You can see some of my earlier archtops if you bring up the website listed in my profile. Lance--thanks for the welcome, I'm looking forward to hanging around. Nelson |
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| Author: | JJ Donohue [ Sat Jan 08, 2005 9:44 am ] |
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Holey Moley...those archtops are beautiful! Welcome aboard Nelson! |
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| Author: | Pwoolson [ Sat Jan 08, 2005 10:20 am ] |
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Welcome Nelson. Great looking guitars. Don't be a stranger. Paul |
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| Author: | stan thomison [ Sat Jan 08, 2005 10:20 am ] |
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Welcome. YOu are one awsome builder. Those archtops are something. Great to have you here and see what you do |
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| Author: | Bobc [ Sat Jan 08, 2005 10:23 am ] |
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Welcome Nelson. Just what we needed an archtop builders brain to pick. Beautiful work. |
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| Author: | Jeff Doty [ Sat Jan 08, 2005 12:04 pm ] |
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Nelson, Welcome. Your archtops are beautiful! Tell us more about your building process when you get a chance. Jeff |
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| Author: | Don A [ Sat Jan 08, 2005 1:07 pm ] |
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I browsed your website and you really do make exceptional guitars. I for one want to tackle an archtop but have a long ways to go with flattops first. You and Sylvan Wells can bring the rest of us to speed on the ins and outs of archtype lutherie. Again, Welcome to the OLF. |
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| Author: | npalen [ Sat Jan 08, 2005 1:24 pm ] |
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Thanks for the warm reception guys! I've been a reader of and sometimes "poster" to the Mimforum for several years having learned archtop building from Bill Moll's course there. Still much to learn which keeps it interesting and very rewarding to discover or learn from someone else an easier and/or more precise method. I was extremely fortunate to connect with Lou Del Rosso of guitarsnjazz.com early on and thru Ebay no less. I do not play guitar but Lou is a Jazz player who had been trading in vintage archtops for a number years. He has provided and continues to provide a great deal of guidance regarding what the players out there want and expect in an archtop. There is a picture on the website, taken at the Long Island Show in 2001, of Lou next to George Benson playing his new Palen. I try to build 10 to 12 per year which is a time challenge in addition to my day job designing farm machinery. (I'm just a Kansas farm boy at heart) I would be happy to provide input on archtop building and also appreciative of help from anyone elso on building in general. That's really what it's all about. Nelson |
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| Author: | Michael Dale Payne [ Mon Jan 10, 2005 3:05 am ] |
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GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US 
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| Author: | Dickey [ Tue Jan 11, 2005 12:22 pm ] |
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and usually only when I'm in trouble. All my friends call me Bruce. I have a cousin named James, and we all call him Jim. He doesn't build guitars. Nelson, Beloit is a ways up there. My wife and I drove to Wyoming once and stayed not far from you at Hays on the way up. That state seems as wide as Tennessee on the highway. Way cool that you build Jazz guitars, maybe you can give me some pointers on an F5 Mandolin soon. I have some gouges and violin planes. I just filed away a Bennedetto article my Brother-in-law passed on to me. I'd be interested to know how you finish those babies. They just seem so huge. Are the French Polished with shellac or sprayed with Nitrocellulose? I 'aven't a clue. Oh, I forgot all about Sylvan, he builds archtops. I'll tell him you're aboard. Bruce Dickey |
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| Author: | npalen [ Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:43 pm ] |
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Bruce--I would like to build an F5 someday. It looks to be a much more daunting task than an archtop. That scroll scares me! Carving it would be one thing but binding it...... I do nitro on the archtops but would someday like to try something less volatile like the KTM9. I'll bet Sylvan could give us some pointers on archtop building. Nelson |
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| Author: | russ [ Tue Jan 11, 2005 6:52 pm ] |
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Welcome to the group!! |
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| Author: | clavin [ Tue Jan 11, 2005 11:00 pm ] |
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Hi Nelson! Glad to see you here. How did that Susan tail piece archtop turn out? Did the client like it? I know it was a while ago!
Anyway. I frequent here as my home. Glad to see you made it.
Craig Lavin |
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| Author: | npalen [ Wed Jan 12, 2005 3:01 am ] |
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Bruce--You mentioned Bob Benedetto and that brought to mind a little story. I had read Bob's book back in '99 when first getting into archtops. His book has full scale drawings of the arching templates but none for the body. I got up the courage to write him and ask him if there was any way I could possibly get some body dimensions. He responded with a very gracious phone call and said that he would send dimensions. A few days later I received a large piece of brown wrapping paper on which he had traced the outline of his 17" mold. What a guy! Nelson |
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| Author: | npalen [ Wed Jan 12, 2005 3:04 am ] |
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Craig--Great to "see" you again. The customer was elated with his "Susan" archtop. He's a smart guy having his wife's name inlaid into the tailpiece. Much smarter than a tatoo which is difficult to remove. 
You do very nice work! Nelson |
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| Author: | Dickey [ Wed Jan 12, 2005 5:38 am ] |
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Nelson, that was terribly funny! Much much smarter! Okay, I just visited your website and looked at your guitars. Now I'm embarassed to call myself a guitarmaker. Wow. 
Here is a link that will load a pic of Nelson's guitar, for sale on GBASE: (now you know what I'm talking about) 
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| Author: | npalen [ Wed Jan 12, 2005 9:34 am ] |
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Isn't it amazing what a good coat of STP will do for the gloss! P.S. My wife, Joan, built the water garden by herself. Puts me to shame. |
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| Author: | npalen [ Sun Jan 16, 2005 1:11 am ] |
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Hey guys, just kiddin' about the STP. Probably would make a finish "slick" however. Well at least for a little while.
Nelson |
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| Author: | Dickey [ Sun Jan 16, 2005 1:37 am ] |
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Quote: "If guitarmaking is allowed in heaven, that's where I want to go. Otherwise, well at least the wood is probably dry." Okay, had to read that six times over six days and I finally get it. In Hell the wood is dry! ROTFLMAO!
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