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Michael Dale Payne
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Wow what a year this has been, with the oil prices up my day job has been a 10-12 hour a day thing most of the year. Commissions for the most part have been the typical 3 to 5 I shoot for with in a year but the last 3 week have been unreal. I am now booked through May based on a 4 month turn around, with just what I have taken deposits on and I have 3 more quotes out. Out of those I think I will get 2 for sure and the other is pretty good chance. There is a real good chance I will have a years booking in a month or two. And here I was trying to free up the winter to get the web site up and running and do some plan drawings for both me and Brock and build me a couple guitars.

It is like I have suddenly been discovered I hate to turn down a commission but if I get all three of the quotes out. I am not going to take any more till I am down to only 2 on back log. I may have to break a rule I have about building only one till it is in the finish booth, and start building in batches. I don't like to do that.

I have to give the forum credit for two orders and the rest were word of mouth. I like those. There the earned orders.
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Your fault Michael for building such good guitars.

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Michael,
Good for you! Are you working on a website?

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Way to go Michael. Geez I better repelinish the Zoot stash.

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Michael Dale Payne
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[QUOTE=Bobc] Way to go Michael. Geez I better repelinish the Zoot stash. [/QUOTE]

Yep!!!!! I sould soon have a good size order to send your way. Need soom zootful EIRW for sure
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Well deserved Michael, your hard work and integrity is paying off! Congrats my friend!


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Congrats! Time to raise your prices

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Michael Dale Payne
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[QUOTE=Arnt] Congrats! Time to raise your prices [/QUOTE]

I have a little to account for switching to Custom Ameritage cases for my Custom Deluxe series guitars
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That's great, Michael! Things are moving along just as they should, and I'd wager that when you reach your 10-year building mark (IIRC, you said you're more than halfway there already) you'll be able to make a full-time living at lutherie--if you want to, of course!
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Way to go Michael! Good on ya!

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Great job, Michael!
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