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Good Morning All - finally getting onto this forum - what a great resource and a fun bunch of folks you are - thanks to all who make this forum happen. I plan to post some photos of what I am up to lutherie-wise.I am building just a couple of instruments per year
these days but am doing more with tonewood harvesting.
 
Probably bad form esp. for a first post but I now have mando/uke woods available as well as the guitar woods, mostly all earth-friendly (salvage, recycled etc).www.maizeguitars.com/woods

                  cheers - Dave Maize

Hey Dave

Welcome to the OLF and I look forward to your post, but it my be best to contact the moderators about promotion of your wood before you just jump right in there mate

Cheers

Kim

Dave,

Just in case you are unaware, the moderators here are LanceK and Brock Polling. Both are great guys and I'm sure will be happy to help you out with any enquiries you may have about promoting your wood here at the OLF.

Cheers

Kim

Welcome Dave, to the best place on the internet. Looking forward to your posts.

Bill

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Welcome Dave!

I share your interest in building with recycled, reused and reclaimed material. I've built 7 guitars with recycled piano soundboards for tops. I'd make more if someone would bring me the pianos.

long

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Welcome to the OLF!!
cheers
Charliewood

Welcome to OLF Dave.  Great place for information and fun.

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Waddy

Photobucket Build Album Library

Sound Clips of most of my guitars

Welcome to the forum Dave!

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Reguards,

Ken H

Welcome!

   Found any nice figured Myrtle on the beach lately? I loved the Myrtle you had at the Marylhurst Hand Made Instrument show. You should get in touch with Lance and Brock about becoming a supporting dealer. I know you would be a big hit around here, all the wood you had at the show looked top notch .

Peace,Rich

[QUOTE=Hodges_Guitars]Welcome to the forum Dave![/QUOTE]

Thanks for the warm welcome all - hope I didn't step on any toes mentioning my  wood  biz. - Dave

Welcome

Mike

Hi Dave

I'm new here too.

Any of that curly myrtle left???
I could still use and archtop set.

Mark

Welcome Dave. Your products have been mentioned here a couple of times previously, so it's good to have your input.

Hey Dave-

Welcome to the OLF, let's see some of those instruments you were talking about. I have been a regular visitor to your website and have always liked that you offer reclaimed and salvaged tonewoods.

Since you are offering tonewood for ukes and mandos, are you making any of these? If so, I would really like to see pictures of those. I really dig ukes.

Anyway, it's nice to have you here at our forum.

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Wannabe builder owned by 2 crazy dachshunds

Thanks john - I actually haven't built any of the smaller ones, just seem to have a lot of smaller pieces of really nice woods.I promise to send a few photos of some recent projects -basses and a baritone -salud - Dave

 [QUOTE=John Lewis]Hey Dave-



Welcome to the OLF, let's see some of those instruments you were talking about. I have been a regular visitor to your website and have always liked that you offer reclaimed and salvaged tonewoods.



Since you are offering tonewood for ukes and mandos, are you making any of these? If so, I would really like to see pictures of those. I really dig ukes.



Anyway, it's nice to have you here at our forum.[/QUOTE]

Welcome to the OLF Dave - looking forward to your input adn seeing some of this nice wood

 

Laurie

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Hey there - this is the back of a 4-string bay laurel ( myrtle)ABG that I built recently -you can barely see the wooden tennis racket handle -it works well to hold the body for spraying or clamping in a vice for work on the body.I  basically just bandsaw the racket off ( the fun part) and install two threaded inserts that match up with the bolt spacing on my neck block.Probably some way you could make it work with a dovetail too.

           hasta luego - dave

Nice, Dave! Keep 'em coming!

BTW, anyone else see the "frowning man" on that back?    Yeah, I know, but it's the luthier's version of spotting familiar shapes in clouds.

You mean the guy with the long beard? 

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Waddy

Photobucket Build Album Library

Sound Clips of most of my guitars

[QUOTE=davem]...you can barely see the wooden tennis racket handle...I basically just bandsaw the racket off ( the fun part)[/QUOTE]

Blaspheme!

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[QUOTE=Don Williams] [QUOTE=davem]...you can barely see the wooden tennis racket handle...I basically just bandsaw the racket off ( the fun part)[/QUOTE]



Blaspheme!



[/QUOTE]

Well - I never was that good at tennis -maybe this is some kind of  subconscious reaction -Dave

Welcome to the OLF!

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Peter M.
Cornerstone Guitars
http://www.cornerstoneukes.com