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Hesh, this one's for you, buddy. I know I crossed the line. The gender line, that is, with that morph I did of you as the French maid. (Nice legs, by the way!) So, here is the ammo for your payback:

Here's a picture of me pretending to play a 1904 Martin 1-45. Note the solid ivory bridge. This is one of only six made, and is worth in excess of $125,000.00

This shot was taken on Grant Goltz's back porch this last August, at a gathering of a bunch of Luthierforum members. There were a dozen rare guitars that we got to examine, touch, and play. What an honor!

-Dennis

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Dennis Leahy
Duluth, MN, USA
7th Sense Multimedia

Drool.....

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"I want to know what kind of pickups Vince Gill uses in his Tele, because if I had those, as good of a player as I am, I'm sure I could make it sound like that.
Only badly."

He's not that cute Don!

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Billy Dean Thomas
Covina, CA

"Multi famam, conscientiam, pauci verentur."
(Many fear their reputation, few their conscience)

      Of course, he will be when Hesh gets the contract signed and back to me for my services!

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Billy Dean Thomas
Covina, CA

"Multi famam, conscientiam, pauci verentur."
(Many fear their reputation, few their conscience)

Outstanding!

The check cleared!

Pleasure doing business with you Hesh Buddy!







SPIDER LEAHY!



    And that... ain't... spandex... my brothers!

    When he was a teenager, he was biten by a radioactive wienee waver!   

Sorry Dennis! It's just business!

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Billy Dean Thomas
Covina, CA

"Multi famam, conscientiam, pauci verentur."
(Many fear their reputation, few their conscience)

Oh dear me Billy that is a classic...And you want to get your hand on a picture of me!

Cheers

Kim

Hesh,
This is just a "standard" pyramid bridge, just out of ivory instead of wood. Saddle fits in a slot, just like normal.

This belongs to a collector friend of mine, and I have it here for some minor repairs that I will be doing over the next couple of months.

I am also finishing repairs on a 1890 2-27 and a pre 1867 2-19. His 1840 Martin in the original wood "coffin style" case did not need any repairs, so we just played it for a few days and then returned it to him.

If you have any questions on any of these, I can post some additional photos, measurements, etc.

Grant

Billy:

THAT WAS NOT FUNNY!


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That was laugh out loud so loudly that my wife and kid heard me from the other end of the house and my daughter came running to see what was making her dad laugh so hard funny!



You should take out a "booth" at the OLF Swap Meet and sell:

A.) PhotoShop Composites, including the character or animal of your choice with the luthier of your choice

and

B.) PhotoShop Composite Protection Insurance (as long as the insured has paid more than a composite buyer, you would agree NOT to do the composite)

Thanks for the belly laugh!

Dennis

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Dennis Leahy
Duluth, MN, USA
7th Sense Multimedia

[QUOTE=Billy T] He's not that cute Don! [/QUOTE]


Who? Dude, I was looking at the guitar...

Tsk tsk....

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"I want to know what kind of pickups Vince Gill uses in his Tele, because if I had those, as good of a player as I am, I'm sure I could make it sound like that.
Only badly."

[quote]You should take out a "booth" at the OLF Swap Meet and sell:[/quote]
I've taken a solemn oath to never cheapen my powers as merchandise!!   

[quote=Don Williams]Who? Dude, I was looking at the guitar... Tsk tsk.... [/quote]
I know, Bud! I just had a real good idea Dennis was going to be going through a.... transf-O-mation!

HA! Luca Leahy sleeps with the spiders!

Thanks for being such a good sport Den!


    BTW Grant OUTSTANDINGLY nice guitar!!! What a beauty!
    Hope your not too upset "Spider Leahy" had to make an apperance on the same thread! It was, kind of a opening I couldn't miss!
    Never seen or heard of an ivory bridge! I was puzzled by that! What a beauty!

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Billy Dean Thomas
Covina, CA

"Multi famam, conscientiam, pauci verentur."
(Many fear their reputation, few their conscience)