Official Luthiers Forum!

Hello everyone !!!

Like many folks here I've been lurking off and on for some time.
I've not been brave enough to take on building a guitar ..... yet .
I've always been interested in "building" things, just got that
mechanical thing going on. (might have something to do with
working in Chevy dealerships for 30+ years as a Parts Manager)

Anyway, I'm a 50 year old on again player. My guitar hero is
the late Michael Hedges (can't believe he's been gone for 10 years)
hence my user name.

It's very refreshing to find a group of folks with the passion you folks
have, and the willingness to share info and ideas, and in the process
have some fun and laughs.

So you wasted enough time reading this, so get back to work and
make some sawdust


Mike M

Welcome to the forum Mike!

Drag up a chair and sit around the fire for a while, I'm sure you will enjoy your stay. I have to warn you that building guitars is contageous and next thing you know you will have afflictions like G.A.S., and W.A.S. and other dreaded things like T.A.S. too.

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Reguards,

Ken H

Welcome to the OLF, Mike! Always glad to have another lurker come out of the closet, so to speak. I have found that, since I came here, not quite a year ago, all of the acquisition syndromes have become a part of my life, as has OLF. I have become an Official Luthiers Foraholic. If you hang out around here long, you'll be buying a kit and starting your own instrument. Did I mention buying a Kit? Building your own guitar? This is a great forum with generous, and knowledgeable people.

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Waddy

Photobucket Build Album Library

Sound Clips of most of my guitars

Welcome to the OLF Mike!

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Brad
Avon, OH

Welcome to the OLF Mike.

You've come to the right place, that's for sure.

Have you decided what you want to do for your first build?

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Thanks,
Blain

http://www.ullrichguitar.com

"89.67% of all statistics are made up on the spot."

'ello Mike! Nice to see someone newer than me on OLF

See you around the threads.

Cheers,
Dave F.

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Cambrian Guitars

"There goes Mister Tic-Tac out the back with some bric-brac from the knick-knack rack"

Hello Mike,
Greetings from Herrin, Illinois.......Enjoy your stay!

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"After forty-nine years of violin building, I have decided that the search for a varnish is similar to the fox hunt. The fun is in the hunt."
Jack Batts Maker and Repairer of Fine Violins

Welcome to the OLF Mike!!!!

Welcome to the obsession, Mike!

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Mitch

Gday Mike,

Welcome to the OLF

Cheers

Kim

Hi Mike and welcome on board. Michael Hedges was an amazing player and is
one of my favorites too.It is very sad that he was taken from us so young.
Enjoy the OLF Mike.

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Anderson Guitars
Clearwater,Fl. 33755

Welcome Mike! You found the perfect place to absorb some knowledge about guitars.

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Joe Breault
Merrimack, NH
Perpetual novice

Welcome Mike to the OLF,
I'd never heard of Michael Hedges until recently. Another OLFer mentioned his one-off made guitar by a builder in Maryland. It is featured in Acoustic Guitar magazine. It was a steel string guitar built on a classical bracing scheme. The YouTube images of him and his music speak to his free spirit. That would be a great first guitar to build a famous Hedges/duBourg. Piece of cake.
Bruce

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http://www.dickeyguitars.com

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome !!!


Mike

He was for sure a free spirit, but a shy one. He had a knack for
remembering the folks that saw him perform several times.

The DuBourg was a guitar he bought while attending the peabody
Conservatory. The story was that he played several DuBourg's and
had settled on one guitar, but needed to get the cash together.
When he returned THE guitar had been sold. The buyer was contacted,
and a swap for the guitar was worked out.
Later it was stolen from his van, and turned up several years later
in a total state of disrepair. It went to Gryphon in Palo Alto, who in
turn sent it to some "dude" who was able to put the guitar back to
it's amost original condition. The return of that guitar inspired Hedges
to go back to his roots and write solo fingerstyle tunes again. I know that
Hedges oldest son, Mischa, is a player and has access to his fathers guitars.

Mike