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GONGRATS Chris!!!!! And a Happy Birthday too!

The cigar pics are hysterical

Thanks Todd for posting this!

Congratulations to your son!!

Is it Georgetown University?

Congrats, Chris...and your degree is in....?

John Carroll University?

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JJ
Napa, CA
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Congrats Chris. Good for you. May it serve you will.


Its been awhile, but it reminds me of Catholic U.

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Aoibeann

Congrats Chris!!

That is one serious stogie!

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Jim Howell
Charlotte, NC

Oh, and for the rest of the weekend....

I've been pretty busy. I've steamed the neck off of my old Stella to find portions of Popsicle sticks in the dovetail and tons of really old glue. Stella will get a neck reset, two additional small braces in the upper bout, a bone nut, a couple of cracks stabilized and a complete re-fret over the next week or so. Per David's suggestion, I'm going to leave the tailpiece on it and use the original wire bridge. I'm getting a few shots here and there, so at some point there will be pics posted. Looking forward to having this old thing playable.

Also I'm going to begin finishing the back and side of number two with the P&L wiping varnish in the morning. I've experimented with both the satin and the gloss varnish and gloss will go on the EIR over shellac seal.

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Jim Howell
Charlotte, NC

Congratulations Chris! You will be rewarded for your persistence.

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Way To Go Chris!!!!!!!!!!! Now do something lifelong with it. The rest of the world is counting on you!!!!!!!

Just kidding my friend!!! Do your best and Congrats on the degree. I'm very proud of ya Bud and be able to say you are a friend!!

Mike aka MiKro

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WOW...I'm impressed!!! How did you ever know that?

JJ

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JJ
Napa, CA
http://www.DonohueGuitars.com

Congrats Chris. A fine accomplisment indeed. Much needed in todays job market. Wish you the best in your future endeavors.

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Very cool, way to go Chris

Sounds like you guys really celebrated well!

As for the weekend, we finally have some nice weather on the west coast, spent some time in the yard and today I'm going to spend the day looking at ski boats to buy down in Washington, should be fun.

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Congrats Chris on your graduation! And good on you Todd for making the celebrations happen.

Congratulations Chris ! and Todd! Best wishes! ! Jody

I finaly cut the rim to inlet my upper braces, I thought I went a tad too deep at first , but after a preliminary fit , its the perfect depth ! , I made a little table to glue the top to the rims , sanded the edges of the rim and top will be putting them together after some pasta for dinner ! I decided to glue the top on first for access in case I think I need to adjust the braces a bit more !
I took a bit more off the lower ends of the x braces to give it some added flexibility in that area .. trying to think ahead in all of this .. Jody

well Todd i have a camera , when i got the new pc with vista it didnt work , went out , bought a new one , it didnt work, took it back , bought another, it didnt work . soooooooo..... I just ordered a cable and suite for my camera phone , I will try to figure out how to post some pics as soon as i get the hardware ( if it works ) LOL ...Jody

well the top is glued to the rims and clamped!!! Jody

Hey, Congratulations Chris, job well done!

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No where close to Chris' accomplishment, but I can cross thickness gage off of the list of "Things I need" It needs sanding and a finish, but it's functional at this point. Still haven't decided if I'm going to put feet on it or not.

One of these days we will replace the camera.

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Aoibeann

Mad props Chris!

Have you finished that cigar yet?

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