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Please count me in for the medium. I'd like to have a supply at the ready.

Could someone provide contact info for Axiom? I'd like to look at their version of the darker material.

Thanks,

Jim

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Jim Kirby
kirby@udel.edu

http://www.axinc.net

Bill James is a really nice guy and the bindings are nice. The only bummer with these is that they now have to be shipped under a hazmat sticker and that is a +$20 fee on top of the shipping. But what 'cha gonna do... However the bindings are nice and have that really traditional tortise look. I am just glad to have found them after StewMac got out of the game.

However, I wanted some other color options... that is why I am thinking about these Tor-Tis bindings.

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Brock Poling
Columbus, Ohio
http://www.polingguitars.com

Brock, do we have enough interest, what will be the next step, let me know.

Thanks

Mike
White Oak, Texas

I am not sure. I emailed John Greven again today. As soon as I hear back I will make a post. Hopefully he is into cooking up a big batch or two of these.

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Brock Poling
Columbus, Ohio
http://www.polingguitars.com

I'm going to see John tonite. I'll ask him about this order. Is there a final tally
of sorts yet?
-C

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Freeborn Guitars
and home of BeauGuard©

I would be interested.

[QUOTE=Chas Freeborn] I'm going to see John tonite. I'll ask him about this order. Is there a final tally
of sorts yet?
-C[/QUOTE]

Not really, I think we will need quatity break points and costs to firm this up.

If you would mention it to him that would be great. Thanks.

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Brock Poling
Columbus, Ohio
http://www.polingguitars.com

I'd be interested in about 20 pieces. Mark

I would like also some wider stuff for end grafts...is that a possibility? I'm thinking in the neighborhood of 20 pieces too, depending on price.

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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."

That's good thinking Don. I was primarily thinking for my electrics, but it would be a good idea to have some of that too.

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Brock Poling
Columbus, Ohio
http://www.polingguitars.com

Perhaps you could get the end graft pieces from retangular pick guard
stock?
-C

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Freeborn Guitars
and home of BeauGuard©

umm...thanks.   


I'm thinking how great that medium tor-tis would look with some of my black acacia....I'm gettin' goosebumps!.

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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."

If the binding is the same as LMI use to get from John
Be careful it dried out and fell to pieces.
Lance

[QUOTE=McCollum] If the binding is the same as LMI use to get from John
Be careful it dried out and fell to pieces.
Lance[/QUOTE]

Good to know. Was that the Tor-Tis material?

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Brock Poling
Columbus, Ohio
http://www.polingguitars.com

[QUOTE=McCollum] If the binding is the same as LMI use to get from John be careful it dried out and fell to pieces.
Lance[/QUOTE]

YIKES !

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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."

Yes, the same stuff,I threw away alot of money!
Lance

It is definately fragile, even shaping a pickguard one must carefully support it or it'll crack. It's not really made to be flexible and what I have seen of the pickguards it is pretty thin. Now I don't mean to belittle the stuff, it's great pickguard material and I use it myself for that purpose. It would look good as binding/purfling if it works but I think I'd take a closer look and be sure John knows what you will use it for before spending a lot of money. Actually it is so fragile that I would not use it for bindings. I would probably be tempted to use it as backlit purflings but the edge of a guitar needs something to resist dings and tor-tis is not it. Just My HOJohn How38793.7684837963

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Tickle your guitar daily, and it'll tickle you back.

Glad someone else said it...

well.. if it is not going to work, I am just glad SOMEBODY said it. Better to find out now than after we all run down the wrong road.

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Brock Poling
Columbus, Ohio
http://www.polingguitars.com

I wonder if he could alter the mixture to make the material more pliable,
and less brittle. I wonder if that would help, or maybe it just would not
set up...I, obviously, don't know what I'm talking about here. I would, if
the stuff worked well, be very interested.

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John Mayes
http://www.mayesluthier.com

I am just glad SOMEBODY said it

Bah. Time for some of y'all to blaze your own, new trails, and report back....

Something about "paying your dues" or something like that...

Heck, maybe they've got a new batch of chemicals that will work better this time. It would be so nice if it worked.

Another consideration is how Tortis will react to the vast amount of different finishes, sealers, glues etc... Seems to me that the binding material we are using now has been been proven to be tried and true even though you do have to pay the darn HazMat fees. Don't want to rain on the parade either but just some other things to think about.

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tim...
http://www.mcknightguitars.com

The hazmat fee is not the problem. It is the color. I was looking for a wider range of choices.

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Brock Poling
Columbus, Ohio
http://www.polingguitars.com