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I just handed over my first invoice for my first commision!

Now all I have to do is build it!

Yee, Haaaaaa Graham

We're takin' over Boys .

Now we just need Danil M, Charlie and Jason to get one (and any other BC builders we have that I don't remember)Rod True38817.6089583333

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Congrats Graham!

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Way yo go Graham. Big round of applause for the BC Boys.

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Let's hear it for BC!

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Good feeling, congrats. Hang in there til it's done. Stretch those funds as far as you can. Luthier Wisdom.

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Yay for you!!!!!
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Right On Graham!!    !! It must that spring is comin'!! We can spray our finishes outside again!! Oh ya, and people can walk around without their rubber boots and rain coats on! The smells, the birds, music in the air and all that!

Shane

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Thanks guys. I'm excited!   

Congrats Graham. You guys ROCK!

I'm so excited, and i just can't hide it, i'm about to lose control and i think i like it!~

Congrats Graham and way to go BC BOYS!

LOVE IS IN THE AIR, EVERYWHERE I LOOK AROUND......

[QUOTE=Rod True]We're takin' over Boys .[/QUOTE]
Finally, upper American folks are realizing that there's more talent there than just Laskin, Manzer and DeJonge!

So, Graham, for what have you been commissioned? Jumbo, OM, D***dn****t, Parlor, Dining room table???

[QUOTE=CarltonM] Finally, upper American folks are realizing that there's more talent there than just Laskin, Manzer and DeJonge!
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Glup..... that's quite the list there Carlton.

There's also this small time builder in the Vancouver area, you may have heard of him..... Jean Larrivee.

There are a ton others here in BC, like Ted Thompson, John McQuarrie of Northwood guitars, Our own Robert Bustos of Paragon guitars, Michael Heiden (google this guy, he makes awsome mandolins), Jay Duncan, and I can't remember the rest although there are many more locals here in BC.

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"There's really no wrong way, as long as the results are what's desired." Charles Fox

"We have to constantly remind ourselves what we're doing....No Luthier is putting a man on the moon!" Harry Fleishman

"Generosity is always different in the eye of the person who didn't receive anything, but who wanted some." Waddy Thomson

Carlton,

I'm going to make a OLF SJ. The customer wants a red top so I'm going to show him my WRC(Highmountain tonewoods-H.M.T.) and my Redwood(Bluespirit tonewoods) tops and see which he prefers. The back and sides will be EI rosewood(Also H.M.T.)

I gave him an estimated finish date of Sept 1st. Which might be a bit difficult for me since the guitar I'm currently working on was started last summer! Oh well I was in the process of setting up my shop and I think I went a little to complicated with the details considering it is only my second. This one will have simpler trim since that's what really slowed me down on my current build. Oh that and all the mistakes and screw ups.

Did I say screw ups? I meant Expeirments for the furtherment of my Luthier skills. yeah that's it....

Congrats to all you westcoasters!   

BTW: You can add Michael Dunn to your list of BC builders.

Congrats to Graham and all the BC luthiers!

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[QUOTE=Rod True] There's also this small time builder in the Vancouver area, you may have heard of him..... Jean Larrivee. [/QUOTE]
Yeah, I didn't forget about him, I just figured that since he now has a factory in the U.S., he didn't count as a Canadian builder.

[QUOTE=Graham Steward] I'm going to make a OLF SJ. The customer wants a red top so I'm going to show him my WRC(Highmountain tonewoods-H.M.T.) and my Redwood(Bluespirit tonewoods) tops and see which he prefers. The back and sides will be EI rosewood(Also H.M.T.)[/QUOTE]
Sounds good, Graham. Good luck on your endeavor, and try to keep your mista...er...experiments to a minimum!

BC Rules!

What a minute, I'm from the lower 48. Can I say that?

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[QUOTE=CarltonM] [QUOTE=Rod True] There's also this small time builder in the Vancouver area, you may have heard of him..... Jean Larrivee. [/QUOTE]
Yeah, I didn't forget about him, I just figured that since he now has a factory in the U.S., he didn't count as a Canadian builder. [/QUOTE]

We're keeping him! He's all Canadian We've still got John Jr holding down the fort at Larrivee Vancouver.

You guys forgot Dave Iannone/Morgan Guitars, another BC guy going strong.

BTW Rod I turned down 3 paying commisions last year and I've got a couple builds traded for services when the time is available

I don't have much time for building right now, been pokin away on some electrics and building jigs but I can't get a space with any kind of stable enviroment
( you wouldn't believe what a pallet of wet wood does to a room ;) ).. New temp/humidity controlled workplace coming in the near (hopefully) future..

Soon it will be warm and dry for a few months.. er weeks (this is BC after all).. maybe I can get one done real quick

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More BC'ers...David Webber and his assistant do between 80 and 100 guitars a year in Vancouver (Marketed mostly in the US). John Parks in the Penticton area builds classicals and is participating in one of the GAL sessions. Peter Hopkins builds awesome archtops in Summerland. My buddy Steve Heizer has just retired from the day job and builds in Yellow Point on Vancouver Island, when ever he isn't shuffling kids to soccer and the lot! There are a LOT more around too, including Bob Laughlin who continues to experiment but makes incredible sounding guitars in Vancouver, and Larry Stamm builds guitars and mandos on the east side of the Rockies in McBride. I could go on, but I am sure we all could! The community of builders are fairly significant but still small enough that you can really get to know a good deal of them.

Yours in awe!

Shane

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BOB LAUGHLIN! I was trying to remember his name! I met him at Healdsburg, he had a mando with Dogwood back&sides.

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Yup Bob's a great guy! He is presently building a mando and a guitar out Lutz and some figured Birch I got for him. I think he will have them at Tacoma.

Shane

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BC rocks no doubt! I love it here and Im glad there is a pool of talent for me to draw from~!!!

Jason said "You guys forgot Dave Iannone/Morgan Guitars, another BC guy going strong."


   As I have said in other posts I just made the trade of a lifetime for a Morgan OM - I traded a bunch of computer recording equipment thats in the middle of a nosedive value-wise, so I feel I got the better deal.
I cant stop playing this guitar - its handcrafted Sitka/EI Rosewood , flame maple binding, SA mohogany neck, with ebony bridge and fretboard and headplate, tasteful M logo inlay, and abalone rosette. Nitro finish.
I have owned Gibsons, Martins, high end Taylors, a Northwood, and various other guitars, This guitar is hands down the nicest sounding and playing guitar I have ever owned.
David Ianonne is a masterful builder, and I cant say enough about his guitars,
   My last guitar was a Taylor 814ce Grand Concert, {expression system model}that cost nearly 2wice what this OM did and the Taylor only sounded half as good! If that.
Morgan's are on the rise in commercial circles and a very good value in the market!
3cheers to all BC boys and keep up the good work.
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