Official Luthiers Forum!

........and if I were driving I'd take a few others with me, but reality sets in.

First of all, though, I'd like to introduce myself and to say 'thank you' for all the nice comments, made on this forum, about my music and playing! That 'Usage Statistics Page' of mine really does work:-)

Okay..........I do realize that this is a luthier's forum, but I'm about to post my tour schedule here. Please don't hesitate to scold me if I'm out of line, okay? Part of my tour does involve a performance at Mike Doolin's home, so at least THAT is pertinent, right:-)

Thank you for your indulgence.

Regards,
Howard
http://www.howardemerson.com/

Herewith..........The Schedule

Howard Emerson West Coast Tour Schedule
Saturday April 29 in Lynnwood, WA (Seattle area) Howard will be doing an all-day event at Kennelly Keys / Roy’s Place Recital Hall located at 4918 196th St SW, Lynnwood, WA 98036. He’ll be doing private lessons, a clinic and a performance. There are/were 5 lesson slots ($40/hour), a ‘Dropped D’ clinic from 4:30-6:00PM ($30, limited to 10 students) and finally a performance at 7:30PM. Tickets for the performance are $12.00 in advance or $15.00 the day of the show. Important note: Please contact Ray Boyce at 425-775-9751, or raymond.boyce3@verizon.net regarding lesson time slots and clinic availability!!!!

Sunday May 7 in Portland, OR. I’ll be doing a house concert at 3:00PM in the home of Mike Doolin of Doolin Guitars! Ticket’s are $15.00 and for directions, etc, please send email to emerson@DoolinGuitars.com or contact Mike at (503)236-2424 or web site http://www.DoolinGuitars.com

Wednesday May 10 in El Dorado Hills, CA (near Sacramento) I’ll be doing a house concert hosted by Patrick McNamara. Tickets are $15.00. For directions, time and reservations please call (916)397-7959 or email pgmcnamara55@hotmail.com

Friday May 12 at 8:00 P.M. in Santa Cruz, CA House concert hosted by David Hilyard. Please call or email for reservations and directions, 831-458-9532, or david@davidhilyard.com or dhilyard@sbcglobal.net   Tickets are $15.00 at the door but reservations are required and the seating is limited.

Saturday May 13 at 12:30-2:30 PM in Palo Alto, CA at Gryphon Stringed Instruments. I’ll be doing a teaching clinic limited to 10 people. For details please go to http://www.gryphonstrings.com/lessons_rentals/workshops.html and scroll down.

Saturday May 13 at 7:30 in Fremont, CA House concert hosted by Matt Hayden. Please email Matt at meh1963@gmail.com . More details to follow.

Sunday May 14 at 7:00 P.M. in San Luis Obispo @ La Lomita Ranch
All details can be found the www.surveyor.com/concerts/
Contact Howard Gordon at hgordon@surveyor.com or call (805) 704 4426

Friday May 19 in Encinitas, CA house concert hosted by Mike Duffy. This show is sold out, but if you’re local, and feelin’ lucky, you can call or email to ask about possible cancellations. Mike’s email is mcduff2@sbcglobal.net and his phone is 760-944-0486.

Sunday May 21 in Mesa, AZ at 5:00 P.M. I’ll be doing concert hosted by Roger Hightower. Please contact Roger at rwhigh@cox.net for reservations (480) 838-1215 Price: $15.00 per person, cash only, and pay at door. Location: Grande Room, La Casita Recreation Center on the Dobson Ranch, 2719 S. Reyes, Mesa, AZ.
Doors open at 4:30, concert begins at 5:00

WOW! Welcome to the OLF Howard what a surprise to see that my favorite guitar player is now a member of this great community, Man, we are spoiled rotten here!

I hope i can have the priviledge to see you perform in person one day, your talent is really amazing and inspiring!

Best regards from Canada

Serge

Hi Serge,
I'm very flattered.......but I have to say you obviously have very discerning taste....Thank you!

Perhaps I'll do something in Canada at some point. I do have a few fans there, and one of them in particular, Bob Evans, plays my stuff on his radio program, '6 Strings and A Million Possibilities'.

He's up in Regina, Saskatchewan.

Bob Evans, for those who don't know about him, was the 1st Place winner of the 2003 Winfield Fingerpicking Competition!

I'm very honored to have my first CD, 'Crossing Crystal Lake', listed as Bob's overall favorite fingerstyle CD!

Check out Bob's music, radio program and site at:
http://www.acoustictonic.com/

Where are you located, Serge?

Thanks again!

Howard
http://www.howardemerson.com/

I live 5 minutes from Ottawa Ontario Howard, i stumbled upon your website and had a listen to your music and was really impressed, if you come down here on tour, i will sure get me a ticket!

Howard, i forgot to mention, i will order me that CD of yours with my favorite piece"And why not" among others, i have that melody in my head all the time, i wish i knew how to play it like you!

Serge

PS Thanks for the radio link!Serge Poirier38825.3245949074

Met you at CF Martin a few years ago when you played there. Love the CD's
john hall

Hi Howard and welcome to the OLF!
Have a wonderful tour!

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Hey Howard, I just PM'd you, we worked together for a year or two at Sam Ash, glad to see you are doing so well,
Evan

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Hi Lance, Hi John, Hi Serge,
Thanks for the warm welcome, guys!

John, I guess you're also a member of UMGF as well if you saw me perform at the park in Nazareth, yes?

I should mention a little bit about the guitar I'm touring with.

David Flammang built this for me almost a year ago to a list of specs I sent him. Basically it's an L-00 shape made shallower than a Martin 00-18, done in curly maple and red spruce, standard scale (what you guys call 'short scale', large frets, non-scalloped bracing, rosewood board and bridge, 1 & 13/16" nut, 2 & 3/8" bridge spacing, and a neck shaped, via template and specs I sent, from my 1927 Gibson L-5.

He pretty much gave me everything I asked for and I've been very pleased with the results. I can play almost any of my compositions on it and be, generally speaking, quite satisfied with what I hear, including my bottleneck stuff.

It has more punch than sustain, which is what I asked for.

Upon first trying some of his instruments at a concert held for his benefit (after a shop fire back in CT), I immediately liked what I heard and felt.

I knew right away that here was a guy who kept an eye on tradition while still maintaining his own sense of style and 'aural' sensibilities.

I was actually given one of his guitars by a good friend of mine, and although I would never have ordered this particular instrument (an EL Majestic in mahogany and spruce) with a black finish and low profile neck, the guitar records wonderfully and I used it quite a bit on my newer CD, A Tale To Tell.

Very frankly, one of my 'strong suits' is that I like different sounding guitars, and I'll do whatever it takes to find out what any guitar 'has to say for itself', and vary my technique towards that end.

Anyways I'm prattling now, so I'll stop..........

At some point I'll tell you a bit about my long term friendship with a guy who you probably are familiar with. I taught him Dobro, back around 1972, in trade for making a new neck for a Guild F-50R I use to own.

His name is John Monteleone.

Best regards,
Howard

Welcome, Howard. Nice to see you here. Hope you can comment from time to time with comments regarding tone and playability at the very least.

Any plans for a Midwest swing of your tour?

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

Hi JJ,
This past fall I did a house concert in Chicago, but I do have a pretty sizable fan base in the midwest so it's something to consider.

Thanks for the suggestion, and I'll definitely post my thoughts on tone and such.......I do have an opinion:-]

Best,
Howard

How about a pic of that L-00, I fell in love with that body shape after playing a Collings C-10 a few years back. Welcome Howard.

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Hi Bruce,
Heres' some amaturish shots I took with overhead lighting:http://pak05.pictures.aol.com/NASApp/ygp/Login

Sorry it's the only place we've used to post pictures. I'll have to find another site that doesn't ask for login, I guess.

Regards,
Howard

Welcome Howard. I just went onto your site and listen to your music for the first time. You now have a new fan. Thanks for stopping by.

Howard, You just found it. See the little tree in the posting area? Use the one with the green arrow and it will upload it here. Good luck. We all would enjoy seeing your Flaming L-00!   

I am totally ignorant of Flammang or Howard, sorry. Tell us about the guitar and the maker. TIA.

Note about uploads: Resize your pics to under 150KB to load, but they load faster if around 35KB. Some of us are still in the dark ages of dialup. Also, some of us still use planes and chisels......



If you get past that little green tree, hit ok and you got it licked.Bruce Dickey38825.5567361111

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Howard, I just checked out your websit as well. Wow!
If you are ever down around Okla on tour I would love to come and hear you perform.

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Dave Rector
Rector Guitars

Hi Howard, I look forward to seeing you in El Dorado Hills and will have at least one of my guitars present for you to play. I'm trying to get my little Stella Repro done in time.

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Greetings Howard and welcome to the OLF, love your music.

Mike
White Oak, Texas

Welcome Howard, great to see you.
Another really good musician and friend of mine, Brooks Williams, plays a Flammang guitar too and he loves it.
But I built his Octave Mandolin! <G>

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Mark Swanson
Swanson Guitars
http://www.MarkSwansonMusic.com

Hi Hesh,
Thanks so much for the CD order! As I mentioned in the email last night, it'll ship this morning........

Evidently a lot of people read this forum according to my 'Usage Indicator'........

Take care,
Howard

Hi Roy,
Glad to hear you like what you're hearing:-)

I guess you must have a pretty good supply of Koa where you are? That has alway been a favorite wood of mine when done well, especially as a top wood.

I find it sounding basically like mahogany topped instruments with something a little more interesting to look at!

Thanks again!

Howard