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 Post subject: Another Newbie Here
PostPosted: Fri Oct 31, 2014 6:03 pm 
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Walnut
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Joined: Fri Oct 31, 2014 5:14 pm
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First name: Daniel
Last Name: Carey
City: Warwick
State: RI
Zip/Postal Code: 02888-2020
Country: USA
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur
Howdy all,

My real name is Dan, friends call me Geezer (cuz I'm sort of old fashioned).

I've been doing repairs and modifications to friends guitars during the past few years and am looking into a repair/maintenence job during my retirement.
I won't take on really big projects...I know my current limitations. I'll soon be building a guitar from a kit, only because I don't yet have all the tools that I'll need.
each smaller job contributes toward future tooling purchases.
I have done a lot of furniture projects, bith old & new, and recently completed a fiddle kit with a few modifications...most notably a bolt on neck!
Here's a link to the build process: http://s49.photobucket.com/user/dcarey69/story/11539

I'll keep my mouth shut and my ears open for a while!

Geezer (Dan)


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 Post subject: Re: Another Newbie Here
PostPosted: Sat Nov 01, 2014 7:34 am 
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Brazilian Rosewood
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Joined: Mon Dec 27, 2010 9:06 pm
Posts: 2739
Location: Magnolia DE
First name: Brian
Last Name: Howard
City: Magnolia
State: Delaware
Zip/Postal Code: 19962
Country: United States
Focus: Repair
Status: Professional
Welcome to the forum.

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You never know what you are capable of until you actually try.

https://www.howardguitarsdelaware.com/


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 Post subject: Re: Another Newbie Here
PostPosted: Sat Nov 01, 2014 12:23 pm 
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Brazilian Rosewood
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Joined: Thu Nov 04, 2010 1:46 pm
Posts: 2124
First name: Freeman
Last Name: Keller
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur
Another welcome from another old guy, Dan. And judging from your fiddle build, you will have no trouble with your guitar. Very impressive.


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 Post subject: Re: Another Newbie Here
PostPosted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 2:48 pm 
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Cocobolo
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Joined: Sat Aug 09, 2014 7:47 pm
Posts: 138
First name: David
Last Name: Ferraro
City: Franklin
State: Pennsylvania
Zip/Postal Code: 16323
Country: USA
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur
Welcome! I'm new to guitar building myself, also making the jump from violins. I've found this forum incredibly helpful, and had the pleasure of meeting a couple folks from here at the Woodstock Luthier fest. You'll find that guitar bracing a little more complicated that violins! But guitars seem to be much more forgiving (and even inviting) for those wanting to deviate from conventional norms. Don't get me wrong, I love the tradition of violins, but did I get the hairy eyeball when even suggesting doing something slightly different! ;-)


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