Official Luthiers Forum!

To all that made it to the Open House, THANK YOU and Brenda and I want you to know how much we enjoyed the day. The General seemed to have a fan club of his own. Now I must thank some people.
To the people that helped , Ralf Gotoweski , Mike Wendt , Pete Fornarucci, Jim and Cindi Hall , Dean Reinbold , John Lewis , Thanks , It was a big help . There were many that jumped in when they showed up , Sandy Rickert , You were a big help to Brenda and we wanted to say a special thanks , The General liked you too.
To the presenters: Michael Dickinson , Dale Bartholomew , John Kitchen , Brian Howard , Thanks for sharing your information and talent. It was a great time for us to see so many of the guitars made by members of this forum and our customers . Todd Stock and his tribe were a lot of fun as always. It was good to see so many people sharing what they have learned.
Again Brenda and I thank you for coming.
Please if I missed anyone , it is an oversight from being overwhelmed
Lastly Lance Kragenbrink for letting us post this info on the OLF.
Thanks again
John & Brenda

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John Hall
blues creek guitars
Authorized CF Martin Repair
Co President of ASIA
You Don't know what you don't know until you know it

A great time thanks to Brenda and John. It was nice to meet some folks I only know from their online presence. Informative presentations, great food and some very fine guitars and players. Its wonderful seeing makers share their creations and having a chance to play them and hearing others play and comment on our builds. Very nice to see some women involved as well. Tim Noble

Hi Guys, It was great seeing old friends and new! For those that missed The Martin Tour it was a great, off the regular tour, adventure through the Factory and the wood Dept.
All images are low rez 125 DPI. If you want prints at a nominal cost or need Higher resolution images for Publication or other uses contact me (John Kitchen/iSimon Photography at;
ibisimon@hotmail.com

The Low rez images are stored on Photobucket. After you click the link you can choose Slide show. Grab a coffee, there's 357 images so far!
The images start with the Tour of Martin and then Blues Creek, then a few more Martin / Nazareth Photo from another camera at the end. Enjoy!

http://s112.photobucket.com/albums/n163 ... za%202012/

John,

Thanks for taking all of those pictures, I've already forgotten some of the things I saw.

Maybe Martin would like to buy some of those pictures for their own marketing. Maybe they would want to work out some sort of trade with you...

Kevin Looker

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I'm not a luthier.
I'm just a guy who builds guitars in his basement.
It's better than playing golf.

Thanks! The Martin Lobby, Museum and Workshop are one big photo op! So beautiful and well designed.
I have been working on Dick Boak for work years! Maybe some day.

I will work for Money or Guitars!

I had a great time at the open house and I really enjoyed meeting all of you.
Beautiful work by everyone, very inspiring.

Thank you John and Brenda for your kindness and generosity.

SA