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Everyone who builds acoustic guitars is familiar with Wayne Handerson I imagine. And most everyone is familiar with his music festival that is held each year in June. Well the grand prize for the flat picking contest they hold there is a Henderson guitar. There are tons of competitors from around the country who participate with the hopes of winning a Henderson. This year, the winner of the contest, Ben Cockman from Sherrills Fork North Carolina, won the contest playing a guitar he had won as the grand prize in another contest a few weeks earlier. The first guitar Ben won was built by Craig Southern, a friend of mine from another forum and a really great guy, at the Robin Kessinger Festival. He went on to win the contest at Wayne-Fest just a couple of weeks ago.
Craig is a real nice guy, a member here who joined recently but has yet to post, and makes a really nice guitar. He has made a bit of a name for himself as a local builder and I wanted to congratulate him on building a truly award winning guitar!
I just wanted to give a shout out to a good guy who deserves a little recognition for a job well done. Here is a pic of the guitar that won the Henderson contest:


I know it's tiny, but I stole it from a thread. Here is a link to that thread for anyone who wants to see more:
http://www.luthierforum.com/index.php?/topic/11747-craig-southern-guitar-given-as-first-prize-in-wv-flatpicking-contest/page__fromsearch__1

The soundboard is of course Lutz Spruce.
Congrats Craig!

Tony

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I met Craig at the festival, and heard Ben's set. Super nice guy look forward to seeing him next year. Lots of builders and custom guitars at Waynefest.

Glad you showed this Tony.

I just checked out the video. Pretty neat.

Proud of you Craig. Good going.

Steve

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Very cool Craig, I'm looking forward to seeing more of your work.

Thanks for posting it Tony

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