W/NW: Guitars

[Freakscene]

i have partially missing index playing finger tip (kid accident), but learned on the heavys;
you know what's up seems like. had to teach the pinky lefty to finally join in on high E, while got away with it earlier. lol

Yeah, you work through it. Sometimes these challenges teach additional touch and patience.

 

[Wenge]

Yeah, you work through it. Sometimes these challenges teach additional touch and patience.

yes and seeing 30ish Dead shows '79-95 and studying Bob Weir & Jerry's side-jams helped to learn improv on guitar, and later keyboards.
never brought a camera to any Dead show.

 

[fub]

crappy angle

 

[38Deardorff]

2019 Bagnasco & Casati ('36 style) D-18 & 1936 Martin D18

 

[38Deardorff]

Zachary Lucky & his 1952 Martin D18

 

[38Deardorff]

Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms (& 1940s Martin 00-17) Rolleiflex Ilford FP4+

 

[38Deardorff]

Late night jam @ Wenatchee River Bluegrass Festival, w Richard Bennett (JD Crowe New South), Michael Kilby, Norm Olsen (North Country), Suzanne Adkins (Midnight 45)

 

[38Deardorff]

1936 Martin D-18

 

[38Deardorff]

I said I would tell my Bill Collings story here:
In 1975 I set up a guitar shop in my brother's living room in Beaumont, TX. I was searching around for local guitar builders and connected with Bill, who was living in Houston, working at a big machine shop and building his guitars in a two bedroom apartment, the 2nd bedroom being his shop. I visited him a lot after that, he was very encouraging to me because I was actually building, not just talking about it. There were others in Houston we would visit together and compare work. He moved into a big house in the Montrose, along with a Dulcimer builder. The downstairs rooms were woodshops, living was upstairs.
He built Lyle Lovett's first guitar there, bought a 911S, and proceeded to blow the engine shortly thereafter, driving crazy, which was Bill's way. He & I were both unmarried and were free to go to the clubs and hear the guitar guys, it was all "progressive country" at that time.

Bill always talked about how to build more and more guitars at a time by machine methods, while I wanted to build by hand with as few machines as possible. That is the reason we never "partnered up". I visited Bill when he built first large shop in Dripping Springs, he tried to entice me to join him there, but it was not to be. I think he was doing 25 guitars a month at that time, and was beginning to travel a lot, hand picking his wood stocks.
When I think about Bill, and early days, I remember his dual nature, when he was working he demanded perfection of himself and others, when he was not working, he was carefree, funny, and almost a risk taker. He always encouraged me to develop each step of the guitar building process and how to effect the sound and playability of the finished guitar.

Great story. I got to meet & spend time w Bill over a ten yr period. A genius and a man with a great sense of humour

 

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2019 Bagnasco & Casati ('36 style) D-18 & 1936 Martin D18
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holy grail D18
is it yours?

 

[38Deardorff]

holy grail D18
is it yours?

I owned it for 10 years and when prices exploded it got to be too valuable to play out, & too good to sit under the bed, so i sold it. It's replacement is a 1945 D18 (it's value has subsequently 3x.....)

 

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I owned it for 10 years and when prices exploded it got to be too valuable to play out, & too good to sit under the bed, so i sold it. It's replacement is a 1945 D18 (it's value has subsequently 3x.....)

wow congrats. that are some lucky guitar decisions

 

[Wenge]

50/2 Lanthar, f/4, M10-M.