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July | 2012 | Pat Megowan Stringed Instruments
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Pat Megowan Stringed Instruments. Custom ukuleles and guitars built to delight your senses. Where’s the woodworking? July 14, 2012. October 15, 2014. The long absence of woodworking content is raising suspicions that this blog is just a cover for pretty hiking pictures, but not so–at least not entirely. In the interest of retaining credibility, I offer these:. Legs for a cherry writing desk, with about $1500 worth of ebony socks (based on the time they took):. Don’t other folks wear shavings too? Colin F...
rollinstruments.com
Roll Instruments: Violin #1 - Blocks
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Follow my journey as I learn to make fine hand-crafted violins, violas and cellos. I will cover everything I do from building my workspace, making tools and fixtures, through to making the instruments and finishing them with traditional varnish. Tuesday, 16 September 2014. Violin #1 - Blocks. I have finally started work on Violin #1. In this post, I am covering the blocks and attaching them to the mould, and shaping the first curves for the centre bouts. So, let the mistakes roll on. :). The neck and tai...
skipperstrings.com
Links to Skipper Custom Instruments suppliers and friends
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Links to Other Sites. This is not a comprehensive list of suppliers, but merely the ones I normally do business with on a regular basis; all are reputable and provide good quality and customer service. In the pages of these catalogs are not only a vast array of products, but a wealth of information that will help you in designing your custom Skipper instrument. Allen Guitars and Luthier Supplies. Backs and sides, Allen cast tailpieces, general luthier supplies. James Cast tailpieces, celluloid products.
petercoombe.com
Mandolins by Peter Coombe - Links
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Here are some links to my suppliers, colleagues and other interesting links. Lowell Lavinger (Banana) is a dealer in vintage instruments who has sold some of my mandolins on consignment for me in the U.S.A. whenever I have one available. Unfortunately the cost of transport, as well as the paperwork and costs associated with the USA Lacey act has ended this for the time being. Excellent sounding pickups for acoustic instruments. I use their feather pickup in my guitars. Doug Eaton and Dale Jacobson. Bruce...
girouardmandolins.com
Workshop
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Our new shop In Pawtucket Rhode Island. Thanks to Friends and Suppliers for Girouard Mandolins:. Concord Community Music School.
redlineresophonics.com
Links | Red Line Resophonics
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Http:/ resonatorworld.weebly.com. Big Joe’s Guitarworks. Buffalo Bros. Guitars. Old World Tonewood Co.
tomistrings.com
Tomi Strings Links
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Helpful Websites for Musicians and Builders. Ron Diefenbacher Diefenbacher Tools http:/ www.diefenbacher.com/. John Preston Carpathian Spruce http:/ www.oldworldtonewood.com/. Official Luthiers Forum http:/ luthiersforum.com/. Ukulele Underground http:/ ukuleleunderground.com. Jon Simpson Simpson Guitars http:/ www.jsimpsonguitars.com/. Delcamp Classical Guitar Forum http:/ www.classicalguitardelcamp.com. Guild of American Luthiers http:/ www.luth.org/. Ukuleles by Kawika http:/ www.ukuleles.com/.
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Pat Megowan: July 2012
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Stories from the shop and beyond. Wait, there's a beyond? Saturday, July 14, 2012. The long absence of woodworking content is raising suspicions that this blog is just a cover for pretty hiking pictures, but not so- at least not entirely. In the interest of retaining credibility, I offer these:. Legs for a cherry writing desk, with about $1500 worth of ebony socks (based on the time they took):. Nothing else about the desk is flat, so neither are these. Drawer bottoms are cedar of Lebanon, such fragrance.