I really admire a lot of what you guys have done!
CB - That's really nice work.
All you guitar builders, that's great stuff. The closest I came to that was one of my many unfinished projects of long ago. I started a violin, but never got past the fancy scroll and ribs/corner blocks. I started on the back and messed up early - never to return. I appreciate the craftmanship and art that goes into a fine instrument. Keep it up!
Randy: You are welcome; all praise there is well deserved.
Tom N.: As usual, I'm impressed with the things you've accomplished. I hope you've been able to continue your music; playing in groups or solo, especially for appreciative audiences, is just one of the most rewarding things for me. On the "Breezy", I envy your welding skills! I remember Birmingham policeman and EAA club member Charlie Shivvers slope soaring his "Breezy" above a banked turn at Talladega, during one of the first NASCAR races run there, the year Marty Robbins placed high and asked NASCAR to tear down his illegal engine ('just wanted to see what I could do with the power those other guys have'). 'bet the FAA doesn't allow those hijinks anymore! Charlie would hold it there with throttle control for minutes at a time. He had it at Oshkosh several times. One of my incomplete projects involved the KR-1 I was building in a front room in Birmingham. When it got to looking like an airplane, I discovered, as many do, that I was much less than half finished with it. When I moved back up here into a Lake cottage I restored/winterized, I had to sell the project to a couple fellows from Akron, before winter set in. We often got Lake Erie spray frozen to the back porch windows.
Phil: Ditto on your Banjo playing. Good banjo players don't have to look too hard for work, do they?
It's pretty impressive how many CL folks are accomplished musicians. Floyd hasn't said much, but I guess he's pretty good on the violin too. I wish I had the ability and equipment to do such beautiful car restorations too - always had to farm out my racing work.There certainly is an abundance of talent on this forum.
Oh, yeah,...and Bill Werwage also put a 7th string on his acoustic guitar.
Edit: How could I forget Dennis' post. That's a fantastic achievement. Writing 30 plays of merit would be a graet achievement, but getting so many actually produced is just phenominal! I am very impressed by that standard. I read the brochure.
A couple of my unfinished projects - long abandoned - are shown below. With a little more fortitude, I might have posted some different interests earlier.
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