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Topic: Black Walnut and Birdseye 8 String Build |
Tom Pettingill
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California, USA (deceased)
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 24 Mar 2008 11:27 am |
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| You're really starting to piss me off, Tom. I want every one of these beauties you've produced! |
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Mark White
From:
Michigan, USA
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Posted 24 Mar 2008 11:44 am
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Now THAT's purdy 
I see you're doing 8 strings now Tom, I may have to start saving my dough  |
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John Dahms
From:
Perkasie, Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 24 Mar 2008 1:01 pm
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Now that's nice. G.A.S. attack comming on.
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Chris Drew
From:
Bristol, UK
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Posted 24 Mar 2008 3:38 pm
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Your creations are beyond beautiful...  |
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Tom Pettingill
From:
California, USA (deceased)
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Papa Joe Pollick
From:
Swanton, Ohio
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Posted 24 Mar 2008 3:41 pm
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Steinar Gregertsen
From:
Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.
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Posted 24 Mar 2008 4:16 pm
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Beautiful work!
Steinar
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Jason Dumont
From:
Bristol, Connecticut, USA
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Posted 24 Mar 2008 4:33 pm
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| I love the figured walnut. Well done!! |
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Todd Clinesmith
From:
Lone Rock Free State Oregon
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Posted 24 Mar 2008 5:22 pm
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Very Very Nice Tom.
Great design as well
Todd |
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Gary Stevenson
From:
Northern New York,USA
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Posted 24 Mar 2008 5:59 pm
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| Once again another beauty Tom! |
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Russ Cudney
From:
Sonoma, California, USA
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Posted 24 Mar 2008 7:30 pm
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nice. daddy likey the bridge cover....  |
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 24 Mar 2008 9:20 pm
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| Wonderful looking instrument |
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 24 Mar 2008 9:34 pm
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That's a super nice guitar. I like the way the peg-head arrangement has the strings coming straight out from the nut, very smooth. Great job Tom.
The fret markers you have on the treble side actually make more sense, visually, than in the center of the fret board, in the usual way. |
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Jude Reinhardt
From:
Weaverville, NC
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Posted 24 Mar 2008 11:26 pm
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If only. The dots were lined up with the strings and the frets extended the same distance past the strings from the first fret to the last. Another beautiful wall hanger. Old eyes 
Jude
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 25 Mar 2008 1:17 am
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Yeah man !  |
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Roman Sonnleitner
From:
Vienna, Austria
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Posted 25 Mar 2008 1:34 am
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WOW, nice!
How does that Lollar Console Grand pickup sound, eg. compared to a P90? |
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Sonny Jenkins
From:
Texas Masonic Retirement Center,,,Arlington Tx
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Posted 25 Mar 2008 5:13 am
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| BEAUTIFUL Tom,,!!!,,that's the most beautiful walnut I've ever seen. Is that a tru-oil / wax finish?? |
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Richard Cooper
From:
Eads,TN,USA
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Posted 25 Mar 2008 6:50 am
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| WOW! work of art |
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Tom Pettingill
From:
California, USA (deceased)
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Posted 25 Mar 2008 7:02 am
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Thanks again all, it was a labor of love
Roman ... its a nice sounding pickup. The coil is short and fat similar to a P90, but with Fender'ish magnets / slugs.
The tone is full, clear, and sweet. I'd say the clip on Jasons site is very representative of how it sounds in person.
Sonny ... it is a Tru Oil finish, no wax though.
I lost track of how many coats are on it, it takes some effort to get the walnut filled.
Here is another misc pic.
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Last edited by Tom Pettingill on 2 Apr 2008 12:29 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 25 Mar 2008 7:18 am
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Great job, Tom! I hope whoever owns it will post some audio examples of how it sounds.
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Fred Kinbom
From:
Berlin, Germany, via Stockholm, Sweden.
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Carroll Hale
From:
EastTexas, USA
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Posted 25 Mar 2008 8:55 am beeeeeeeeeeuuuuuuuuuuutee fulllllllllllllllllllllll
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absolutely a beautiful piece of work.....as a woodworker and a "sometime lapsteel" player....I can truly appreciate your crafting ability...
would love to see some plans and tips on how and what equipment you used for this one....
again...congrats on a fine piece of woodwork and a fine instrument.......I hope before I die, I can make just ONE....SIMPLE.....lapsteel.....
ch
in deep east texas.....
got lots of pretty hardwoods here in my area to make a guitar with...just DO IT>.... |
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Tom Pettingill
From:
California, USA (deceased)
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Tom Pettingill
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