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Dooks - help me find some people to play banjo with?

I'm now on Claudia de Sabe's wait list. Whoop.

I've been thinking about it again as well. I don't recover very quickly anymore though.

^ Would.

Treehouse building cartel wannabe signing on here.

Yeah Saturdays are rubbish for me nowadays. Sundays are doable in general but can't make tomorrow.

Totally. Those are just the visible ones. We don't talk about the ones on the inside of the neck-pocket or pickup cavities etc.

Also, that chest is fucking beautiful. Pics of the inside?

I had to fill a router tear in my first guitar's neck pocket and a random gouge on the edge of the fretboard of the last one I did. I'm aiming to not have to fill anything on the next one.

:brofist:

Oh wait - are we back to Sundays? Can't tomorrow but will in future.

Score!

Ach. looks like a bitch.

Last night I found a nice piece of wavy figure in the cherry I'm using as a back on my guitar. Horrible to plane/scrape smooth but should look nice when finished.

I looked at some in SENY a few months back. Lovely denim but I didn't try any on as they didn't have any in my size. Quality looked good.

To clarify, are you both referring to the MH x Edwins?

No. Sorry. Don't have those.

I have a pair. They're not bad IMHO. I like the cut. Slightly higher rise than my Iron Hearts. Not bad denim.

Good to hear. Should get to chat to some at least then.

Good plan. Thanks, mate.

Incidentally, Iron Heart note on care for raw denims:

Raw Denim

Always soak before wearing, not only does this shrink the raw denim to tag size, it also beds in the constructional stitching, lessening the possibility of a stitching problem (e.g. crotch blowout). Ideally soak for an hour or so in a bathtub or large sink of hot water and drip dry. If you cannot drip dry, soak up the excess water with an old towel and lie flat on a clothes rack to dry.

^^ He said 'raw' which implies unsanforized to me.

If you didn't soak them then you still have the 'raw' shrinkage to get rid of then. I haven't got any Albams so I'm not sure how much shrinkage to expect from their raw denim tbh but somewhere around 2-3% is normal.

I would hand-wash them. Our washing machine has a "hand wash" cycle that is what I use for my denim.

Yeah that's the tricky bit. Are many artists at the convention hanging around and happy to chat? Short of booking a consultation with everybody on my list, I'm not sure how else to get to figure this out.

So...you do want them to shrink a bit right? Did you soak them originally?

I'm going for the first time. I have a short-list of artists for a sleeve project that I want to check out mainly.

Workshop photos please. Including full frontal of the tools please. Ta. :)

Over the past year I've been slowly acquiring tools and hiding them in a box under me bed. Only just started a short carpentry/joinery course a few weeks ago and I'm itching to use them now. Veritas and Pax this, Ashley Iles and Narex that. I looked at it all last night and felt a bit giddy.

Current workshop is just a table in the backyard so not very exciting. Will take pics of the proper one when it's built.

Yes but one of the few tools tools is LOADSOFCLAMPS. You know you've got into luthiery when you get clamp envy.

Oh, god yes. Reminds me, I really need some proper sash cramps. My current ones are shit.

Good plan. I've not had much luck finding good, second-hand tools. You actually need surprisingly few tools for luthiery. Of course, there's lots of 'nice-to-haves' though.