What holds the Holy of the Holies, what did Brahma become? Wood. Why will aspen always tremble? For the nails driven into the cross. What makes the color of wood? The soil it tastes. Cradle, fiddle, coffin, bed: wood is a column of earth made ambitious by light, and made of beauty by the rain. Kim R. Stafford, Having Everything Right , 1986. Rive , verb, to split Shake , noun, a split in a piece wood. (Heart shake, ring shake) Shake , verb, (Middle English), to split. I know I should have been in the studio working on my back log of guitars, but the day was so nice and warm with a tall blue canopy, I couldn't stay inside. I decided that I needed to make a proper froe mallet. This style of mallet is traditional to northeastern California , primarily Tehama (where I'm from), Butte, Shasta and Plumas counties where making shingles by hand from sugar pines was an industry. I don't know if it was used in any other region along the Pacific Rim, other parts of the United S
Very nice. I live in Portland and listen to KINK every day, great radio station. I have also been following your blog as I just joined the GAL and am interested in building guitars using only hand tools. Nice site, I might be emailing you for some tips along the way :)
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Thanks for visiting my blog, Gary! After you've done it a few times, making a guitar by hand is pretty easy and very quiet. Did you find my blog through the Guild of American Luthiers website?
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