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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I spent two hours today with an 80 year old luthier/ Bluegrass muscian of regional renown. His name is Vern Bryant and he was recommended to me as a good Resophonic guitar man.
Turns out, he was a regular with Bill Monroe and played with many of the NC/VA/TN bluegrass legends. He still gigs regularly (fiddle player).
He was also a Martin guitar repairman going way-way back as well builder of Guitars, fiddles and mandolins. And he a a truly remarkable 1938- D28 replica which he made that sounded like no other guitar I have ever heard. Really amazing.
After he finished with the rez, we sat and plucked a couple of tunes. I got to hear him play that stellar guitar and sing like a bird and as much as anything else...
I was absolutely captivated by the tangible connection with history I was experiencing.
I might well take a guitar building class from him this fall/winter. $1500.00 seems like peanuts to experience that more often AND walk away with a guitar I built...
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Vern Bryant Mando 18
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Location: South of most, North of few | Sounds like a deal Jeff! That would be a very small investment for the experience and a new guitar to boot. Wish I could justify the time and effort to do that, but with a 9 year old, soccer takes president. |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by Trader Jim:
...soccer takes president. i wish the president would play soccer and quit his game of war. |
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Location: big island | yes, jeff. i envy your "very cool afternoon". you weren't wearing your bikini were you? |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Randy, thats a very sick thought...now maybe a grass skirt...... |
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Location: PDX | Originally posted by lanaki:
i wish the president would play soccer and quit his game of war. Unless you are looking for an internet scuffle, why would you bring this up on a guitar web site that discourages political discussion?
Just curious.
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Location: SoCal | Hey, Hey, if anybody's gonna give Randy a bad time for making a political statement it's gonna be me. Anybody else giving him a bad time has to answer to me first.
And I'm too tired this afternoon...... |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by gh1:
Originally posted by lanaki:
i wish the president would play soccer and quit his game of war. Unless you are looking for an internet scuffle, why would you bring this up on a guitar web site that discourages political discussion?
Just curious.
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Location: New South Wales, Australia | Great afternoon by the sounds of it Jeff. Sounds like the stuff dreams are made of. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | That sounds like the Deal of a Lifetime!
Luthier School... Learning to Build a custom guitar that you get to keep...
Fifteen Hundred Bucks.
Getting Wisdom from an 80 year-old Picker.
PRICELESS!! |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | Bad enough this board flaunts all kinds of unattainable guitars before me; now it's mandos, too. ;)
Glad you had a great day, Jeff; I wish I could get to hear the old gent make that beautiful mandolin sing. Do you know if there's any discs out there that he's on??
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | Very Nice Jeff! I went to college in the NC mountains and used to see Doc Watson and tha Boys play all of the time. It cemented my interest in Bluegrass. Nothing better than the 'Ol Timers!
History indeed....have fun at the class. |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | Nice, Jeff. Days like that you carry with you a long time. Very cool. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | ... Karen,
I don't know if he's on any recordings, if I find out that he is I will let you know.
(and of course I wore my thong... it's 'all the rage' these days in Old Time Music) |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Sign up for the class! NOW!
It will be a great experience.
Forget the thong, bikini, grass skirt and all that. Just wear the leather apron and run through the fields.....
Forget all the political BS until that bitch-on-a-broom from New Yawk gets elected. Then we'll all have to drive manure spreaders.
OK Miles, get the hoses out. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Did I mention that his class has a 'teacher-to-student' ratio of 1to1? |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
Did I mention that his class has a 'teacher-to-student' ratio of 1to1? Some students are more trouble than ten... |
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Location: NJ | ". . that bitch-on-a-broom from New Yawk . ."
c'mon, . . . Rudy deserves better'n that . . . |
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Location: Minden, Nebraska | Jeff, this could change your life. Go for it! |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Very cool Jeff.
We will demand that you start up a separate blog to give us day by day reports with pictures and sound bites.....
Along with tools and materials list. |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by cliff:
". . that bitch-on-a-broom from New Yawk . ."
c'mon, . . . Rudy deserves better'n that . . . You're right. We all deserve better than that. |
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Location: Vermont USA | moody posted "Hey, Hey, if anybody's gonna give Randy a bad time for making a political statement it's gonna be me. Anybody else giving him a bad time has to answer to me first.
And I'm too tired this afternoon"
Paul have some cookies and milk then take a nap.
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Location: Bluffton, SC | Originally posted by The Wabbit Formerly Known As Waskel:
Originally posted by cliff:
". . that bitch-on-a-broom from New Yawk . ."
c'mon, . . . Rudy deserves better'n that . . . You're right. We all deserve better than that. |
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Location: closely held secret | We could see if Dorothy's available to drop a house on her... |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | If not maybe send her out on a hunt with Dick. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Meanwhile......back at the topic.... :eek:
Do we, or do we not DEMAND that Jeff give us second-hand luthier lesson/reports when he goes to do this?
(is demand the right word? maybe there's an appropriate New Jersey innuendo word that works better....I don't speak the language) |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Actually, it would be pretty easy for me to create a blog to post and track progress. |
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Location: NJ | ". . maybe there's an appropriate New Jersey innuendo word that works better . ."
"Favor". |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | "There will come a time......." |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Yes, we do want daily reports, pictures at 11:00. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I'm thinking about starting in October. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Good, it'll give me time to finish the tipi, rock polishing, and cd shelf: clean up the workbench: and install a computer so I can follow along.
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Very Cool Afternoon....