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Trader Jim
Posted 2007-12-13 5:40 PM (#70557)
Subject: Trader Jim, Luthier...


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Now taking orders for this once in a lifetime opportunity to own a limited production cardboard fiber guitar. Nutwidth: 2 3/8" Scale length: 18" Presently taking orders...
Before you rush out and send me a check, relax, it's just my kid's school project. :D
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lanaki
Posted 2007-12-13 5:41 PM (#70558 - in reply to #70557)
Subject: Re: Trader Jim, Luthier...


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is this the model you farmed out to china? and, it's either a tenor guitar or an ukulele.
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Koenig Kurt
Posted 2007-12-13 5:50 PM (#70559 - in reply to #70557)
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Very clever to take the carboard box of a drum set. Must be very percussive...

Kurt
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numbfingers
Posted 2007-12-13 5:53 PM (#70560 - in reply to #70557)
Subject: Re: Trader Jim, Luthier...


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Can I get one with a set neck instead of the screw-on? Does it come with cardboard-fiber case?

-Steve W.
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colt357
Posted 2007-12-13 5:57 PM (#70561 - in reply to #70557)
Subject: Re: Trader Jim, Luthier...


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I like the headstock! Very progressive. Jurys still out on the wood nut, though.

Edit: Are those flat wound strings?
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lanaki
Posted 2007-12-13 6:19 PM (#70562 - in reply to #70557)
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hmmm...could be a shortscale fretless bass?
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Trader Jim
Posted 2007-12-13 6:20 PM (#70563 - in reply to #70557)
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I was going to go with Elixirs, but the flat wound were much cheape....er... sounded better. Hard to keep in tune tho..
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lanaki
Posted 2007-12-13 6:23 PM (#70564 - in reply to #70557)
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weather must be harsh in florida. it already has a crack running right down the middle and the top is lifting. cancel my order, please.
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colt357
Posted 2007-12-13 6:31 PM (#70565 - in reply to #70557)
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Randy, things are not always as they seam :) . That is the new fold open top, designed so you can change the bracings more easily and thus you can voice the instrument to your own specific tastes. Very innovative! The wave of the future and thanks to Jim, we get to see it here first!
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Andrea
Posted 2007-12-13 6:42 PM (#70566 - in reply to #70557)
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Just dont play it near any naked flames
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lanaki
Posted 2007-12-13 6:46 PM (#70567 - in reply to #70557)
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jim,
reinstate my order, please. and put colt357 in charge of your customer relations dept.
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colt357
Posted 2007-12-13 7:08 PM (#70568 - in reply to #70557)
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Originally posted by Andrea:
Just dont play it near any naked flames
Or play it naked near any flames! :)
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Beggin
Posted 2007-12-13 7:10 PM (#70569 - in reply to #70557)
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Jimbo, leave tha FD14 @ home next week and bring this one when ya come ta visit.

MP3's to follow upon arrival!

BTW: NICE JOB PAUL!!!!! :D :cool: :D :cool: :D :cool: :cool:
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Beggin
Posted 2007-12-13 7:11 PM (#70570 - in reply to #70557)
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Sorry, I meant :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:
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colt357
Posted 2007-12-13 7:17 PM (#70571 - in reply to #70557)
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Originally posted by Andrea:
Just dont play it near any naked flames [/QUO

Unless perhaps you're into FLAMEnco music! :)
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Beal
Posted 2007-12-13 7:18 PM (#70572 - in reply to #70557)
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There's nothing wrong with the crack in the top, there's enough tape holding it....
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Trader Jim
Posted 2007-12-13 7:19 PM (#70573 - in reply to #70557)
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Colt, nice positive spin! You are in charge of customer relations as of now. We will have to change your name tho... How about, lets see,....John Keller? Now, about your pay... how about .01% of the profits after the initial tooling is paid for?
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Mark in Boise
Posted 2007-12-13 7:25 PM (#70574 - in reply to #70557)
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It would be pretty cool if it was really your kid's school project, but I suspect, like many kid's school projects, Dad did most of it while kid played video games.
Can't wait to see the paint job. The paint cans in the background look like they're ready. Be careful with that lacquer thinner.
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Trader Jim
Posted 2007-12-13 7:34 PM (#70575 - in reply to #70557)
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Actually he did help a little on this one, but you're right, while I was doing most of the assembly, he was out playing football with the neighborhood kids. :rolleyes:
I think I'm going to leave it in the "4" finish. Natural, to show the beauty of the cardboard grain.
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MusicMishka
Posted 2007-12-13 7:35 PM (#70576 - in reply to #70557)
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Better Quality than many Gibsons...lol

Very Nice! ;)

BTW: has Roland approved this?
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Beggin
Posted 2007-12-13 7:36 PM (#70577 - in reply to #70557)
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I came to Jim's and Paul's defense and as soon as I posted I read that Jim admitted his involvement....Viva young men and football! :o
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Trader Jim
Posted 2007-12-13 7:47 PM (#70578 - in reply to #70557)
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Originally posted by MusicMike:


BTW: has Roland approved this?
I think they have been bought out by Fender.
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Capo Guy
Posted 2007-12-13 7:50 PM (#70579 - in reply to #70557)
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Jim,

Make them in Tennessee and call them the "Tennesse Flattop Box".

If you continue to market them as made in Florida it only a "Florida FlatTuned Box".

I take one in a textured flat black please. :D
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Mark in Boise
Posted 2007-12-13 7:51 PM (#70580 - in reply to #70557)
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At least he was outside playing a sport instead of inside playing a video game. Give him some of the lacquer thinner and take it to school and set fire to it. He can say it's a Hendrix model.
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Trader Jim
Posted 2007-12-13 8:09 PM (#70581 - in reply to #70557)
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Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
At least he was outside playing a sport instead of inside playing a video game. Give him some of the lacquer thinner and take it to school and set fire to it. He can say it's a Hendrix model.
:D Yeah, I remember those days.... ;)
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