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Mike OMelia
PostPosted: Fri Nov 06, 2015 10:03 am 
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https://www.facebook.com/mike.omelia/vi ... 8351419011

This was last night at the Von Braun Playhouse (Huntsville, AL), there should be no restrictions on seeing that FB clip
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Greg Maxwell
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Sounds great, Mike! What a wonderful night for you, I'm sure.

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Mike OMelia
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Well, at least the bridge did not pop off. I've never let a guitar out of my sight until its been strung at least a week.
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Alex Kleon
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Very nice, Mike! Sounds great. Can you post some closeup pictures as well?

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Hesh
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Congrats Mike she sounds fantastic!!!!


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Really nice Mike; thanks for sharing..


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Colin North
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That for letting us see that, sounds great Mike!

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J De Rocher
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Really great sound! It must be very satisfying to see one of your guitars being used like that. What kind of pickup did you put in the guitar?

I wonder how common it is for builders have that same fear of a bridge popping off a guitar they built during a performance. The guitars of a builder I know were featured in a demo session at one of the big guitar shows and he couldn't bear to be in the room for fear of seeing something like that go wrong. He builds great guitars though and of course the guitars performed just fine.

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DannyV
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Haha. Skid mark on the back.

Sounds lovely Mike. Congratulations!
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Wayne Brown
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Sounds great and looks great. Congrats!
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Mike OMelia
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Alex Kleon wrote:
Very nice, Mike! Sounds great. Can you post some closeup pictures as well?

Alex


I take pictures continuously and post them to FB for the owners. In my photo album section. If you can't see them, and want to, just friend me. I can't figure out how to "share" photo albums like those videos. I appreciate your interest.
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Sounds great Mike!

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Mark Fogleman
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Nice sounding guitar!
Who is the performer?
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