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Well I got back from cali at midnight last night. I was supposed to get
back at 4:00 but just as I was landing in salt lake all of the sudden the
plane takes back off into the sky and we find out that President bush
closed down the whole airport so that he could take off. So a quick trip
to idaho and then back I missed my flight by an hour and ended up
having to wait 7 hours for the next flight to OKC. Anyway I'm glad to b
home.

Some highlights for me....

Meeting Paul Woolson. What a great guy (who SOO looks younger than he
is...maybe it is the earrings) Lots of fun to be around, and he makes kick
butt guitars to boot! Steve Miller was at the show and he really liked
Pauls guitars! And I was amazed at how big of a difference the side ports
made.

Paul Davis and family were also awesome. Very generous with their time
and money. They let me stay at their house on sunday night cause it was
a lot easier trip for me than t drive back to san Francisco in rush hour.
We got lost in San Francisco airport, and Michelle, pauls wife, was going
nuts trying to find us all the while I just kept strumming my uke and
having a good time.

I got to be jealous at Tim McKnight cause he was selling too many
guitars. Although while he was gone I played a couple of them and they
were loud, and big sounding guitars. Good stuff.

Had a rep from martin come over play my guitars and ukes and really like
em. Got to meet Jay Hostetler from stew mac, and try to schmooze my
videos on him.

Had fred carslon play my guitars and really like em (as I drooled at his
wonderful creations all weekend.

Got to talk with Kevin Ryan for a while and he picked on my stuff and was
also complimentary.

Finally meet rick turner in person. that dude is a bonified star man! And
he looks the part. Nice guy, and had some really awesome guitars.

Was right next door to Ervin somoygi (really loud guitars) and grit laskin
(amazing inlay) and right across from fred carlson (so imaginative!), so I
was in kinda overshadowed by some legends, but I got to meet a ton of
people and play lots of guitars!

Pictures to come...

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John Mayes
http://www.mayesluthier.com

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John Mayes
http://www.mayesluthier.com

John Mayes got Bush-whacked on the way back from Healdsburg! What a Riot! Congrats on making the trip and thanks for the report. Will watch for pics.

Dangit Mayes!!! take that stupid picture of me outta there or I'll tell some story's about you

And never let it be said that Michelle and I are not giving people, we don't talk about it much but there was a time that we lived on food stamps and waited to get government cheese (it's goooooood stuff too). But we have worked hard over the last 20 years and feel like we should share what God has so richly blessed us with. We would have done it for any of the family here on the OLF..

I'm waiting for Woolson to show up, I figure either he got lost on the way, or got in trouble when he got home and is grounded

-Paul-

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-Paul-

Patriot Guitars

John, well it quit loading with eleven red X's on the bottom. The other fifteen are great, thanks for sharing.

Hey John! Excellent photos! Thanks. I was wondering if Fred Carlson was still building his uber-unusual instruments, and you provided the visual answer. I really like his use of photos and text in his display. Who did the nylon-string archtop? Looks interesting. Anybody know anything about Perry and Perry Guitars? Some interesting design there.

Actually, John, I'm sorry to increase your work load, but could you ID the builders in the photos?

From top to bottom:

Perry

McKnight

Worland

Mayes

Fred Carlson

Fred Carlson again

can't remember..makes mandos and bosuki's...

Pierre Lamour

C. Fox

Bashkin

Can't Remember

Lewis

Paul Woolson

Ribbekke

Grazanio

Somoygi

Laskin

Laskin

Laskin (couldn't get enough of his inlay)

Caldwell

Greven

Spirt Guitars

Paragon

Paul Norman (forbidden fruit guitars)



I think that is them all....

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John Mayes
http://www.mayesluthier.com

Hey all! I'm alive. (sort of) Very long trip as well. Not Bush wacked but logistically just a long 14 hour trip. My brain is fried and my feet are killing me.
Believe it or not, I did not take a single picture. NOT ONE! But I'll tell of my memories.
I'll start things off at my booth. .....Well, that's all.
Sort of an onging joke that nobody stopped by except to ask what kind of wood "That" was. Speaking of Bob C's sapele. I politely answered the question and they said "hmmm, pretty" and moved along.
All of the guys here from the OLF are great, wonderful and neato guys (Mayes and Davis excluded of course). If I got nothing else from the show, I met some great new friends face to face.
Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE there made fabulous guitars. I don't have a clue how a buyer would even begin to choose what to buy. they must have had a pretty good idea before they came in.
Mayes was being quite humble as I'm pretty sure he's the overall winner of the trip. It all happened in the last few hours so not many people know about it. But Tim, we're still not speaking to you.

Hey Woolson:

Naanaa naanaa Boo Boo .... But I AM speaking to you!

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tim...
http://www.mcknightguitars.com

Thanks for the ID's, John!

Hey John,
Many thanks for the fine photos. Almost like being there....

Steve

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From Nacogdoches...the oldest town in Texas.

http://www.stephenkinnaird.com

Everybody.. QUICK... hide!!!! Tim McKnight's wife just came in.

     I try not to invade Tim's fun area but I did want to come in here to thank each one of you personally. I admit, I had an awesome time at the festival. Without the friendliness of each of you, I would have been drowning in a mind boggling sea of guitars.

     Jason, you can forget my name anytime. It's OK. After all, I am not the maker of the guitars and I am certainly not the maker of the wood. I'm "Just Mary." I'm the one who pushes McKnight guitars into the hands of unsuspecting seekers.

     When my McKnight husband came into the house to tell his McKnight wife that he put a hole in a McKnight guitar, I thought he was off his rocker. I looked for white coats to scurry in. I panicked. I hid the family treasures. I hid the children. I ran to my computer to ask a friend "What would make a man do such a thing?"

     be it right or wrong, a trend, eternal success story or 'joke,' it is my wifely duty to publically apologize to the man who bought a new drill one day and decided to put holes in every blasted thing he came into contact with. It ended up being ......... (oh, it is gonna kill me to say this......) I guess.............it was............................................... OK.

     So, to my Ohio hick(ory) partner, Tim, I humbly apologize. No matter what the rest of the world thinks of you, I will still be here doing life as a luthier's wife. (I love you and your holey guitars.)

     To each and everyone of you who we met in Santa Rosa, from the bottom of my heart I want to thank you. You are the most wonderful bunch of men on earth.       

Sincerely,
the lady who coordinates the woods on Tim's guitars.

Just Mary

PS. Before I go. Tim said if anything ever "happens" to him, I need to contact you guys to help me sort stuff out.

If he ever comes up missing from this site, ya'll need to contact me. Good grief...I may never find my way in here again!

Sheesh, She is writing me off and getting ready for a huge garage sale. Better get in line before I get cold

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tim...
http://www.mcknightguitars.com

I get the wood stash. He "owes" it to me.

Mary, it was great to get to know you even if it was just a little bit. Dinner next time, ok?

Hi Mary!

Thanks again for that shirt ;) I was joking when I said I'd wear it in the shop. Gonna have to go golfing to test it out.

Now that your a forum member I'll get it locked in my memory.

Oh BTW those sets will go out asap. Thanks for letting Tim buy them

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CVT Inc.
A tour of our shop (Somewhat outdated)
My Personal eBay profile. BCWoodBug

I came up and said hi, I even got a photo. It didn't register you were on the OLF so I didn't introduce myself.. I have a photo of you (and I think your wife) around here somewhere I'll have to find it.

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CVT Inc.
A tour of our shop (Somewhat outdated)
My Personal eBay profile. BCWoodBug

Bruce,

Just RIGHT click the "x" and select 'show picture'. You have to do this for every 'x' and may have to do it more than once.

Great pic's John. Thanks

Shane

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Canada

Those who are not talking to Tim should know that he is actually
suffering enough right now from having sold all those guitars. His seller's
remorse will be seen when he raises prices next week. But the horse is
already out of the barn.

Mary McKnight is clearly the brains behind this operation. And she makes
up in good looks for all that Tim lacks.Howard Klepper38588.1631365741

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Howard Klepper
http://www.klepperguitars.com

When all else fails, clean the shop.

[QUOTE=Howard Klepper] Mary McKnight is clearly the brains behind this operation. And she makes
up in good looks for all that Tim lacks.[/QUOTE]

Amen Howard!

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tim...
http://www.mcknightguitars.com

Uh, hey Mary, ya got a sister?

Yeah, but she's married

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tim...
http://www.mcknightguitars.com

[QUOTE=Tim McKnight] Yeah, but she's married [/QUOTE]

Figures. Fooey!

Hello folks,

Just got back to Australia from the US after Healdsberg, which was where
I found out about this forum. I was having a look around this afternoon
and noticed John's pics. I was the person with the mandolins and
bouzoukis that John took a very nice photo of and couldn't remember
who who made them!

Healdsberg is an amazing event from someone from the other side of the
Pacific, who never gets to see so many great instruments in one place and
gets to meet so many inspiring people at the same time.

Still recovering from the jet lag and remembering that yesterday
afternoon (which was 36 hours ago) I was leaving Frank Ford's shop in
Palo Alto and having the excitment of a rush hour on 101.

cheers

graham

Hello Graham! Welcome to the OLF!

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