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Author:  Chris Cordle [ Wed Apr 26, 2006 2:28 pm ]
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Hi all,

My name is Christopher Cordle, a singer/songwriter from W. Michigan
and a lover of guitars. I recently had the pleasure of spending many a
Saturday with Robert Sayers building an OM with dred depth. It features a
redwood top and EIR back & sides and bacote binding.
I have the bug pretty bad in wanting to learn more about building.
Robert let me bend my sides and I also cut, glued, shaped and braced the
back braces and center back brace. This fall we're planning on building
another pair of redwoods but this time with some highly figured claro
walnut I picked up. I look forward to my education.
I'll be stopping in here periodically as time allows.
Great site and thanks to Bruce Dickey for leading me here.
Here's a few pics of the OMD.


LanceK38834.3228587963
Author:  A Peebels [ Wed Apr 26, 2006 2:35 pm ]
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I hope you enjoy this forum there is much to be learned here by tapping the experience and goodwill of the members. We all share info and experiences, and have become good freinds. Welcome.

Al
Author:  Chris Cordle [ Wed Apr 26, 2006 2:38 pm ]
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Thanks for the friendly greeting Al,

Not quite sure what happened to my pictures? I suppose I will have to see
what I may have done wrong. I used the upload site and made sure they
were under 150kb so I'm just not sure.
Author:  Cocephus [ Wed Apr 26, 2006 3:45 pm ]
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Welcome,Chris.
You`ll like it here.
Author:  CarltonM [ Wed Apr 26, 2006 3:56 pm ]
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Howdy, Chris! Caught you first on the MGL sub-forum--check it out. Hope you can get those OMD photos posted, 'cause it's a pretty nice guitar! Any chance of getting Mr. Sayers to join us? I'll bet he could add to the fun here!
Author:  Serge Poirier [ Wed Apr 26, 2006 3:57 pm ]
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Welcome aboard Chris, you'll have fun here believe me and answers to all your questions!

Serge

Edit: Sorry, must have been really tired last night. That guitar just looks great Chris! WTGSerge Poirier38834.7301388889
Author:  Bruce Dickey [ Thu Apr 27, 2006 12:21 am ]
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Hi Chris, glad you made it. I see you got "Mr. Fish" to load. That is a gorgeous guitar. I think you'll be amazed at some of the great guitars the builders here on the OLF will show from time to time. Have you a link to an mp3 of your playing, so folks here on the OLF can sample your music? Just wondering.
Author:  Robbie O'Brien [ Thu Apr 27, 2006 12:30 am ]
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That is a beautiful guitar!
Author:  CarltonM [ Thu Apr 27, 2006 7:14 am ]
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[QUOTE=Bruce Dickey] Have you a link to an mp3 of your playing, so folks here on the OLF can sample your music? [/QUOTE]
Bruce...Chris has lots of samples on his web site (link above). Good songs!
Author:  Rod True [ Thu Apr 27, 2006 7:19 am ]
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That is stunning. Looks like a waterfall.

Welcome here Chris.
Author:  Chris Cordle [ Thu Apr 27, 2006 7:38 am ]
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Carlton,

Somehow the pics ended up magically appearing!
I would love to get Robert to join but I can't even get him to get a
computer and I doubt he'll ever change.
I see you're from Muskegon. I'm just across the pond from you in North
Muskegon.
Author:  Chris Cordle [ Thu Apr 27, 2006 7:42 am ]
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[QUOTE=Bruce Dickey] Hi Chris, glad you made it. I see you got "Mr.
Fish" to load. That is a gorgeous guitar. I think you'll be amazed at some
of the great guitars the builders here on the OLF will show from time to
time. Have you a link to an mp3 of your playing, so folks here on the OLF
can sample your music? Just wondering.[/QUOTE]

Hi Bruce,

Thanks again for leading me over here. I'm sure I'll learn a bunch.
Or as Robert says, "dispel the myths"
I'm not sure how the pics magically appeared.

As for mp3's of my music, any member who wishes can click on either of
the links below and hear my music. The cd baby site has my latest
recording with mp3 2 minute samples. On my sight all three cd's are in
streaming real audio. The file size has been kept small so even those with
dial-up can listen. The audio suffers that way but it gives you a pretty
good idea of what my music is all about.
Author:  Chris Cordle [ Thu Apr 27, 2006 7:44 am ]
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[QUOTE=Rod True] That is stunning. Looks like a waterfall.

Welcome here Chris.[/QUOTE]

Thanks Rod, I affectionately call the guitar "Redfish" ... looks like a fish
skeleton to me
Author:  Rod True [ Thu Apr 27, 2006 8:51 am ]
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Ah, I see it. Redfish it is indeed.

Poor fishy. I love fish. Yum Yum.
Author:  Dave Anderson [ Thu Apr 27, 2006 9:04 am ]
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Hi Chris and welcome here.That sure is a beautiful redwood top.
Author:  CarltonM [ Thu Apr 27, 2006 9:18 am ]
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[QUOTE=uncleshish] Carlton,
I see you're from Muskegon. I'm just across the pond from you in North
Muskegon.[/QUOTE]
Chris,

Yep, we met, briefly (see the MGL Fourm). So, your username must be courtesy of a niece/nephew?

BTW, It looks like your pictures were added through the magic of our esteemed leader, Lance.
Author:  Chris Cordle [ Thu Apr 27, 2006 12:17 pm ]
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[QUOTE=CarltonM] Yep, we met, briefly (see the MGL Fourm). So, your
username must be courtesy of a niece/nephew?

BTW, It looks like your pictures were added through the magic of our
esteemed leader, Lance. [/QUOTE]

Carlton,

I remember now! The memory isn't what it used to be.
Thanks for the compliments on my music over on the MGL.

Actually my username was donned on me by my cousin Joshua (who also
played that night). There was an old Cheech & Chong film where he's
talking about his cousin Strawberry. I started calling Josh that years ago
and it stuck. (Even my three year old son calls him Uncle Strawberry).
In return he started calling me Uncle Shish.
Author:  CarltonM [ Thu Apr 27, 2006 2:32 pm ]
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[QUOTE=uncleshish] Actually my username was donned on me by my cousin Joshua (who also
played that night).[/QUOTE]
Ha! Just when you think you've got it all figured out...

Chris' cousin actually had the nerve to attempt a cover of Ernie Ford's "16 Tons" the night I saw them--and he nailed it! He sang it in Ernie's low vocal range and did the master proud! Cousin Strawberry--country legend!
Author:  Mark Swanson [ Fri Apr 28, 2006 12:20 pm ]
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That indeed looks like a cool guitar. I wonder if that redwood came from me- Robert re-sawed some tops for me, and I gave him a couple for doing that....it was a few years back, too. I've known ol' Robert for some time...a very interesting individual!
I'm looking forward to playing this one sometime soon.
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