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I always find these kind of fun and think I might have a stumper here. For a hint I'll say that he builds in Milwaukee, WI. Nice stuff.





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Woo-hoo! That's gorgeous! No idea who...Don Williams38579.8071064815

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Roger Siminoff.?

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That would be my first guess... Josh Paine, maybe?

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Looks like it could be a John monteleone except he's from New York. Very Nice, I give.

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Nope, nope and nope. I'll dangle the carrot a bit longer. Who wants a bite?


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rauen? I'm just throwing out a wild guess. I don't have a clue who it is...

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Here's another hint. Any guesses?



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Sadowsky!

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Lance, at the risk of making you look foolish, how the heck did you get Sadowsky from the initials JW?
To answer your question, no it's not Sadowsky.
Keep working.


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john watkins!


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Mr. Wren wins the grand prize. (Which Lance will announce later)
John is a very talented builder who's fit and finish are as good as ANY that I've seen. For more info check out www.watkinsguitars.com.


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Okay, I'm inviting him to the OLF. Wow.


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He's like a one man guitar factory huh.

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Indeed! Very impressive operation!

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Wow. Thanks, guys. Being mistaken for those famous builders made my day!   

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Very nice guitar John and very nice shop too.

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JOhn,

Good stuff man. I p[oked around your site... wish I had your CNC
capabilites... wanna program and make me some necks :)

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Thanks, John.

"...wanna program and make me some necks..."

In a word....no.   

I'm jammed with stuff to finish up. In addition to these seventeen shredders, I have a batch of six OMs, some custom inlay to finish up, and my golf game is beginning to suffer from neglect.



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Jeez, John, you have time for golf too?! Just wondering, are you running a one-person shop, or do you have employees/apprentices?


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Golf is like heroine; if you're hooked, you make time.   

It's just me. I had a helper/apprentice for about 6 months, but he gave up. It's just as well, my shop really isn't big enough for more than one person.

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[QUOTE=John Watkins] It's just me. I had a helper/apprentice for about 6 months, but he gave up. It's just as well, my shop really isn't big enough for more than one person. [/QUOTE]

Yeah, it's full of guitars!!! Whew!


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