I'll add another reference for Randy Woods. Great luthier. Great guy. The first time I went into his shop for some fretwork, he seemed genuinely pleased to meet me and proceeded to show me through his whole shop!
When I needed to set up a Kay cello I had bought for my then-girlfriend, now wife, he positively fawned over it for over 20 minutes, getting his nose right down to the f-hole. When he stood up, he looked at me and wrote down the numbers from the label. "Find out what you can about this one" he said. "It's an old one."
Turns out it was built in 1938 and was one of the first 100 instruments ever made by Kay.
About two weeks later, I got an excited call from his shop. They had asked a cellist from the now-defunct Savannah Symphony to road test it, and I could hear it being played in the background.
Like I said, nice guy. and you won't find a better luthier.
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Well, it looks like one of those desiderata days.....
MY OVATIONS
Spruce: Patriot #76, 1768-7LTD, 1122, 6774, 1779 USA, 1657-Adi
Redwood: 2001-X, 1537-X, 1713-X, FD14-X, Dan Savage 5743-X
Koa: 2078LXF, 1768-X, 1997-X
12-string: 1755, 1615-X Walnut
Exotic tops: 1768-XWF (Bubinga), 1987-M (Mahogany), Adamas 1681-X (Q. Maple)
Others: MM-68-7LTD Mandolin, MM-868-X Mandocello
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