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Old 11-02-2019, 06:41 PM
JonWint JonWint is offline
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Originally Posted by Rudy4 View Post
Part of the push to do it was because someone sold me two large stacks of Sitka tops and mahogany backs REALLY cheap that are somewhere around 30 years old from a maker who passed away many years ago. Somebody's gotta use 'em!
I got into the hobby recently. Too bad, Dick Boak said he sold hundreds of "rejected" Brazilian RW b/s sets for $5 or $10 each in the early 1980's out of the Woodworkers Dream (precursor to the GMC). Old man Martin wanted only straight-grain wood in his guitars.
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