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Originally Posted by jt1
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This is my guitar. I bought it when he posted it here in the forum for Memphis.
It was the beginning of a beautiful relationship. It is now accompanied by a MD Braz under Addy. That guitar was five years in the making, largely due to my life circumstances going though some tough times. These are the only two acoustics I own.
I only learned of Tom’s passing today from Tim McKnight. I am still stunned and processing his passing.
I was concerned when he didn’t reply to my text, which is never more than the next day. It was more than a builder-client relationship or at least to me it seems so; perhaps that was just Tom’s way.
Forgetting about the huge loss to the luthierie community, I feel for his family. He was so full of energy and enthusiasm; for everything.
The Memphis guitar is with its original owner (me) and I’m still amazed that he got such an amazingly large sound from such a small guitar AND ….he did it with maple and then painted it black - perfect! This is the guitar that was briefly on consignment at Sound Pure during my divorce - I got it back before it sold.
The MD is a cannon of bells. And something spelled similarly. It too will make music for as long as I have anything to say.