First Luthier Building Project

So I am saving up some dough so that I can afford to get the necessary items to start building a guitar. I’m looking forward to working with Sensei Todd to get started. I still need some more money before I can start that adventure.
In the mean time I want to practice, and test my wood working skills with a little project that should help me prepare for Sensei Todd. I’m pretty sure that project will be.....................................................A Mountain Dulcimer.




It looks like it would be fun to build, and fun to play. The materials are cheaper, and let be honest….Amy wants one. I really think it will help me improve my skills so I can really get going with the instrument building and repair. I am having fun with the little projects I have done so far, but I think I’m ready for the next step.
I still have some instruments that friends have given me to work on, and I will continue to work on those. Some of those require skill beyond what I am currently comfortable with. I’m hoping that building this dulcimer will help move me in the right direction.

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Dad Life (Father's Day Opening 2010)

HAHAHA I'm not sure I'm looking forward to this or not. Awesome video though. Thanks for sending it to me Spanky!

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Update

It’s been a while since I posted anything. Things have been really hectic. Some things are slowing down, and others are speeding up. They are all good things though, and I thought I would take a moment to share.

For those of you who do not know, I left my job at ABC and am now working at CGI as an Asset Analyst. I am starting my third week and I am enjoying it so far. The commute time is much shorter than before. Amy and I are carpooling together, and that makes the commute time even shorter because we get to take the HOV lane. I get home before the sun goes most days so far. Seeing the sun is a plus.

Because I get home at a reasonable hour, I feel like I have more time to get some work done around the house. I have not been able to do much of anything for a while. This past weekend we started prepping another room for paint and I hope to have it finished and start unpacking it this weekend. The next major task after this room will be the nursery. It started out as a guest room, but it has only had one guest in it. It’s mostly filled with boxes that need to be unpacked. Once it’s cleared out though it will be time to start turning it into the nursery. We have not picked out any nursery themes yet. It will have to be pretty generic since we do not know if we are having a girl or a boy.

The Twelve Days Project is going well. I won’t blab on about that now, but check out http://www.twelvedaysproject.org to see what’s going on. We are playing The State Theater on July 23^rd. Pre-sale tickets are available now at http://www.thedreamscapesproject.com/ so go ahead and get yours.

I have only been doing a little instrument repair. Right now I have an upright bass on the table. I’m lowering the bridge to make it a little bit easier to play. Right now the strings are too high.

Overall things are pretty good right now. Just busy! I’ll try to keep everyone in the loop better than I have recently.

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