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Not guitars but surf boards but there's a lot of things here that ring true for the "guitar" debate. Check this out.

Do you think they are quatersawn or flatsawn Zootboards a go go

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[QUOTE]It is a challenge just to paddle the boards through the breaking
surf in a straight line.[/QUOTE]

I wonder what it's like when you lose it and, the board flies off without
you, and the leash grabs your ankle? God, that must hurt!

Cool article thought. Thanks for posting it!

There are guys making "art" surf boards that will never be set in the water. Screw that. I don't want to make guitars that are never played.

[QUOTE=Rick Turner] There are guys making "art" surf boards that will never be set in the water. Screw that. I don't want to make guitars that are never played.[/QUOTE]

I can certainly understand that. But, there are a lot of builders who sell to collectors who put them in cases. Those folks often pay vast sums of money for these instruments. From my perspective, at least right now, I could live with that...

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"I want to know what kind of pickups Vince Gill uses in his Tele, because if I had those, as good of a player as I am, I'm sure I could make it sound like that.
Only badly."

I once had a customer buy a guitar, who throughout the process never really sounded like he knew what he was talking about. It wasn't until he called me after receiving it with a few questions about setup etc. that he told me he didn't play but just collected guitars. I'd have to say a sale is a sale, but it does feel weird to know a guitar I built will only ever look pretty and nothing else.

[QUOTE=James Orr]I wonder what it's like when you lose it and, the board flies off without you, and the leash grabs your ankle? God, that must hurt![/QUOTE]

I'd be more worried about the board hitting someone else in that situation. I once copped a 10ft mal to the side of the head that saw me lose most hearing in that ear for a good few weeks (along with the most excruciating pain I've ever felt). Somehow I think that you'd be losing a lot more than that if this board hit you.

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