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Chris Pile
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Tedium is part of the job, Conor. It's why we get the big bucks.

I went through a couple of apprentices who thought it was going to be all fun and games working on guitars, and found out it involved a lot of elbow action smoothing out wood, frets, or finishes. Only two ever completed my course, and one of them had to make a couple runs at it before he settled down and realized it was actual work.

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Chris Pile wrote:
Tedium is part of the job, Conor. It's why we get the big bucks. …


That’s for sure!

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It's no different than getting paid to play music live. You are delighted to be onstage and entertaining the masses. You'd almost do it for free. I always told them the price of admission was paying me back for all those years learning fingerings, scales, exercises, and rehearsing.

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I just realized I never buttoned this thread up. I got the guitar finished, and it turned out really good. The customer was so happy playing the guitar for the first time. Lots of smiles!
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Good on ya, Conor!

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Nice, it’s good to get ‘‘em done and out the door!

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