Greetings from South Carolina

[gtrboy77]

Hi everyone, I am an amateur luthier in the U.S. and I’m new to this site. I’ve built a couple ukuleles and three acoustic guitars and I am getting ready to start on my first archtop. I’ve been a member of both GAL and ASIA here in the States and I read their magazines from cover to cover when I get them in the mail. I’ve also read a little bit here and there of both Ervin Somogyi’s books and Trevor Gore’s books. A lot of the material in both of those book sets are kind of “out there” for me, but there is also a lot that I can understand. I love making my own tooling and fixtures and I hope that I can both learn some new things from the people on here, as well as pass along some ideas that I’ve learned along the way. I guess that I should also add that I’ve worked in manufacturing for almost 30 years. I was trained as a machinist, but have also worked in welding, brazing, heat treat, and now work in quality assurance. I’ve also been a hobby woodworker for about as long. Anyway, sorry for rambling on.

[kiwigeo]

Welcome to the ANZLF mate..look forward to some photos of some of your builds.

[gtrboy77]

Thanks. Here is a link to a YouTube video that I made a couple years ago about an acoustic guitar that I built for my brother as a gift for helping take care of our dad during the last year he was alive:

https://youtu.be/mOX2sBimCyk