Invitation to visit
- Stephen Kinnaird
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Invitation to visit
I realize that Au/NZ is a l-o-n-g way from Texas, but I'd still like you guys to visit. Well, my site, that is. It's new, and we're hoping to get some feedback from the pros.
Take a look, and share your thoughts.
http://www.stephenkinnaird.com
Thanks M8's!
Steve
Take a look, and share your thoughts.
http://www.stephenkinnaird.com
Thanks M8's!
Steve
There are some great woods, down under!
- sebastiaan56
- Blackwood
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Steve, excellent site for your great guitars. I found it easy to navigate and clear to understand.
Two points; I'd have liked to have a few sound clips for each model, but you know me and soundclips. Second, I know it's charitable to post information about other builders, but I'm not sure that it's appropriate on a commercial website to point people to competitors. OK, John's site is fair enough, but I find it unusual to have others listed.
Colin
Two points; I'd have liked to have a few sound clips for each model, but you know me and soundclips. Second, I know it's charitable to post information about other builders, but I'm not sure that it's appropriate on a commercial website to point people to competitors. OK, John's site is fair enough, but I find it unusual to have others listed.
Colin
Much better to have a link to my weblog....once people have had a few minutes viewing my awful creations theyll be flocking back to Steves website.Colin S wrote: Second, I know it's charitable to post information about other builders, but I'm not sure that it's appropriate on a commercial website to point people to competitors.
- Stephen Kinnaird
- Blackwood
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Hey fellas, many thanks for the multiple thumbs up.
Colin, what can I say? I'm an unusual guy...
Actually, I did think about that very point long and hard. There is a banjo maker on there, with whom I am not in competition. Two of the four guitar builders build different instruments than do I, another's prices are three times mine, and then there is my brother. (HE is my most serious competition! But he's gotta stay.)
But even if there is competition, I included those blokes in the spirit of camaraderie and mutual respect, . Truth be told, I had chosen several others, but my web designers were starting to balk at the length of the links page! I know, sheesh, what a tyro.
Glad you're finding that it works smoothly, and thanks again.
Steve
Colin, what can I say? I'm an unusual guy...
Actually, I did think about that very point long and hard. There is a banjo maker on there, with whom I am not in competition. Two of the four guitar builders build different instruments than do I, another's prices are three times mine, and then there is my brother. (HE is my most serious competition! But he's gotta stay.)
But even if there is competition, I included those blokes in the spirit of camaraderie and mutual respect, . Truth be told, I had chosen several others, but my web designers were starting to balk at the length of the links page! I know, sheesh, what a tyro.
Glad you're finding that it works smoothly, and thanks again.
Steve
There are some great woods, down under!
Great site Steve. A handy resource for me.
I'm building a guitar for a mate - not a commission as I'm doing it for free. He's been a good mate ever since he moved in down the street from me when we were 8 years old. I'm sending him a link to your site to pick his binding/rosette schemes. It's a great one stop shop for that sort of thing, and saves me having to find pix to send him. So thanks!
Got another mate (best man at my wedding) who now lives in somewhere named San Antonio, Texas. At least I think that's it. I'll be visiting him in a couple months. You anywhere near there? You've invited me for a visit now, so fess up. I can pick up the pig while I'm there.
I'm building a guitar for a mate - not a commission as I'm doing it for free. He's been a good mate ever since he moved in down the street from me when we were 8 years old. I'm sending him a link to your site to pick his binding/rosette schemes. It's a great one stop shop for that sort of thing, and saves me having to find pix to send him. So thanks!
Got another mate (best man at my wedding) who now lives in somewhere named San Antonio, Texas. At least I think that's it. I'll be visiting him in a couple months. You anywhere near there? You've invited me for a visit now, so fess up. I can pick up the pig while I'm there.
- Stephen Kinnaird
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Paul, we'd love to have you stop by.
Trouble is, Texas ain't small.
San Antonio is, IIRC, about 4 1/2 - 5 hours away.
While you're there, your mate must take you to the riverwalk.
And you'll only be an hour, or so, from Collings Guitars.
So much to do....
Anyway, let me know if East Texas fits into your plans.
Steve
Trouble is, Texas ain't small.
San Antonio is, IIRC, about 4 1/2 - 5 hours away.
While you're there, your mate must take you to the riverwalk.
And you'll only be an hour, or so, from Collings Guitars.
So much to do....
Anyway, let me know if East Texas fits into your plans.
Steve
There are some great woods, down under!
- Graham W
- Kauri
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Invitation to visit
Hi Stephen
Very nice site and beautiful looking guitars - I'd love to have the opportunity to play one sometime! Having built my own website, I do appreciate the amount of thought and effort that goes into this creation. What is really important, and I should take my own advice here, is that you keep things updated - but I'm sure you know that already.
I like the way you've layed out your prices page - it's good for a client to know exactly how much they're going to have to pay; and your link page is great too.
Anyway, congratulations! It's quite a milestone getting your site up and running smoothly. I'm sure your business will benefit through having this asset.
Warm regards from Christchurch, New Zealand.
Graham
Very nice site and beautiful looking guitars - I'd love to have the opportunity to play one sometime! Having built my own website, I do appreciate the amount of thought and effort that goes into this creation. What is really important, and I should take my own advice here, is that you keep things updated - but I'm sure you know that already.
I like the way you've layed out your prices page - it's good for a client to know exactly how much they're going to have to pay; and your link page is great too.
Anyway, congratulations! It's quite a milestone getting your site up and running smoothly. I'm sure your business will benefit through having this asset.
Warm regards from Christchurch, New Zealand.
Graham
Re: Invitation to visit
Doesnt sound like its too warm in Christchurch at present. I see they were forecasting snow the other day.Graham W wrote:
Warm regards from Christchurch, New Zealand.
Graham
Cheers Martin
Steve, I like your site. Understated elegance. Its warm and inviting. Lori has done a wonderful job.
The only comment I have to offer may not be relevant. It could just be my monitor, but the picture of the SJ that is on your home page as well as on the Models page comes across as faceted on the left side. I don't know if its the lighting when it was photographed, or a result of cropping it or it just my monitor, but I kept being drawn to the left side of the guitar because it looked off to me. I'm looking at in on a relatively small monitor with Firefox if that makes any difference.
The only comment I have to offer may not be relevant. It could just be my monitor, but the picture of the SJ that is on your home page as well as on the Models page comes across as faceted on the left side. I don't know if its the lighting when it was photographed, or a result of cropping it or it just my monitor, but I kept being drawn to the left side of the guitar because it looked off to me. I'm looking at in on a relatively small monitor with Firefox if that makes any difference.
That sounds like the Christchurch I left back in the mid eighties. I remember the late night bike rides home from Canterbury.....decked out in gloves, jacket and a scarf...and a disposable paper mask to filter out the smog. The mask would usually be black by the time I got home....Graham W wrote:I should've said "Warm regards from a !%*^#ing freezing Christchurch, NZ"!
Graham W
Not much warmer here in Adelaide....it got down to zero here in the hills last night and the vege patch has a healthy frost on it.
Cheers Martin
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