The (heavy) drinker, I should think.
Where to buy inlay used on f-612 & others. Moust p 109
- Thread starter Darryl Hattenhauer
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hansmoust
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Chazmo said:
Hello Chazmo,
Looks like you missed my reply! Go back to the first page!
Sincerely,
Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl
Hi Hans,
Nope, I saw it. Excellent stuff, Hans! It's cool that you have the catalog page there! One of these days I'll have to come to Holland just to roam through Guitarchives!
I guess I have to remember that in the mid-to-late '60s, Guild was not the big juggernaut that I think of from the Westerly years. As you noted with my '67 F-50R, the Guild guys did not create the laminate that went into the back and sides -- that came from a furniture manufacturer. And, as for these fingerboard inlays, it shouldn't surprise me that they bought them from the outside, just like any builder can buy from Stew-Mac today. As capquest put it to me, when he went to the Hoboken facility to look at the F-50Rs, his impression was that this was a shop, not a factory.
In any case, it should surely make Darryl feel a little better about ordering the inlays from somewhere rather than getting them from a Guild parts bin somewhere since they weren't home built to begin with.
Nope, I saw it. Excellent stuff, Hans! It's cool that you have the catalog page there! One of these days I'll have to come to Holland just to roam through Guitarchives!
I guess I have to remember that in the mid-to-late '60s, Guild was not the big juggernaut that I think of from the Westerly years. As you noted with my '67 F-50R, the Guild guys did not create the laminate that went into the back and sides -- that came from a furniture manufacturer. And, as for these fingerboard inlays, it shouldn't surprise me that they bought them from the outside, just like any builder can buy from Stew-Mac today. As capquest put it to me, when he went to the Hoboken facility to look at the F-50Rs, his impression was that this was a shop, not a factory.
In any case, it should surely make Darryl feel a little better about ordering the inlays from somewhere rather than getting them from a Guild parts bin somewhere since they weren't home built to begin with.
hansmoust
Enlightened Member
Chazmo said:
Actually, Guild did create the laminate, but they didn't fabricate the veneers.
That would have been done by a veneer cutting facility that for the most part would supply furniture manufacturers but also guitar manufacturers.
The Hoboken facility was a rather small place, which was one of the reasons to make the move to Westerly, RI. During those days they were already producing an average of 25 guitars a day, which is quite remarkably for such a limited space.
Sincerely,
Hans Moust
http://www.guitarsgalore.nl
I completely agree... 25 a day is impressive!
Ah, so they had the furniture place make the thin slices of the wood for them, but the actual Guild guys glued / sandwiched the layers together in-house, Hans? Cool.
Ah, so they had the furniture place make the thin slices of the wood for them, but the actual Guild guys glued / sandwiched the layers together in-house, Hans? Cool.
Darryl Hattenhauer
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Hans,
Thanks for posting that inlay chart. I downloaded it and then forgot to thank you. That's geezer senility.
hf
Thanks for posting that inlay chart. I downloaded it and then forgot to thank you. That's geezer senility.
hf
hansmoust
Enlightened Member
Chazmo said:
No, not really. Veneer cutting is a specialized business that has nothing to do with the furniture business. The furniture industry was one of the users of these high quality veneers and so was Guild.
Sincerely,
Hans Moust
http://www.guitarsgalore.nl
Got it, Hans! Thanks for clarifying that for me!hansmoust said:
coastie99
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Graham said:
Genitalia is NOT an Italian airline !
coastie99 said:
Right. It's a biotech firm.
coastie99
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Chazmo said:
:lol: :lol:
jp
Senior Member
:lol: :lol: Sounds like all my friends' parents and grandparents, when I was growing up on the East side of Cleveland! Funny Hans.hansmoust said:
john_kidder
Senior Member
That is a purely ridiculous joke, Hans. Thank you.
Chazmo said:
Ron Thorn does some really nice inlay work. I think he's a bit back ordered right now though and I have no idea how much he would charge. http://www.thornguitars.com/
When you outsource inlay work oversea's I find you get about 50 percent of what you had originally described.
Tim.
Darryl Hattenhauer
Venerated Member
Thanks Tim. His pics show fabulous work.
Does anybody have a guesstimate what it would cost me to get the 612 type inlay cut and installed? I'm looking for just a ballpark figure, but enough about Rosie.
Does anybody have a guesstimate what it would cost me to get the 612 type inlay cut and installed? I'm looking for just a ballpark figure, but enough about Rosie.
Graham
Venerated Member
$400 - $700??
Darryl Hattenhauer
Venerated Member
Thanks Graham. That's what I was afraid of.