Had an amazing thing happen - Electric

RE: Had an amazing thing happen

Rathius — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 12:37:30 +0000

@wolframmalukker 😳 😳 😳

wow, uh no I’m not kin to either of those that I know of. In the BG area, I’m kin to Runners & Richards (😂 R&R 🤣). My 1st cousin that lives there retired from WKU. She worked in the travel office on campus. One of her daughters works at WKU currently.

So, we need to meet up soon. What’s your schedule look like between now and New Year’s Eve? BTW, do look me up on FB and let’s connect.

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WolframMalukker — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 02:37:26 +0000

No way you're a Glasscock. My grandmother was a Glasscock, are you kin to any Pearsons or Thomases?

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Rathius — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 13:17:56 +0000

@wolframmalukker hey hey!!!!

I’m actually a bit farther east and about 80 minutes from BG. I live very close to the geographical center of Kentucky. Eight-five miles from Louisville, Lexington, & Bowling Green. 😂 That puts me in Campbellsville, KY. I do have relatives in BG but rarely visit.

If you’re on FB look up Glasscock Guitars or Gary’s Guitar Shop. Or just search for me Gary Glasscock and send me a friend request. Maybe we can get together soon. I do have to deliver a Tele body I’m making for a guy in Glasgow probably the first week of December. Almost ready to start working on the finish. But yeah, it’d would be very cool to meet up and compare notes.

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WolframMalukker — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 02:17:50 +0000

HA! Imagine finding a guy from the US on a UK forum, who's 30 minutes east of you. I'm over in Bowling Green, @rathius .

That guitar looks awesome and the signatures don't detract from it-I see a lot of signed guitars where the signatures just feel like they're in the way.

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Brian Walker — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 09:05:48 +0000

@rathius Great that you’re getting orders from people.

Any idea yet how much the raffle has raised? 😃👍🎸

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Rathius — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 19:16:49 +0000

@brie thanks dude. And yeah, I’m still trying to walk upright. Took me a few days to pick myself up off the floor too. And I’ve ended up with someone ordering a finished Tele body, Don Rich style. Told them it would be $400 and it’ll be mahogany. They said sure and I’ll be starting on that tomorrow morning. 😁

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Rathius — Tue, 03 Oct 2023 17:31:16 +0000

The Raffle is LIVE!!!!

https://t-j-community-mission-foundation.snwbll.com/ticketing/hometown-showdown-rehab-team-guitar-raffle

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Brian Walker — Sat, 30 Sep 2023 14:29:40 +0000

What an amazing thing to have happened and a great validation of the quality of your work!!👍😃

We all need a pat on the back now and again but that one must’ve nearly knocked you over!!!

Well done that man👍😃🎸

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Russ — Sat, 30 Sep 2023 09:51:46 +0000

I'm soooo jealous @rathius. I saw them a few years ago in the Barrowlands, Glasgow. Gutted that I didn't realise that they are playing next week at St Luke's...... maybe I could turn up on the night and blag my way in with your guitar story. 🤣.

🎸🙂🎶🙏

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tv1 — Sat, 30 Sep 2023 07:58:37 +0000

Another thing I want to thank Mark for is the lesson towards the end of the electric guitar build course called , “Going the extra mile.” Ever since I watched that the first time I have been setting the string height the way you showed us. Ever since then EVERYONE that tries out my guitars ALL have the same thing to say.
“Wow that action is great!” Some have said awesome, others have used other positive adjectives, but yeah everyone is impressed by that.

That is so true - I used to "finish" a build, plug it in to make sure all was working, and then think job-done.

Recently I've been going to back to some of my earlier builds (the ones that I hadn't already recycled) to spend a bit of time on the set-up.

They feel and play so much better!