On 26/10/2011 6:27 p.m., Kazimierz Verkmastare wrote:
Tony
You kind of make my point.
Hi Chris,
I absolutely agree with all you have said! :0)
But..a point that I wanted to make was that anyone who has two hands, a
few tools and enough sense not to argue with his wife can build a
HG....or a HGSO. Even though the quality of the outcome might vary from
'not bad' to 'Is there any more firewood'
My point is that anyone with the good sense(?) to want a HG should have
the good sense to realise their limitations and graduate their
expectations accordingly. I doubt the prospective builder who started
this thread, and I apologise to him for not remembering his name,
expects to end up with an instrument that in any way will compare to
that of the pros. on this list. I am in awe at the dedication and skill
that goes into their instruments and certainly wouldn't expect to
emulate their instruments. But I still have every first instrument that
I make and with all their faults (not enough room to list them) I still
prefer to play them rather than their (in some cases infinitely) better
successors......good excuse for the quality of the playing!
I'm just kinda scared that he is put off banging out an instrument that
with all its faults he would be proud to own and play. Not to mention
the pleasure that's to be got from someone looking at his bastard child
with awe and saying "How did you DO that" Always a bonus to me!
What a great thread!
Regards, TonyNZ
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