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07-11-2009, 09:07 AM
Matthew Tucker
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Side by side on my piano keyboard, oh lord ...
Good friend comes into the workshop today. I hand him a fingerboard blank.
"Wow, that's so heavy!"
Looks at me dead serious.
"So this comes from an elephant, huh?"
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07-11-2009, 09:27 AM
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so, you did not know its made from elephants ****? thats why its so hard...
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07-11-2009, 10:05 AM
Jake deVilliers
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Public school education just isn't what it used to be!
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07-11-2009, 02:35 PM
Marcus Johnson
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Beware when an elephant gets wood.
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07-12-2009, 01:47 AM
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show him the ivory logs
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07-12-2009, 09:18 AM
Damon Rondeau
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"Most people think it's elephant but it's actually mastodon..."
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07-13-2009, 01:04 AM
Bassguyrob
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Location: Spokane WA
Boy that would be a sight to see an elephant with black tusks....
Or was it a white fingerboard?
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07-28-2009, 02:10 PM
zeytoun
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Location: Portland, Oregon
Ebony and Ivory
Both products of pachydermy
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07-28-2009, 02:20 PM
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Location: San Diego, CA
Stories like this reinforce my belief that the two must abundant elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.
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