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The Green Machine - BAD Dually

#81
dukeorock said:
One more note on Don Barry's cabs. Not to sound new agey or whatever, but his builds give me a sense of well being in the obvious and not so obvious ways. You can really see the craftsmanship and quality...super square, perfect mortises, the best parts. He was my biggest inspiration when I became a builder.
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Now if he'd just build me a mid-century style credenza for my dining room. :crying:
 
#82
Zoomie said:
Mark, of the times that I have worked with craftsmen/builders, I find that it is better to allow the builder artistic leeway. If you do business with someone and ask for the cookie cutter model, the builder gets to go to sleep because he is doing well.......cookie cutter. Now, work with the same guy, go over the important stuff, and let the builder try something a little different, the builder finds the build more interesting and gets to offer his/her perception of personal touches. Hence your badass Oxblood cab that left many of us breathless.

With that sir, my only hard limit is no flaming pink please. And I am pretty safe as flaming pink wasn't in the budget. (Really kind of bummed that my disposible income didnt allow me to throw another 300.00 on the fire so you could really run amuck.)

It's all you, brother. Take your time, hopefully you'll find it interesting, and build it with love !
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Love is the easy part! That's the only reason we build these things...we'll put our heads together and make you something special, for sure :)
 
#84
I wasn't around during the Greenboy witch burning. But I have read enough here by people that I respect to know that the design is sound. I am willing to put my money where my mouth is.

I have always played 10's because my previous experience with 215's was not a lot of fun. "Muddy & Farty" is not a personal favorite for tone.

I am excited to see higher quality 215's available that dont weight 125 lbs.
 
#86
BurningSkies said:
Now if he'd just build me a mid-century style credenza for my dining room. :crying:
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eh...I have a buffet cabinet on my "to do" list...thanks for reminding me...

I've done some furniture work that I've been happy with. My father-out-law is a master cabinet builder that's been in the biz since he was 9. Really amazing stuff. This reminds me that we need to start a thread on the GB forum for "other woodworking projects" that showcase interesting builds that are not cabs or basses.
 
#87
barryaudio said:
eh...I have a buffet cabinet on my "to do" list...thanks for reminding me...

I've done some furniture work that I've been happy with. My father-out-law is a master cabinet builder that's been in the biz since he was 9. Really amazing stuff. This reminds me that we need to start a thread on the GB forum for "other woodworking projects" that showcase interesting builds that are not cabs or basses.
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Sounds good to me...Let's see what else y'all are doing!
 
#89
barryaudio said:
eh...I have a buffet cabinet on my "to do" list...thanks for reminding me...

I've done some furniture work that I've been happy with. My father-out-law is a master cabinet builder that's been in the biz since he was 9. Really amazing stuff. This reminds me that we need to start a thread on the GB forum for "other woodworking projects" that showcase interesting builds that are not cabs or basses.
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I'd sub :)
 
#93
BurningSkies said:
Yep. I couldn't even get Mrs. Skies to let me spend $600 on a Heywood Wakefield Sculptura dresser for her (MUCH needed). I didn't even bother to show her that last one. Too cool.
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Smart man! My BNA partner, Justin found a Heywood Wakefield dining room table in Alabama, for $40 recently...great condition, but missing the leafs
 
#95
dukeorock said:
Smart man! My BNA partner, Justin found a Heywood Wakefield dining room table in Alabama, for $40 recently...great condition, but missing the leafs
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I'm keeping my eye out for a good quality, well designed mid century dining table and chairs. Something light and again, with good not watered down design characteristics...but with leafs, I want to seat 8+ comfortably if needed.

I'm generally not looking for any 'sets' but would love a combination of really well designed and crafted mid-century furniture combined with the other 'modern' furniture we have. I'm also not looking to spend dealer prices if we can help it. I've shown it before, but our coffee table is one of these:

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In good+ condition. I also just picked up a set of fairly rare HW end tables that had been massacred in a bad poly refin attempt, in this design (currently being refinished back to wheat laquer):
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But, Ok... this is a serious derail, back to Big Green Bird!:)
 

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