Top 10 List - Habits of Highly Effective Full-Time Luthiers

[dblbass]

#13 - is convinced that posting online is pretty much the same as building

 

[erikbojerik]

#33 - subscribes to "Bassmaster" and is disappointed to find a fishing mag in his mailbox

 

[vbasscustom]

#34 - is reading talkbass posts, listening to Jaco, playing bass, and leafing through his favorite issue of "Woodworker magazine"

 

[erikbojerik]

#35 - #1 mode of advertising is Craigslist

 

[tjclem]

I need to try craigs list do you find it works for you? I have only used e-bay....tom

 

[tdogg]

#18 Bores family and friends talking about wood/bandsaws/bits...etc

#19 You actually know what wood glue tastes like

i havent even finished building my first bass and i know both of these are true about me.

 

[Fasoldt Basses]

#36 avoids doing laundry because he's proud of the wood dust "patina" in all of his clothes.

 

[Stone Age]

#37 - tell all the other lowly "builders" that they aren't "luthiers" because they can't build a 12 string acoustic guitar while wearing a blindfold, using only a butter knife and nail clippers.

 

[erikbojerik]

#38 - can find the first fret without a position marker

 

[Lonnybass]

#39 You get irritated when you see really high quality birdseye or flamed maple kitchen cabinetry that COULD have gone into making instruments.

 

[jordan_frerichs]

#39 You get irritated when you see really high quality birdseye or flamed maple kitchen cabinetry that COULD have gone into making instruments.

or an indoor basketball court.

 

[renniw]

#39 You get irritated when you see really high quality birdseye or flamed maple kitchen cabinetry that COULD have gone into making instruments.

or an indoor basketball court.

When this birdseye is in your bedroom floor hidden under the desk, you plan to redo your floor to get to that plank... nobody will see a missing plank under the desk

 

[Mikey R]

#40 starts noticing that the fake wood veneer of their cheap office furniture is slipmatched

#41 tries to identify the species of the fake wood veneer on their cheap office furniture

 

[OHSPyro89]

#42 Genuinely desires the sweet smell of bloodwood, disregarding negative side effects.

#43 Gets angry at other people that use his Japanese fret saw for things other than fret slots.