Oh, yes, and Dan also won the Walker-Turner Bandsaw Lookalike Contest:
I worked on a Taylor 610, as I demonstrated refretting technique:
I shipped all my tools by U.P.S., but managed to use the wrong zip code, so they never arrived! Fortunately, we were in a guitar repair shop, so I was able to borrow everything I needed.
Next day, I did a session on the classic technique of French polishing:
We all took a break while Dan took the obligatory group shot:
This is Jim Rolph, the pickup maker and rewinder, showing us how to remagnetize the pole pieces on a single coil pickup:
As you know, my experience is with acoustic instruments, but this guy really got my attention.
Here, he supervises as I try my hand at rewinding a pickup:
A real first for me, I must say.
Joe Glaser spent an entire morning talking about intonation and fret placement:
I really didn't think you could talk that long about fret placement. I was dead wrong! Joe has done a lot of work with Nashville studio musicians, and he gave us a whole bunch of ideas to chew on!
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