Progress on current builds, still a couple in finish, the brutal cold may make shipping impossible for a while. No shop work at all last two weeks with some serious illness and a full house for Christmas.
Back in 1997 my oldest son Mike was a grad student at The Mayo Clinic and my youngest Matt, fresh out of college, spent a year working with him in his lab. Unbeknown to me, Matt decided to build a Martin kit guitar and the two of them bought a Delta band saw and a Bosch laminate trimmer and went at it. The product was an amazing instrument. I was blown away and the next Christmas I was given a Martin kit of my own. I had never considered lutherie to be an area for mere mortals. Just reading the couple of books that were available at the time confirmed that mindset. Now I saw that perhaps it was possible—
I owe a huge debt of gratitude to Matt and also Mike for getting me started on something that has become one of the real passions in my life.
The two of them were home for Christmas this year. It was fun for me to show them the current corporate headquarters and of course let them know that if economic conditions deteriorate there is always a job waiting for them at Kennedy guitars. I also got a new shop clock!
Mike’s crew
Matt and his twins
The original bandsaw, still going strong!
With the weather and other interruptions of life it may be the end of January or later before I have anything at The Podium.
Happy New Year everyone!