Not Exactly New ... But
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2016 5:01 pm
Some of you will recognize my name, but others I'm sure are new since I was last here.
For those who are new, I founded this Forum, named "KitGuitarForum.com," 'way back when. Several years ago, John Hall offered to buy it, and though it wasn't for sale, I sold it to him and his partners because I knew they would do a great job with it, and they CERTAINLY have! (Thanks, John!)
Some of you have bought my books and, I hope, benefited from them. They aren't what you'd call "Best Sellers," but they shed light on a subject that was basically laughed at before this forum came to be and the books were published.
Those of you who know me from the Wayback Machine might remember that I had a nerve problem in my neck that pretty much ruined my Ulnar Nerve to my left hand, which controls your pinky, ring finger and a portion of your middle finger. It has been no fun, trying to get it fixed, waiting it out, etc., but nothing has worked. Since that nerve problem happened, back in December of 2012, I've hoped and prayed it would settle down, go away, treatment would work, etc. But, no go. Didn't happen. How, thanks to the delete button, I can still type, but I can't play, can't work with the tools of guitar building without my hand cramping uncontrollably, etc. (Try gluing binding when your hand cramps and you can't get it to relax before the glue begins to set up.) I've tried with one hand, but it hasn't worked.
Okay. Long story, short ... that's why I haven't been on the forum. A little depression, plus not much to offer, and an unfinished Brazilian and Coastal Redwood Guitar body, still unfinished, from a kit I bought from John Hall on eBay back in, uh, 2005, was it, John?
So, without fanfare, I will soon be offering a complete inventory of my guitar building tools, some supplies, and miscellaneous book, that I will no longer be able to use. I would offer guitars I've built, but that's sorta like selling ice to Eskimos.
I hope you will take a look and if so moved, purchase something. I'd hate for it to go on eBay.
Happy Building!
Bill Cory
(Bill F Cory, now, since I couldn't retrieve my original password.)
(The photo is the original Forum Header, with the first guitar ever featured here.)
For those who are new, I founded this Forum, named "KitGuitarForum.com," 'way back when. Several years ago, John Hall offered to buy it, and though it wasn't for sale, I sold it to him and his partners because I knew they would do a great job with it, and they CERTAINLY have! (Thanks, John!)
Some of you have bought my books and, I hope, benefited from them. They aren't what you'd call "Best Sellers," but they shed light on a subject that was basically laughed at before this forum came to be and the books were published.
Those of you who know me from the Wayback Machine might remember that I had a nerve problem in my neck that pretty much ruined my Ulnar Nerve to my left hand, which controls your pinky, ring finger and a portion of your middle finger. It has been no fun, trying to get it fixed, waiting it out, etc., but nothing has worked. Since that nerve problem happened, back in December of 2012, I've hoped and prayed it would settle down, go away, treatment would work, etc. But, no go. Didn't happen. How, thanks to the delete button, I can still type, but I can't play, can't work with the tools of guitar building without my hand cramping uncontrollably, etc. (Try gluing binding when your hand cramps and you can't get it to relax before the glue begins to set up.) I've tried with one hand, but it hasn't worked.
Okay. Long story, short ... that's why I haven't been on the forum. A little depression, plus not much to offer, and an unfinished Brazilian and Coastal Redwood Guitar body, still unfinished, from a kit I bought from John Hall on eBay back in, uh, 2005, was it, John?
So, without fanfare, I will soon be offering a complete inventory of my guitar building tools, some supplies, and miscellaneous book, that I will no longer be able to use. I would offer guitars I've built, but that's sorta like selling ice to Eskimos.
I hope you will take a look and if so moved, purchase something. I'd hate for it to go on eBay.
Happy Building!
Bill Cory
(Bill F Cory, now, since I couldn't retrieve my original password.)
(The photo is the original Forum Header, with the first guitar ever featured here.)