Master Luthier Anyone?

I have a very dear friend who is an amazing no BS luthier. to give you a little about him he started back when you had to make your own tools. Yeah been doing it for a while. Anyway I was gonna see if he would have a bit of time and any interest from you guys in inviting him here. His name is Roman Rist and he is absolutely amazing in some of the tutorials he does such as stuff like this

http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/luthiers-c...-pic-heavy.html.

Or this one. Yes it is an Epi but just shows the care in which every guitar should have.

http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/epiphone-l...stom-setup.html


So let mne know.

Choosing A Guitar Wood And Tones

Thought this might pretty interesting topic. When you buy a guitar do you plug it in prior to playing it. If so why. I do not think I have in hell 5 years or so. When I am looking at specific guitars it is the acoustics of the guitar I listen to and the playability.

So lets hear what you guys think and do.

I Need To Learn.........

Okay any of the instructors i need help. i ned to learn scales as in what the heck i am doing. i can play but just want to learn more. i have a very limited scale playing ability. Here is me as of a year ago and i am kind of stuck here.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc5m-w0P_1s...TZUZ2MXUrQWIGjQ

Any suggestions as to some lessons already here would be fantastic. I just have no clue WTH I am playing and just sort of play.

Thanks in advance.


why can I not get them to embed.

A Sample Of What I Do

Hope this is not spamming but i have been asked for clips on a few occasions. Here are just a few.

Low wound 5150 in an Epi studio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wzby0blUcqs...TZUZ2MXUrQWIGjQ

Straitjacket neck and bridge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hLVVGWSf40...TZUZ2MXUrQWIGjQ

building a bobbin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWfNXRZgMbk...TZUZ2MXUrQWIGjQ

And the meanest pup i wind. 21.68k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtsAWdBHDGY...TZUZ2MXUrQWIGjQ
Not sure if the videos are showing or not so let me know.

I Love Cheap Guitars

I got this about 2 years ago. 70 bucks for it. So the other day I decided it needed a face lift. A couple rattle cans of black nitro a new set of pups with black nickel covers and the harness and here she is.

Before





The new harness




And After









I love it. It is now my new number 1. What cheapos do you guys have that ended up being amazing.