Back to basics for The Horse
By The Horse
@TheHorse (220127)
Walnut Creek, California
July 29, 2017 1:08pm CST
When I was up at the Father's Day Grass Valley Bluegrass Festival, I ran into a representative from Santa Cruz Guitars, a manufacturer of elite hand-made guitars in Santa Cruz CA.
I asked the representative if she could send me some raw sound holes, as I've owned two Santa Cruz guitars and would like to make some coasters from Santa Cruz sound holes.
She was hesitant, as they don't usually do that, but she ultimately relented. About a week later, I received 10 sound holes from Santa Cruz Guitars.
I'm about to finish my first pair of Santa Cruz Guitar sound hole coasters. I have the glue gun heating up, and will attach felt bottoms to the first pair. And then two more later.
The first will go to my bluegrass buddy Tom, who plays a Santa Cruz Tony Rice model. The rest...we shall see. I promised to send one pair back to Santa Cruz guitars for their waiting room at the facility.
Are you working on any "projects" this weekend?
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@librarygeek1980 (3137)
• United States
29 Jul 17
Sounds like some awesome projects going on, I'm gonna get started on my pop tab and washer jewelry for my etsy shop. Back to school shopping is coming up! 
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@librarygeek1980 (3137)
• United States
29 Jul 17
@TheHorse not yet, but I do have my friendship bracelets and crochet headbands up there, plus a couple of semi antiques for sale too
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@librarygeek1980 (3137)
• United States
29 Jul 17
My holly Hobbie wall hanging I'm selling I've had for over 30 years.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
29 Jul 17
Looks like a great project for the weekend. This weekend is working in my organic garden. I am preparing new lines for planting. Yesterday, we turned the dirt, so today it is cleaning rocks and planting a line of marigold flowers down the middle of the roll.
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@dragon54u (31634)
• United States
29 Jul 17
That's such a great idea!! Do you know what they normally do with that wood? I'd like to see some of Birdseye wood, those would also be pretty.
No projects this weekend although I'd like to see my granddaughter and help her make a card for her grandgrandma.
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@TheHorse (220127)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Jul 17
Martin Guitars makes promotional materials out of them. They stamp them and then give them away when people take factory tours. Collings Guitars was HAPPY that I asked for some. They've sent me two boxes of 20 pairs. I'm not sure what they normally do with them. Gibson guitars snubbed me when I made an inquiry. Santa Cruz--I'm not sure. Same with Larrivee.
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No projects for us this weekend - just a lot of cleaning. Heading out to Catalina Island this week!
@Courtlynn (67081)
• United States
29 Jul 17
Nope no projects here. Just resting.
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@celticeagle (168171)
• Boise, Idaho
30 Jul 17
Nope. Not me. It's 94 out and I am just doing Mylot and playing on Facebook. A pathetic and hot person today.
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@celticeagle (168171)
• Boise, Idaho
30 Jul 17
@TheHorse ......That is a pleasant temp. It gets up to the 90's and above and I can't handle it long.
@RasmaSandra (80659)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
29 Jul 17
Still on call for my hubby who is still under the weather. So I just watch movies and sit quietly and work on my PC. Hope your project works out well.
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
29 Jul 17
No projects, unless a bike ride counts as a project.
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@TheHorse (220127)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Jun 18
Sounds holes are the disks that guitar manufacturers have left over when they make acoustic guitars. I stain them, and put polyurethane (to make them water-proof) and felt bottoms on them. Coasters are used to protect wooden table tops from the moisture in glasses containing beverages.
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