Latest :: 29 July 2008
My
younger daughter's shop, Hudson
& Miller Vintage, is now open. The original opening was planned
for 12 July, but BT are basically a bunch of time-wasting losers and meant
that she had to delay opening for a week.
Consequently, I've got no further on my latest build, other than chopping a piece of lacewood down its centre. At the moment it's languishing in the shed along with a lovely piece of walnut, just waiting to be planed ready for jointing. Most of my "free" time has been spent doing more mundane woodworking tasks, like fitting a load of racking in the shop's basement.
However. I now have almost all of the hardware for build number 4, as well as a carefully scribbled outline for the slightly larger body shape.
Old news is now archived on the "Almost a blog" page.
The attic
I don't seem to watch much television, so I end up getting engrossed in my hobbies. Since I started learning to play the six-string guitar in May 2007, I've been fascinated with the idea of building my own.
My mum-in-law bought me a kit (a Telecaster clone) that I enjoyed building - but somehow that's not quite the same as making loads of sawdust out in the garden shed for night after night.
The kit-built Tele served a purpose though. It made me start looking around at what other home-builders were up to. Reading through their sites gave me the encouragement to have a go. It also gave me the encouragement to document my efforts and stick them in this corner of web real estate.
A site in two halves
I
used to record other musicians for a living, or play their bass lines for
the same reason. Dragondreams came about when I stopped doing it for other
people and started doing it for myself.
Along with the guitar-building stuff, I've also found a home in here for some of my music. Please feel free to take a listen. The only thing I ask is that you try not to be too critical and remember that these tunes are written, played and recorded purely for my own amusement.
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