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Re: Harvester Guitars

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 7:46 pm
by harvester
ahoy over there !
i have been mentioned on AGGH ( still my favourite forum acronym ever ;) ) a couple of times, i still get hits to my website from there.
speaking of aussies - i'm up to my elbows in vintage matons here for repairs at the moment ... some beautiful old fyrbyrds ...

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time to update my templates, if i can find the time this year i'll make some tributes - ( with TV Joneses, Bigbsy B5s )

fyrbomb ?
byrd-dog ?
dyrtbyrd ?

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Re: Harvester Guitars

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 8:15 pm
by kosta
Oh wooooooooow. Those are beautiful. It's like if a Burns lived at the beach for a buncha years and just smoothed out over time.

Re: Harvester Guitars

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 8:28 pm
by Chankgeez
Yep, those're nice. That white one is particularly striking.

Re: Harvester Guitars

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 10:00 pm
by harvester
Those are beautiful. It's like if a Burns lived at the beach for a buncha years and just smoothed out over time.


here you go :

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0aOQPZPKdw[/youtube]

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Re: Harvester Guitars

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 9:24 am
by harvester
i'm also working on restoring another maton ... looks like this :

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Re: Harvester Guitars

Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2013 11:12 pm
by Nelson Instruments
Howdy Harvester! Just though I'd chime in to say I dig your work! It is nice to see someone else who marches to their own drummer!

Re: Harvester Guitars

Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 7:18 pm
by harvester
thank you mr nelson !
likewise !

i call this mutual appreciation society to order !
your work is so slick and we seem to have a lot of inspirations in common.

mostly i'm just trying to fight off boredom ( for myself and the guitar obsessing public )
when i came in from the workshop to cook dinner and saw this message i had just been trying to wrap aluminium binding around a guitar only to find that i don't have enough limbs ...

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Re: Harvester Guitars

Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 8:28 pm
by harvester
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working on this crazy matching pair of 25" guitar and 32" bass with aluminium binding, maple tops & kay speed demon heads ... just because.

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Re: Harvester Guitars

Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 8:35 pm
by AxAxSxS
Just popping in to say- WOW! great stuff :)

Re: Harvester Guitars

Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 8:56 am
by harvester
thanks folks.

progress on the Antonio metal-neck guitars ... + curtis novak is winding three pickups for this one :

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Re: Harvester Guitars

Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 9:29 am
by skullservant
Saw this on flickr. That paint job is beautiful

Re: Harvester Guitars

Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 12:37 pm
by jrmy
harvester wrote:thanks folks.

progress on the Antonio metal-neck guitars ... + curtis novak is winding three pickups for this one :

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Oh my effing lord. Makes me want to move to Australia, just so I could commission a bass.

Re: Harvester Guitars

Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 10:24 pm
by nightterrors
man! your stuff is incredible!
have you built any electric basses/ have any intentions to if you haven't?

Re: Harvester Guitars

Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 10:56 pm
by harvester
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hey thanks,

i've made a few.
10 years ago i made this ^ copy of an ampeg bass for myself. still play it.
i'm a bass player usually so i strongly identify with the 4 string !

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one of the next aluminium neck beasts will be a 32" scale bass ...

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Re: Harvester Guitars

Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 11:00 pm
by harvester
http://www.ebay.it/itm/Basso-WANDRE-Davoli-Tigre-bass-Vintage-1967-Wandre-Wandre-/281070720506?pt=Chitarre_Elettriche&hash=item41711ed5fa

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very keen to make one of these also in the next batch.

one of the few wandre basses that has a usable scale ( most were piccolo guitar-scale basses )
i guess the body is the same as this gold 'tigre' guitar that i'm making.



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