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I, along with a few other Rukinders, am going to upstate New York for a build class with tom Lieber. The class will be 2 full days the 22 and 23 of August. He contacted me and told me he has two more slots to fill. For any one interested in up close and personal instruction on the finer points of luthiery with a man with 40 years experience , this will be a special opportunity. the classes will be broken up as follows:
Learn firsthand the authentic details of body construction, brass binding, electronics and more! You may bring along your finished instrument, project instrument and most importantly your questions!
Saturday 10:00 am - 6:00pm
10-11 Greetings
11-12 Questions
12-1 Review and display of wood schedule for body, core wood lamination procedure etc…
1-2 Lunch break (sandwiches and drinks will be provided)
2-4 Core pre-lamination / bleeding oils from wood, laminating core sections, we will laminate a core to work with on the following day.
4-5 Neck schedule / assembly
5-6 Days review
Builders Jam Saturday night 8pm-
Sunday 10:00 am - 6:00pm
10-12 Core preparation for top and back lamination
12-1 Laminate top and back to core sections
1-2 Lunch break (sandwiches and drinks will be provided)
2-3 Inlays/ Mother of Pearl, Brass, wood marquetry
3-4 Discussion on specs and weight
4-5 Electronics/ pickups
5-6 Finishing
The class is $250 and we have secured space to jam at night it should be a blast . if interested contact Tom Lieber at [email protected].
Peace, look forward meeting and Jaming with some of you guys and girls what ever the case may be.
L.

That sounds like an awesome opportunity.

I'll see you there Leo!

I am really excited , I hope my new prosthetic finger will be ready.

From the guitar that just showed up at my house today, you could teach the classes

That …is exactly what I was thinking. Not that TL hasn't earned it. But Leo has helped me in the past, and I be thinking pretty hard about it if he (you Leo) were doing it.

Too close both geographically and interest-wise to pass up- I'm in.

I'd love to do this. Does he do this often? I gotta see if I can get off work. This would be amazing. Where in New York? Man! I'm scrambling

I do not think he has done this before. His shop is in Cooperstown NY. upstate.I think there is only one more slot left.

Don't forget to budget time for the baseball HoF.

aiq wrote:Don't forget to budget time for the baseball HoF.

Indeed, that place is worth the trip. Moonalice is playing there this weekend. Yeah, it's worth blowing your diet for an awesome breakfast with cinnamon roll French toast.

When my son was 8 just he and I took a vacation together in Cooperstown. The BBHoF is so awesome (after the Dead, I love baseball next!). We stayed in a motel on the lake and also canoed, "waterbiked," and fished. In August, they may also be hosting high caliber Babe Ruth and Little League games in the multi-field complex outside of the town, it's a lot of fun to check out.

When I visited a demo game was held at Doubleday Field showing 1880s baseball. Meant to only catch a couple innings, stayed for the whole game!

Also, you can go in and out of the museum all day on your ticket.

A walk thru lets you see most stuff in a couple hours or you can spend many hours!

Here's some pics I took:

Baseball schmaseball.. zzzzzzzzz

I'm still looking for time slot when we can get to Ommegang! Oh, and there was something about Tiger that weekend?

http://www.ommegang.com/