August 2003 at Timblin Guitars

  
The August 2003 meeting was held at John & Mellinda Timblin's home and was a very busy place. We had a near record turn out with 18 current members and 6 first time members/guests. We had guests from as far away as Houston, Nacogdoches and Louisiana!! LINT would like to welcome all new members and we encourage you to spread the word to others. Bring a friend who may be interested...

An impromptu nomination session resulted in the election of member Bo Walker as the new president for 2003-04. He will replace outgoing president Don Chesser who has decided to take a break to focus on his business for a while. We would all like to thank Don for helping to create our group and for his service to the members for the past four years.
Chris Jenkins presented a slide show of his recent trip to the Healdsburg Guitar Festival in California. It was inspiring to see so much other work by talented builders from the Pacific coast area.

Bo Walker presented the technical demonstration. It was a "how to" fabricate your own swing arm router machine from local hardware. A drawing set was also provided for anyone who attended.

This kind of demonstration will become more common this year and we want to encourage everyone to submit their own ideas for future sessions. Even if you don't want to present yourself, we can find someone willing to take your ideas and suggestions for future presentations.

Right to Left a Koa Seven String, Malaysian Blackwood Jumbo, an Asian Rosewood "Fat Bottom Girl", a Brazilian Rosewood nylon and early model Maple with improved neck.

After the swap meet, we had "show and tell" for all of the new instruments which were brought in.

John Timblin and his wife Mellinda are shown here with five guitars that they will be showing at the Great Midwest Guitar Show in St. Louis at the end of September.

This is his first show and all of us in LINT wish them good luck and God speed.

Chris Jenkins brought his latest guitar with his new modernized cutaway and unique inlayed veneer work and rosette. This guitar features a heelless neck that can be reset under tension.

 

Chris Jenkin's Newest

On the left new member William Atkinson shows off his electric "cool blue" guitar....nice work!

Shown at right Chuck Lee flaunts some of his fine inlay work on a new 5 string banjo. As you can see he is a wizard when it comes to banjo buildin'. Click! on the banjo for a view of the fantastic inlay work.

The show stopper for this meeting surely belongs to our east Texas brother Steve Kinnaird. Shown below left.

This guitar was built for a relative of Buffalo Bill Cody. Steve's workmanship and outstanding Koa finish were breathtaking to say the least! We have come to expect high quality work from him over the years and he has never failed to deliver. Good job Steve!!!

Click! on Steve's picture for a view of the fantastic inlay work. Also don't forget to check his gallery page for details.
Dan Fobert has a good time showing his stuff too. This figured mahogany and spruce carved top guitar was a nice piece. He used a completely innovative design and worked in some very elegant inlay work. It plays as good as it looks.
Member Jim Whelan showed a beautiful Jamie Kinscherff Guitar that had fantastic southwest scenes inlayed on the neck, head stock and rosette. Click! on the image at right for a detail view of the inlay work.

There were many fine examples from beginner to advanced, from banjos to electric guitar and from simple to complex. Our members are sure to become even more talented in the years ahead.

PLEASE SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS WITH US....IT'S YOUR LINT!
Ever wonder how to laminate guitar sides with epoxy?
Want to know a foolproof way to shape necks?
Do you know how to improve your finishing in less time?

These are just a few subjects for future tech topics at upcoming meetings.

Members are asked to Email your ideas for future meetings, tech topics, etc.