Pete Farmer interview.

[skydog52]

Rich Severson with Pete Farmer.

Interview starts around 1:53. It's a good one.

 

[Spectrum13]

Super thanks for posting

[Vanschoyck]

"Wood therapy". I love that.

 

[bolero]

What an excellent segment: I watched the whole thing

Hell of an introduction pretty funny

great interview!

Rich said something that has resonated with me for some time about guitars: "functional art"

Much of a guitar's beauty is based on functional design. It's true: they are objects to be admired. But they go beyond drawings, paintings or most sculptures etc. A musical instrument is a creative tool to be used, to be inspired by, to play, and to generate new ideas. Or just rehash "hang on sloopy" to your hearts content. It's all good.

[hopkinwfg]

Would really like to getta Pete farmer build one H150 or H157 ....perhaps someday !?

[big bob]

[hopkinwfg]

5 minutes ago, big bob said:

Was that the H137 he did few years back?

[Spectrum13]

Remember when ordering a custom from Jay Wolfe, Graham asked my opinion on CNC vs hand carved / cut.

All I had was a gut response based on internet chatter. We the end user /consumer of fine guitars know little about building vs manufacturing. We purchase and play. 

Pete's "wood therapy" displays the vast knowledge gap between the people who visit and work at 225 Parsons. 

RESPECT

[big bob]

6 hours ago, hopkinwfg said:

Was that the H137 he did few years back?

Yes he made a pair. 

[big bob]

[rockabilly69]

What I know about Jazz guitar playing could fit on the head of a needle, but I love watching those Rich Severson videos. He does great demos, and gets some great tones out of those jazz boxes!

Edited Thursday at 09:16 PM by rockabilly69

[bolero]

agree!

and Bob & Bill, those are amazing H137's. You lucky SOB's!

[hopkinwfg]

9 hours ago, big bob said:

Wow !!!! These are so rad !!! Thats you in the pic? 

These black limba are nice !!! Like the 3 piece neck and the front H logo which was a transition for a short period !!

Edited Friday at 04:37 AM by hopkinwfg

[big bob]

13 hours ago, hopkinwfg said:

Wow !!!! These are so rad !!! Thats you in the pic? 

These black limba are nice !!! Like the 3 piece neck and the front H logo which was a transition for a short period !!

That’s Bill. 

[rockabilly69]

In watching that video I couldn't help but notice how clean the shop looks, and the paint booth looks great. 

[rockabilly69]

Man, that Eagle that Rich plays the song on at the end of the video sounded unreal. Makes me want to learn a song in that style. It has just the right balance of string to wood in the tone WOW! 

Edited Friday at 07:38 PM by rockabilly69

[TalismanRich]

7 hours ago, rockabilly69 said:

In watching that video I couldn't help but notice how clean the shop looks, and the paint booth looks great. 

The paint booth is a huge improvement over the old setup on the third floor.  The air is filtered in so that there's no dust to settle on a wet finish.   Guitars are hung to dry, and the safety is a big factor as the solvent vapors are kept to a minimum in the room. 

There is a lot less wood dust in the shop itself.   They invested a good deal of money in the dust collector system.   Wood dust can be a dangerous fire and explosion hazard.

[rockabilly69]

16 hours ago, TalismanRich said:

The paint booth is a huge improvement over the old setup on the third floor.  The air is filtered in so that there's no dust to settle on a wet finish.   Guitars are hung to dry, and the safety is a big factor as the solvent vapors are kept to a minimum in the room. 

There is a lot less wood dust in the shop itself.   They invested a good deal of money in the dust collector system.   Wood dust can be a dangerous fire and explosion hazard.

Well it looks great. I know that building guitars can stir up the dust, but when I looked at pictures of the old shop before the new guard came in, it just looked gloomy and a safety nightmare. 

And it seems to me that the quality of the new guitars coming out of Heritage has improved. I have played quite a few of the new Heritages, and I've been impressed with all but one of them (a H530 that just wouldn't intonate and the aging was way over the top).The rest of the new ones that I've played had properly cut nuts and nice fretwork, whereas all of my "golden years" needed work in those areas. And I liked that the few H150s that I played were reasonable weight, surely not boat anchors.

I'm sure Heritage lost a lot of their archtop building expertise, with the retirement of Marv and Ren, but hopefully, Pete can train some of the new guys and they can rebuild their archtop line. 

[bolero]

Jim is still in the shop sometimes too!