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FWI Pins on an Olson SJ
Ryan Nightingale fossil walrus pins
Who puts bone a bone saddle and slots the bridge on his office-beater Martin LX That would be me
Elephant Ivory pins on a Taylor 514CE
Bone pins on a vintage Gibson J50
Pyramid
Yamaha
Laskin Midsize with FWI pins
Martin Elephant
Eichelbaum GC fossil walrus pins
Bone pins on a 1956 000-18
Martin D-18GE compensated ivory long saddle with padauk inlay pins
Petros Apple Creek GC walrus pins
Gibson SJ200
Custom ivory pins for an acoustic bass
Taylor PS-12-C Fossil Walrus pins
Elephant Ivory pins on a Collings OM2HG
Vintage dyed pins on a Taylor 12 string
Buffalo horn pins & bone saddle on a Gibson AJ
Vintage saddle & pins on a Kurt Jaeckle CJC
Collings OM1AC – fossil walrus pins
Martin Merle Haggard Signature Model
Goodall RCJC fossil walrus pins
4mm Abalone inlays on fossil walrus pins
4mm abalone inlay on bone pins
4mm abalone on fossil walrus pins
4mm ebony inlay on bone pins
Bone Endpins
Bone saddle and bridge pins on a Taylor. Awesome sound, classy look.
Double inlay fossil walrus abalone with ebony ring
MARTIN logo elephant ivory bridge pins
My Collings OM1AC All Fossil Walrus, nothing fancy
Premium Dark Fossil Walrus Pins
Traditional 4mm ebony inlay on Elephant Ivory pins
Walrus pins & W. African hard ivory saddle on an OM28V
Dyed Bone pins – Bone Saddle
Dyed Bone Pins
Dyed Bone pins
FWI pins on a Martin
Martin before and after
Martin before and after
Martin W. African ivory drop-in saddle
Dyed bone pins
Pre-ban elephant ivory
Santa Cruz – bone saddle
Taylor-Larrivee – Elephant Ivory
W. African hard ivory Taylor Wave saddle
West African hard ivory nut made from a sent-in example
Bone pins with faux tortoise inlay on a Huss & Dalton CM
Bone saddle and pins on a Taylor 2
Bone saddle and pins on a Taylor
Buffalo Horn Pins on a Collings OM
Ivory Super-Bevel guitar pick
Our friend Bill Meyer of Tecolote Guitar Works used an endpin plug and some nice woodworking skills to repair damage to this problem endpin
Vintage bone saddles on a Warwick Corvette Standard 5 electric bass
W. African Hard Ivory Nut – Vintage Flying V
W. African hard ivory saddles on a Warwick Infinity set neck 5 electric bass
West African hard ivory set for a Martin
I was told he really liked the pins.
My beautiful assistant, summoning her inner Lita Ford
World Class Master Luthier Ron Griffin
Good friend and revered guitar legend Steve Shanholtzer
So we go to load the stage for a gig where we find it has been setup for a play the next day. Ever play in Laverne and Shirleys living room?
Jon Garon, (left) who owned one of the worlds largest Martin dealers, “My Favorite Guitars” and renown flatpicking monsters, Jack Lawrence (center) and Clay Hess (right ) at Nazfest ’06.
I was privileged to be requested by Jon to provide my components for the new Martin Jack Lawrence signature edition D28 now offered by MFG. Jon’s website is available at my LINKS page!
Phantom was my first employee. Not a team player. Didn’t take any bullshit. Loved listening to Glenn Miller. Took his position at the desk on the day we started, figured out how to use the phone and would hang up on some of you occasionally. He was never sorry about it. He hung out in the office every day and was a constant companion who never knew he was a cat and was one of my very best friends. Sadly, Phantom passed away at the tender age of 80 (in cat years) in 2017 but will always be part of our story.
Little Deuce. Employee #2. What can I say? Lovable fat, lazy slob. Bridge pins will successfully go through a cat’s digestive tract. Just ask him. When you call…..that’s where he’s laying. If he could talk, every word would be an F-bomb. I wonder where he learned that?
