Blowyourbrassoff
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Jan 23, 2015
3:53 PM
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Had to do some much needed maintenance on the little milling machine which I finally got back together. I decided to shoot a little video of the first comb to be made on it after the rebuild, which I did to test the machines setup.
Huge thank you to Todd Parrott for letting me use a couple of his songs from his new cd in the video. Thanks Todd.
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Todd Parrott
1292 posts
Jan 23, 2015
4:19 PM
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Cool!
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Barley Nectar
615 posts
Jan 24, 2015
11:08 AM
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WOW, Great playin there Todd. Very impressive. Do you have any CD's.
I like the vid too. Chris, is there any intrest in making LO combs? IMO, Hohner copied LO's harps when the SP20 came out.
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Todd Parrott
1294 posts
Jan 24, 2015
11:14 AM
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Thanks, Barley! Yes, those songs are on my new CD which is available at my site. Here's the link: Songs From The Harp
Last Edited by Todd Parrott on Jan 24, 2015 11:16 AM
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Barley Nectar
616 posts
Jan 24, 2015
11:18 AM
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LOL, I just bought one, sorry to bother you here. Lookin forward to the CD. I will be trying to copy some of your fluent licks. Beautiful...BN in N/C PA.
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Todd Parrott
1295 posts
Jan 24, 2015
11:28 AM
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Thanks so much!
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Blowyourbrassoff
168 posts
Jan 24, 2015
4:15 PM
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Hey Barley,
I got out of the comb business a while back, but when I was doing it I offered LO combs. I've had so many questions regarding combs since I quit, maybe I should consider doing it again. I've got about 60 combs in the works that I made up from materials that I had left over. I hadn't intended to do many after that because there are so many guys doing it these days.
What's hard about the comb business from my standpoint is that to offer a wide selection of models and materials I can't stock them like some of the guys who are buying in bulk and having other companies machine their inventory, I just don't have that kind of reserve cash these days. So in order to offer a wide selection I have to make them on demand, which slows things down, which frustrates you guys out there who are anxious to get your stuff. And rightly so, I mean when I order something I get antsy to get it in the mail. LOL
And I just want to say that there's nothing wrong with having another company make your inventory when you don't have the means, not everyone is going to have a machine shop in their basement.
Chris
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Blowyourbrassoff
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Feb 01, 2015
3:16 PM
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I put the comb from this video up on the website if anyone's interested in it.
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JInx
965 posts
Feb 01, 2015
4:29 PM
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Pretty snazzy. How much?
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Blowyourbrassoff
171 posts
Feb 02, 2015
7:35 AM
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$65
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Blowyourbrassoff
173 posts
Feb 02, 2015
4:12 PM
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Seems like a lot, but when you consider that all that pattern work is done entirely by hand with nothing more than hand files, I think it's a fair price. I see my combs like this as more of a craft or art or even a collectible. If I continue to make any combs I'm going back more to my roots when I first started and start making combs that are collectible rather than mass produced.
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SuperBee
2390 posts
Feb 02, 2015
9:54 PM
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That's a nice-looking comb alright. I haven't found brass combs hold any appeal for me before. Now I'm not sure. Not so sure.
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Harp&Gunman
4 posts
Feb 03, 2015
12:49 PM
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WOW what a work of art! you will definitely be seeing my money sometime in the future
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Blowyourbrassoff
175 posts
Feb 03, 2015
2:14 PM
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Thanks guys
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ted burke
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Feb 03, 2015
2:50 PM
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Wow and wow again. Nice work.
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Blowyourbrassoff
176 posts
Feb 05, 2015
9:04 PM
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I appreciate the kind words.
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