FREE complete set of jigs to make Benedetto archtop jazz guitars

[BobGaffney]

I've just completed making 2 beautiful archtop jazz guitars, according to plans and instructions from Bob Benedetto, master archtop luthier. I think they turned out well: scroll down the top blog at http://bobsarchtop.blogspot.com/ znd see for yourself.
I'm ill, and unlikely to make any more of these.
In the course of making these guitars, I have made literally dozens of specialized jigs for holding, carving, routing, clamping, securing, cutting sll the parts. Look through the blog and you;ll see them all. I spent about 30% of my time making these jigs.
I'm offering these jigs at no cost to a person who wants to make a Benedetto jazz guitar - they will be a huge help.
The only provisos are that 1) You need to come here to pick them up, and 2) You need to spend about 1-2 hours letting me talk you through what they are.  I'm in Whately, MA in Western Massachusetts, just north of Northampton.
If you'd like to discuss, please call me at [phone] or reply through this post.
Thanks,
- Bob Gaffney

[David Hajicek]

"BobGaffney" <***@gmail.com> wrote in message news:883658ca-814f-4532-8867-***@googlegroups.com...
I've just completed making 2 beautiful archtop jazz guitars, according to
plans and instructions from Bob Benedetto, master archtop luthier. I think
they turned out well: scroll down the top blog at
http://bobsarchtop.blogspot.com/ znd see for yourself.
I'm ill, and unlikely to make any more of these.
In the course of making these guitars, I have made literally dozens of
specialized jigs for holding, carving, routing, clamping, securing, cutting
sll the parts. Look through the blog and you;ll see them all. I spent about
30% of my time making these jigs.
I'm offering these jigs at no cost to a person who wants to make a Benedetto
jazz guitar - they will be a huge help.
The only provisos are that 1) You need to come here to pick them up, and 2)
You need to spend about 1-2 hours letting me talk you through what they are.
I'm in Whately, MA in Western Massachusetts, just north of Northampton.
If you'd like to discuss, please call me at [phone] or reply through
this post.
Thanks,
- Bob Gaffney

___________

I'm sorry abut your health. This is a generous offer. I hope some local
maker takes you up on your offer.

Dave Hajicek

[Nick Odell]

On Mon, 2 Jul 2012 18:54:35 -0500, "David Hajicek"

Post by BobGaffney
I've just completed making 2 beautiful archtop jazz guitars, according to
plans and instructions from Bob Benedetto, master archtop luthier. I think
they turned out well: scroll down the top blog at
http://bobsarchtop.blogspot.com/ znd see for yourself.
I'm ill, and unlikely to make any more of these.
In the course of making these guitars, I have made literally dozens of
specialized jigs for holding, carving, routing, clamping, securing, cutting
sll the parts. Look through the blog and you;ll see them all. I spent about
30% of my time making these jigs.
I'm offering these jigs at no cost to a person who wants to make a Benedetto
jazz guitar - they will be a huge help.
The only provisos are that 1) You need to come here to pick them up, and 2)
You need to spend about 1-2 hours letting me talk you through what they are.
I'm in Whately, MA in Western Massachusetts, just north of Northampton.
If you'd like to discuss, please call me at [phone] or reply through this post.
Thanks,
- Bob Gaffney
___________
I'm sorry abut your health. This is a generous offer. I hope some local
maker takes you up on your offer.
Dave Hajicek

+1 as they say on these new-fangled web forums

Sincerely,

Nick

[Tony Done]

Post by BobGaffney
If you'd like to discuss, please call me at [phone] or reply through this post.
Thanks,
- Bob Gaffney

Thanks for posting the pics, great stuff. Your trials and tribulations
with the frets was almost exactly like my recent first effort at
refretting my tricone.

I hope you find a taker for the jigs.

[Ecnerwal]

Post by BobGaffney
I've just completed making 2 beautiful archtop jazz guitars, according to
plans and instructions from Bob Benedetto, master archtop luthier. I think
they turned out well: scroll down the top blog
at http://bobsarchtop.blogspot.com/ znd see for yourself.
I'm ill, and unlikely to make any more of these.
In the course of making these guitars, I have made literally dozens of
specialized jigs for holding, carving, routing, clamping, securing, cutting
sll the parts. Look through the blog and you;ll see them all. I spent about
30% of my time making these jigs.
I'm offering these jigs at no cost to a person who wants to make a Benedetto
jazz guitar - they will be a huge help.
The only provisos are that 1) You need to come here to pick them up, and 2)
You need to spend about 1-2 hours letting me talk you through what they are.
 I'm in Whately, MA in Western Massachusetts, just north of Northampton.
If you'd like to discuss, please call me at [phone] or reply through this post.
Thanks,
- Bob Gaffney

Sorry to hear that you are ill.

I'm perhaps the worst possible choice to take them, but I am within
driving range.

I lost quite a bit of time going through your blog - nice stuff. And I'm
right with you on not tossing lots of money at Stewmac. I like your
style. I hoard wood. I have hoarded clapboards ;-) And too-good to burn
firewood ;-)

Why I'm a terrible choice - still working on the !$#&!@$!! shop rather
than in it. If today goes well I might finally reach flush day, which
will be a huge milestone and mean I no longer have to visit the
neighbors or head off into the woods with a shovel and TP... But I'm not
going to crank out any guitars by next spring, ferinstance.

I've made one kit instrument (harp) and facilitated a kid through
another (really simple guitar). I'm more of a turner, really, though I
do flat work too. Instruments are more of a dabble and challenge. Shop
construction is a chore and a bore at this point...

I might have a means to speed up the plate-shaping even more, but it's a
very outdated means; first generation non-upgraded cable-drive shopbot -
well, I did change to the version two cable-drive without extra
parallelization cable, but all the other updates have left me behind,
clenching my wallet as they took "the affordable CNC" ($1800, as I
recall from 1997) and turned in into another $10,000 wonder. It's not
$90,000 but it's still a whole different ballpark.

I do have a safe-t-planer, too ;-) Wasn't aware they had gone belly up.

Consider me available as your last resort. If I'm heading over the
mountains sometime soonish I'll try to remember to give you a call and
yak for an hour or two (without necessarily taking your jigs off your
hands at that point), but hopefully you'll find someone a bit more
on-task to make use of the stuff the way you want it used and sooner
than I would.

[l***@gmail.com]

Post by BobGaffney
I've just completed making 2 beautiful archtop jazz guitars, according to plans and instructions from Bob Benedetto, master archtop luthier. I think they turned out well: scroll down the top blog at http://bobsarchtop.blogspot.com/ znd see for yourself.
I'm ill, and unlikely to make any more of these.
In the course of making these guitars, I have made literally dozens of specialized jigs for holding, carving, routing, clamping, securing, cutting sll the parts. Look through the blog and you;ll see them all. I spent about 30% of my time making these jigs.
I'm offering these jigs at no cost to a person who wants to make a Benedetto jazz guitar - they will be a huge help.
The only provisos are that 1) You need to come here to pick them up, and 2) You need to spend about 1-2 hours letting me talk you through what they are.  I'm in Whately, MA in Western Massachusetts, just north of Northampton.
If you'd like to discuss, please call me at [phone] or reply through this post.
Thanks,
- Bob Gaffney

Hi Bob,
I just came across your posting about the guitar jigs and not knowing if you have given these away,I thought I would contact you .I'm in the process of gathering the wood,organizing my shop for a build,( Benedetto),etc. If the jigs have gone to a "new" home,then maybe the paper plans might be available !
Email me at ***@gmail.com.
Thanks !
Jerry