The other day Rod Neep and I (and Lamplighter & Sagemon) were out at the Martin factory in Nazareth. What a great day even though it got off to a late
start because Rod and I did not get up until late in the morning. 
While we there we got to have lunch with Mike Dickenson, Carmen Cortez and some other great folks from Martin.
Before we left Nazareth Rod and I stopped at two places; The old factory on North Street and The Moravian Cemetery. We dropped by the cemetery to visit the grave of C.F. Martin. It was great fun searching for his grave while the sky turned very dark and thunder and lighting was crashing around us. Funny thing is neither of us own a Gibson. Be that as it may we paid our respects to a man who changed the world.
While at the old factory we spent some time with the wonderful ladies who run Wood Workers Connection. These gals are great and really love what they do. While chatting with the ladies I noticed a few set of bridge pins on the counter with turquoise dots. I was told they were left over from the Buddy Guy guitars that Martin built last year. I could not resist and purchased two sets. One for me and the other for another forum member with a proclivity for blue guitars.
Anyway, tonight while helping my son study for his history final
tomorrow I decided to change the strings on my OM-21 and use the blue pins. At first it was just a goof but now I sort of like them.
While we there we got to have lunch with Mike Dickenson, Carmen Cortez and some other great folks from Martin.
Before we left Nazareth Rod and I stopped at two places; The old factory on North Street and The Moravian Cemetery. We dropped by the cemetery to visit the grave of C.F. Martin. It was great fun searching for his grave while the sky turned very dark and thunder and lighting was crashing around us. Funny thing is neither of us own a Gibson. Be that as it may we paid our respects to a man who changed the world.
While at the old factory we spent some time with the wonderful ladies who run Wood Workers Connection. These gals are great and really love what they do. While chatting with the ladies I noticed a few set of bridge pins on the counter with turquoise dots. I was told they were left over from the Buddy Guy guitars that Martin built last year. I could not resist and purchased two sets. One for me and the other for another forum member with a proclivity for blue guitars.
Anyway, tonight while helping my son study for his history final
tomorrow I decided to change the strings on my OM-21 and use the blue pins. At first it was just a goof but now I sort of like them.
