Covid19 is really mucking up my business

[Clint 55]

Suck that your business has been taken out. Stunning pictures as always. Maybe round some fret ends in your down time.

[Mincer]

I loves the purples, especially the stratty thing!

[GuitarStv]

This one is pretty hot.

[NegativeEase]

Hang in there dude, guitars look nice! I've lost of a ton of $$ during the Pandemic too. I'm trying to do anything I can during this free'r time because it will all be gangbusters when it get's cooking again -people will be so stir crazy it will be nuts!

[PFDarkside]

I didn’t notice the inlays.

[ErikH]

I can't see any of the pics for some reason. Orpheo's aren't the only ones.

[alex1fly]

I wonder if you couldn't find an alternative place to work? Dutch people seem to be very good at making the most out of limited space... maybe you can find a nice rooftop in town to work on, or a barn if you're in the countryside

Either way, best of luck to you. That must be extremely frustrating.

[Chistopher]

Yeah, times have been tough for the entire range of locally owned businesses. Hopefully you'll be able to get things moving again when this blows over.

I like the switch location on the HSS one with the Floyd. I've noticed recently I've started liking my switches far enough away to where I rarely think of them.

[Ewizard]

I feel your pain Orpheo....

I was on a path to having the best year ever with my entire year's income already booked and on paper by early Feb of 2020! I was going to be well into a 6 digit income after already having a stellar 2019. On a flight from Mississippi to Los Angeles, I went from that reality to having 6 phone calls that had me jobless by the time I hit the ground 5 hours later in LAX. So is the story today as my company is pretty much gone with all the savings I had getting sucked up in just having a normal day-to-day lifestyle. I was lucky to be able to sustain a year off my savings. I am a live sound engineer BTW. So yeah, I was one of the first out and likely the last to be let back in. I do what I do when I can and even wrote up an application to work for SD at their shop ( not too far from me ) making pickups.

Keep fighting the good fight and hopefully, we can all go back to doing what we did.

[Adieu]

Bide your time.

Mass closures should create many unmet needs sooner than later.

[orpheo]

I can't see any of the pics for some reason. Orpheo's aren't the only ones.

I'm sorry man I host them on Facebook so maybe there's a blocker in place where you are?

[orpheo]

Suck that your business has been taken out. Stunning pictures as always. Maybe round some fret ends in your down time.

I tried to have those super-rounded fret ends but I don't think that's really that cool to do. it's a pain to do it consistently so the way I do it, is the way I learned from my job. Just nib the corners away, round the tops and polish the living hell out of them.

[orpheo]

I wonder if you couldn't find an alternative place to work? Dutch people seem to be very good at making the most out of limited space... maybe you can find a nice rooftop in town to work on, or a barn if you're in the countryside

Either way, best of luck to you. That must be extremely frustrating.

That's really difficult; I would have to move all of my gear An oscillating sanding thicknesser, a table saw, a bandsaw: those things weigh a TON and finding workspace is really difficult. I really do almost everything myself, from fretboard leveling to making the laminations etc etc.

It will be better eventually. But right now, I'm just not in a happy place.

@ewizard: man I'm sorry to hear your story. I feel your pain! Are you eligible for any g'vt assistance?

[ErikH]

I'm sorry man I host them on Facebook so maybe there's a blocker in place where you are?

Very possible since I'm looking on my work laptop. On my phone I can see them fine though. Same internet connection.

[NegativeEase]

Orpheo, you are Dutch? maybe we chatted about this before -man, your country needs more of your Dutch made guitars -I'm amazed at how almost no guitar shops in Amsterdam or Rotterdam carry any Dutch or European made guitars. Pretty much all asian imports or American -I know it's the way of the world, but it's sad.