Hello everybody!
A little bit about me.
I live in northern Sweden outside the city Skelleftea with my wife Doris and two of my three boys, Linus and Viktor (the oldest one, Kim moved to the city Umea for studies).
Getting close to the big 50 (a few years left).
Got my first guitar at round 12, have played off and on since then, mostly at home, jamming with some old rock, Santana, Robben Ford, and others playing on the stereo.
For about five-six years ago I started building my own electric guitars.
Made Eights so far and the last 3-4 ones works quite good, doesn’t use anything but them (getting a bit crowded on the walls in the bedroom at home). Haven’t sold any of them, don´t know if I could.
Here´s a few pictures:
http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy9/Hasseli/Guitars/4f.jpg
http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy9/Hasseli/Guitars/4b.jpg
http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy9/Hasseli/Guitars/6f.jpg
http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy9/Hasseli/Guitars/6b.jpg
http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy9/Hasseli/Guitars/8f.jpg
http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy9/Hasseli/Guitars/8b.jpg
Sadly when making one of the last I had a little accident with the table saw, cutting of most of the fingers on my right hand. Happily they managed to put the pieces back together quite well so I can still play even if fingerpicking is impossible. Found a thumbpick that works fine for me, even has the feel of a regular pick, you can find it here if you want to try: http://www.fredkellypicks.com/ (it´s the Bumblebee pick).
Making guitars is almost more fun then playing so I haven’t stopped after the accident. Have a few projects I’m working on and some adjustments waiting on a few old ones. The only backside is that it’s hard to find enough time to use them all. Some hope though, the youngest son started playing a year ago and from what I hear he’s getting quite good, maybe he’ll be the family’s rock star instead.
Here´s the other gear i use:
-Laney VC-30
-BlackStar HT Dual.
-Korg AX3000G
-Blackstar HT-5 (just bought it for practice in the bedroom, haven’t had time to use it much yet but so far I’m impressed).
Hasse
A little bit about me.
I live in northern Sweden outside the city Skelleftea with my wife Doris and two of my three boys, Linus and Viktor (the oldest one, Kim moved to the city Umea for studies).
Getting close to the big 50 (a few years left).
Got my first guitar at round 12, have played off and on since then, mostly at home, jamming with some old rock, Santana, Robben Ford, and others playing on the stereo.
For about five-six years ago I started building my own electric guitars.
Made Eights so far and the last 3-4 ones works quite good, doesn’t use anything but them (getting a bit crowded on the walls in the bedroom at home). Haven’t sold any of them, don´t know if I could.
Here´s a few pictures:
http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy9/Hasseli/Guitars/4f.jpg
http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy9/Hasseli/Guitars/4b.jpg
http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy9/Hasseli/Guitars/6f.jpg
http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy9/Hasseli/Guitars/6b.jpg
http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy9/Hasseli/Guitars/8f.jpg
http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy9/Hasseli/Guitars/8b.jpg
Sadly when making one of the last I had a little accident with the table saw, cutting of most of the fingers on my right hand. Happily they managed to put the pieces back together quite well so I can still play even if fingerpicking is impossible. Found a thumbpick that works fine for me, even has the feel of a regular pick, you can find it here if you want to try: http://www.fredkellypicks.com/ (it´s the Bumblebee pick).
Making guitars is almost more fun then playing so I haven’t stopped after the accident. Have a few projects I’m working on and some adjustments waiting on a few old ones. The only backside is that it’s hard to find enough time to use them all. Some hope though, the youngest son started playing a year ago and from what I hear he’s getting quite good, maybe he’ll be the family’s rock star instead.
Here´s the other gear i use:
-Laney VC-30
-BlackStar HT Dual.
-Korg AX3000G
-Blackstar HT-5 (just bought it for practice in the bedroom, haven’t had time to use it much yet but so far I’m impressed).
Hasse
