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’. transmit has helped joseph lukes by providing critical coaching & mentoring in areas such as business planning and accounting. they were also the source of the much needed seed capital in the form of a small loan, which enabled joseph lukes to rent their current workshop and invest in tooling and materials to begin production .
each component such as the binding, neck shaping and french polishing, is done by hand from start to finish, thereby combining traditional hand - making skills with modern innovation. joseph lukes guitars will produce two a month as each one can take up to 100 hours .
luke, who is originally from manchester, has adapted guitars since he was 14 but decided to make his hobby a business when he left the army in 2009. after searching for a course in guitar - making he found a degree at london metropolitan university in musical instrument technology. when he graduated this summer he decided to create his company, joseph lukes guitars .
i could not resist the temptation to speak to some of the other businesses in the complex with joseph lukes, so in this blog there is an extra feature on a neighbouring business.'
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company name changed j. s. lukes ltd. \ certificate issued on 12 / 08 / 13
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new jersey making graphite crucibles for pouring castings. joseph dixon crucible co. , jersey city, nj .
luke has a vision for his business and that is undisputable; in speaking to him it is also surprising to hear his genuine and almost philanthropic desire to support others and the local community in which joseph lukes is being built .
pennsylvania a steel mill and its goal of diversification and competitive production. lukes steel co. , coatesville, pa .
the year 6 football team’s fixtures got into full swing over the past few days with away games at st lukes and downs .
registered office address changed from c / o j. s. lukes ltd. 83 ducie street manchester m1 2jq england on 14 september 2013
joseph lukes plays right in to this niche and to establish a name and market share they set about designing an individual design for a grand concert guitar, which provides a platform to which customers can specify finishing. significant customisation is possible, from neck size to bracing patterns and wood type. what differentiates this brand is that the design for these guitars is the work of luke; over the last 12 months he has passionately poured over drawings for endless hours .
took us further south of the river to south bermondsey. historically an industrial part of london, the area is more widely known for hosting millwall football club rather than being a location for emerging independent businesses. interestingly, joseph lukes are located in the quirky elizabeth tower, a converted tea factory that is now owned by ‘
, who will be our next full feature for london. we can' t wait to get this issued for you all to read by the way! i think we are almost as excited as joseph lukes for the prospects for this business. you will have to be a little patient however; we hope to have the article completed during the next week .
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dantzig guitars are not sold in stores—we deal with you directly. you can contact jol to discuss a custom or “stock” instrument via phone or email using the links on any page of this site .
in march 2015 fr. michel corriveau leaves st. luke' s parish after being assigned to another parish. fr. joseph amal sdb. is welcomed to st. luke' s as our parish priest .
is rather discreet, and is guarded by a team of polite, well - dressed doormen. as the narrow door is opened, a whole new atmosphere is unleashed as you are faced by the warm reception. a brief few steps up from the reception and you have arrived at the first floor, the vsop bar (coined after the maison’s very super old pale cognac) - a quiet, dim - lit, laid - back social setting which captivates the essence of the quintessentially french and british countryside heritage, as well as the underlying synergy between local artisans and world - renowned brands. the five talented craftsmen included the luthier luke joseph sharples of joseph lukes guitars and butchers allens of mayfair to name a few. the club is somewhat seasonal, adopting a periodic “pop - up” strategy to play host to events and evenings through different parts of the year .
there are only a handful of bespoke acoustic guitar makers in england and their number will be boosted by 27 year old luke joseph sharples from london, who has been able to launch his own business with funding from transmit start - ups .
our final success of the week came on friday 11th march for our year 6 boys footballers. in a quick turn - around from monday, we met st joseph' s in the semi - final of the fitzgerald cup. this proved to be a walk in the park, with westdene tucking 8 past st joseph' s with none conceded. the 8 - 0 win showed our solid semi - final performance and has given the team confidence for the cup final (opponents tbc) !
luke and sarah are passionate about the concept of championing the creation of a business that is based around artisan skills from a bygone era. you only have to read or watch the news to see reports focused on innovations and developments within the web - based economy. when was the last time you read about innovations in carpentry, tailoring, blacksmithing or other craft industry? the idea for joseph lukes builds on this theme and offers consumers a 21st century design of guitar built using traditional methods and sustainable materials .
guitars are made in our shop by jol and his small crew of builders—many of which he has worked with for decades. these instruments represent a great value in a hand - built guitar, with a number of special options available to make it uniquely yours .
renowned luthier alleva - coppolo guitars has worked closely with gallant, incorporating his advanced chordal chamber / post - jazz aesthetic into the design and creation of their first 6 - string contrabass guitar. the
joe gallant
tribute model debuted at the namm 2011 expo .
as part of our sound topic this term, year 4 have been creating and playing musical instruments. they used their hand - made drums and guitars to explore the relationship between pitch and vibration. we have continued our topic on shape properties by finding lines of symmetry and by exploring the shape - themed artwork of beatriz milhazes .
steven jones is the academic dean at st. joseph’s catholic school in greenville, sc. before joining st. joseph’s, jones was an associate professor of sociology at grove city college. while at grove city college he coached the college’s nationally recognized debate team and was the director of the koch fellows program at grove city college. prior to arriving in grove city he was associate director of the pew research center on religion and democracy at the university of virginia and a fellow at the institute for advanced studies in culture in charlottesville, virginia. he has also received fellowships from the center for children, families, and the law and the civitas forum .
the first guitar will be finished in 1 - 2 weeks and will mark the first available for sale by joseph lukes. this will not only mark a crucial phase for the business, the generation of revenue, it will also provide the physical confirmation to luke and sarah that vision and hard work can be turned in to reality. sarah told us during the interview that there is nothing that she would rather be doing than working to turn this business in to a reality. the day before our interview, both had been in the workshop until 2am; would you find this same motivation and dedication working as one individual in a giant corporation? we’re not so sure .
the guitars luke makes are a contemporary take on the traditional acoustic model as they have no sound - hole but instead a sound - port in the ribs. this increases the resonance and projection allowing the musician to monitor their sound without compromising performance. sustainability is also important to his business and all of his instruments are made from replenished forests .
ian straker, director, transmit start - ups said: “all of the transmit directors have extensive experience in the music industry and know at first - hand the potential for luke’s guitars. he makes really superb hand - crafted instruments which i am sure will be snapped up by musicians when they realise how much they improve their acoustic sound as well. ”
luke said: “the funding from transmit is a dream come true. i know there is a gap in the market for my individually designed guitars. it is excellent that i can put all my energies into making the instruments at this stage, rather than worrying about paying the rent. basically the business would not have got off the ground without this loan. “
over the years, dozens upon dozens of people and products have helped bring notoriety to kalamazoo; from guitars to taxicabs, fishing tackle to pharmaceuticals, sleds, stoves, corsets, and of course, “ that gal. ” one of the first products made in the village, and the first to bring national attention to kalamazoo, was of all things, whiskey .
but what i really enjoy the most is making guitars one by one with my own hands. and that’s why i’m really digging this tulsa artist’s proof thing i’m doing right now. each of these instruments starts off as a completely freewheeling, let - my - instincts - rule sort of jam session. they are ideas i’ve toyed with, or suggested to clients before—and never followed through with .
unfortunately, despite playing the better football and having most of the best chances we have been unable to make the most of those goal scoring opportunities in our first two matches. on friday last week, after going 1 - 0 up against st lukes in the first half, the opposition came back and scored with their only two shots on target to win a tight the game 2 - 1 .
cellist and narrator lutz rath is artistic director of the washington square festival; the hilo chamber music festival, hawaii; and les frequences de perpignan, france. she is cellist with the orchestra of st. lukes, ecliptica ensemble for forbidden music, chamber music conference of the east, and bennington college. she has narrated compositions by ullmann, strauss, liszt, sibelius, schoenberg, picker, and schumann .
the team have of course done their homework. they have built the skills and also researched the market to establish whether there is demand for what to many represents a high - end luxury guitar. in london, there is only one known guitar shop, which offers independent hand made guitars. such is the reputation of this shop; that it draws on a global customer base and regularly receives requests for commissioned work .
they aren’t “stock” models, and they’re all different. some utilize combinations of woods, hardware and electronics that i don’t really offer on the stock models. normally, i have a small team helping me build the dantzig models: tulsa, milano, tupelo and rialto, but this is a different thing altogether. i’m a lot more hands on, and honestly, it’s the closest you could get to one of my signature guitars without the signature .
the film rights for kengor’s two books on ronald reagan, the crusader and god and ronald reagan, were purchased by mjm group. the books are the basis for a major hollywood “bio - pic” on the life and presidency of ronald reagan, titled, reagan: the movie. the film, budgeted at $ 30 million, will be co - produced by mark joseph and ralph winter, with script by howard klausner. filming is planned for late 2015 .
luke’s ambition is to be able to take on another guitar - maker and then employ apprentices who can learn the trade in his workshop. he said: “i see my target market as musicians who will either want my guitars as an art piece or hopefully love them because of the sound they help them create. in the 18th and 19th century london was a thriving centre of instrument - making and it would be very personally rewarding for me to continue that proud history. ”
gregor kitzis, violinist and violist, has performed and recorded with the orchestra of st. lukes, the new england bach festival, concordia, and bang on a can' s spit orchestra, and with new music groups, including speculum musicae, ensemble 21, north / south consonance, essential music, the group for contemporary music, and the xenakis and s. e. m ensembles. his television appearances include the tonight show with jay leno and saturday night live .
david ayers’ hobbies include hunting deer (rifle and archery), fishing, playing his collection of guitars and jamming to the tunes of such artists as led zeppelin, jimi hendrix, zz top, stevie ray vaughan, johnny winters and joe bonamassa. more than anything else other than his relationship with his lord and savior jesus christ, ayers is happy to be blessed with a wonderful family that includes his wife kathy, six children, three sons - in - law, and four grandchildren. he resides in grove city .
aside these people aspirations; both luke and sarah shared a desire to build their business around the best environmental footprint they can across their entire supply chain. where possible, materials for their guitars will be british sourced and made. wood is the obvious challenge, with a significant proportion of music grade wood being non - uk and eu produced. luke is proactive in promoting the use of the great tree stock we have available in the uk and as a minimum he is working to ensure that any wood used is fsc certified .
a four decade tenure in the guitar - making world has given me a pretty good overview of things. as a guitar tech and musician i’ve recorded dozens of times in real studios and played live hundreds of times. as a designer, facilities and plant manager for a number of brands, i’ve overseen the production of tens of thousands of guitars. my lean / kaizen consulting business has seen me working in the biggest guitar factories in the us and mexico, and i’ve toured the guitar plants of japan, korea and china .
excitingly, miss chenley received an email from jane hissey on tuesday explaining that although she was so impressed with our work, we didn' t win as a school, yet olivia joseph in year 3 won second place across all school' s in brighton and hove! miss chenley could not contain her excitement and looks forward to sharing the news with all of key stage 2 on monday. olivia' s painting will be exhibited in jane' s free exhibition between the 1 1th and 20th november at the brighton university gallery, grand parade. a huge congratulations olivia; what an achievement !
the best - known and certainly the most successful of the kalamazoo distilleries was owned and operated by the three whitcomb brothers; elias (born about 1804), leverett (born about 1806), and luke (born about 1810). the whitcombs descended from a long line of new england millers, including their great - grandfather, joseph whitcomb, who was a miller in new hampshire. all three sons were born in vermont where their father, peter whitcomb, was himself a miller. the family later relocated to western new york where the boys learned the trade from their father, before ultimately moving on to kalamazoo .
many congratulations to all our year 6 pupils who represented our school at the brighton college primary schools quiz competition held last friday after school. three teams entered the competition and did us all proud. we are very pleased to announce that one of our teams was placed third overall and included: michael ahmad, callum smith, oscar morris and ellis martin who called themselves the lumpy custard legends. other children who took part were: caden hughes, joseph holland, imogen atkinson, anna and daisy buchanan, daniel holland, alma samocha, william todd and chiara banfi. well done to everyone, we are proud of you all .
the new york times described him as
... audacious... multitalented .
joseph pehrson, writing in the music connoisseur, described pritsker as
dissolv [ ing ] the artificial boundaries between high brow, low brow, classical, popular musics and elevates the idea that if it' s done well it is great music, regardless of the style or genre
. raul d' gama rose writes in all about jazz :
barring the obvious exceptions, much of 21st century composition appears to be thinning in significance, but this might be about to change. gene pritsker is one of a very spare handful of composers effecting this change .
it is impossible to give any account or re - imagining of those times without acknowledging the central role of fr john van suylen. in fact the importance of that role cannot be over - emphasised; from the beginning, as assistant priest at st joseph' s boronia, he took particular interest in the young and growing community. the early history of what was to become our parish is intertwined with the fervent christianity of fr john; if these were times of youthful energy and optimism - and they were - fr john was the very man to reflect and embody their spirit. risks were run and great leaps forward were taken, huge beyond practicality and courageous beyond folly, but all taken in faith .
jol dantzig is a guitar builder, designer, writer and filmmaker. he has worked for gibson, fender, guild, ovation, gretsch, and was a founding partner of hamer guitars—one of the first boutique custom guitar brands. dantzig’s work has been played by hundreds of artists including sting, steve stevens, larry coreyell, dug pinnick, billy gibbons, keb mo’, nick lowe, kk downing, glenn tipton, john abercrombie, glen campbell, rick nielsen, kenny vaughan, lita ford, james honeyman scott, elliott easton, andy summers, peter frampton, martin barre, lyle workman, brad gillis, george harrison, jeff ament, dweezil zappa, jeff tweedy, nancy wilson—and many others. view all posts by jol
it was to take much time and an arduous struggle, however, before that land came to fulfil the purpose of church and school for which it was intended. from earliest times wantirna was part of st joseph' s parish at boronia; the first catholics in the area faced a journey of between 3 and 4 kilometres to sunday mass or for their children' s schooling. as the gaps between new houses along the streets shrank and disappeared and populations grew, the need for worship and education, for a sense of self as a community, intensified. true, there were state schools in the area, and good ones, and churches at boronia and bayswater, but here in wantirna an ever - growing number of young catholic families were beginning to seek cohesion and identity in their own right .
in 1978 a sunday mass centre was set up in the state school at regency park: the young families would arrive at the school early, well ahead of the scheduled mass time, clear away and stack the little desks, set up seating and altar, arrange banners and flowers, tune up their guitars, practice their hymns then fill the room to bursting with their spirited and spiritual, youthful and hopeful post - vatican ii worship. after mass there were cups of tea, groups in conversation and children darting about in play as the place was re - established as a classroom. more families came; soon the schoolroom was not big enough and mass was moved to a covered shelter outside. if it was cold in winter and hot in summer this could be endured, what mattered was the spirit of the place - hope, excitement and the vast future that lay ahead .
dr. joseph horton is professor of psychology at grove city college. among the courses he teaches are marriage and family assessment and intervention, child development, foundations of psychological science, and advanced research methods. dr. horton earned his ph. d. and master’s degrees from the pennsylvania state university with an emphasis in developmental psychology. he is particularly interested in reasoning in young children, character development in adolescents as well as marriage and the impact of marriage on children. dr. horton is part the center for research on positive youth development at grove city college. the research done by the center has been funded by the john templeton foundation. he serves as board chair of pregnancy services of western pennsylvania, a pro - life, christian pregnancy help center. in his spare time, he enjoys watching college football with his family and taking his daughter to dog shows .
violist / conductor / composer jill jaffe has performed in virtually all of the concert venues in new york city with all of the major free lance orchestras including orch of st. lukes, nyc ballet, nyc opera, american composers orchestra and mostly mozart. a veteran of the downtown music scene - the lounge lizards, john zorn, evan lurie, etc. - she is one of the early crossover artists. she has concertized and recorded throughout much of europe, japan and mexico. an avid chamber musician, jill is a founding member of the crescent string quartet. as a composer of theatre music jill is the recipient of numerous ascap awards, her ballets in response to the tragedies of 911 have been performed with profound effect. she has played for almost 100 different broadway and off - broadway shows, has recorded numerous soundtracks and much commercial music, and was music director / conductor of vienna lusthaus national tour, 2003 .
a week later our year 4, 5 and 6 girl footballers played in the esfa 7 aside girls football tournament. we were one of two schools to field two teams of super keen footballers. the girls did very well indeed; winning and drawing all games bar one! goals were flying in from all angles, with daisy scoring a hat - trick in one match! in the group stages, team b won every match and team a drew every match. unfortunately, due to points difference, team a went came 2nd in their group despite not losing a game! team b qualified for the quarter finals, where they won comfortably 2 - 0 to book a place in the semi - final. this was to be played against a strong st luke' s team. the westdene girls committment and skill level was excellent and consequently we took a 1 - 0 lead with only minutes remaining. however, despite stoical defending and brisk counter attacking from westdene, st lukes scored two long range efforts, the second coming with the last kick of the match, to win the game 2 - 1. reagrdless of the result, the girls were very proud to be in the top four sides in the city! both results were a fantastic achievement for our female footballers: roll on the next match !
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redwood with a peruvian walnut bridge patch. put it together and what do you get? an awesome guitar…
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i only wish i had more clamps... because i would clamp everything .
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’ campaign. during january we are featuring independent business from london and hopefully you have already read our ‘wears london’ feature, which launched this leg of our campaign .
immediately on entering the studios, you feel a buzz about the places and the sense that people are creating new and great things here. the atmosphere is relaxed and people seem to work with an open door policy to their studios, always willing to have a chat or lend a hand with something. definitely not your normal 9 - 5 office location !
i asked luke and sarah how they intended to build the business in a market where everything is web based and price comparison sites rule. in return for this question i received a crash course in guitar principles and basics! (i must learn to avoid asking difficult questions) .
2014 is all about setting the foundations for the business and reaching a place where concurrent design and production can take place. luke and sarah and already developing a
campaign in the hope using the popular crowd - sourcing platform to generate much needed capital to fund the resources needed to support business growth .
luke’s societal aspirations come in the longer five - year time horizon, where he hopes the business will be in a position to offer apprentiships to young people who can then learn a real trade and establish a future for themselves .
when you are a passionate about an idea and have an unwavering motivation, it is often those that critique or raise negatives that become a major mental barrier. luke and sarah recall the early days of their idea and hearing criticisms by some who were early to judge or suggest ‘why don’t you just get a real job with your degree? ’
regardless of the challenges faced over the last 18 months, what comes across clearly is that luke and sarah are indeed complete opposites in their business roles but they are also great support mechanisms for each other. luke spoke of times when he was at rock bottom, perhaps after struggling to tackle a design issue and was unable to find a solution. despite lacking in technical knowhow, it was sarah who offered a fresh uncomplicated perspective and a path forward .
both are hugely proud of having nearly finished (at the time of writing) their first guitar. some 18th months ago this beautiful instrument was nothing more than a seedling of an idea in luke’s head and a bundle of scrap images .
those were luke’s words not ours. the pair believes that while effective business planning is crucial, you have to recognise when it is appropriate to plan and when it is better just to get stuck in and try. plans are just that and unlikely to ever be exactly the same as what reality brings; the key is being flexible and adaptable to the events that are dealt to you .
another piece of advice from sarah was listen to advice but not the negatives. if people are truly supportive of your vision, they will provide reassurance and constructive comments to help you in your journey. above all, they both believe it is vital that individuals remain positive, pull together and maintain the passion that encouraged them to pursue the idea in the first place. when asked for her one sentence, sarah summed up their approach as ;
‘know who you are, why you are doing something and build an ethos or set of values and live by them’ .
we love luke’s grand ambitions and long - term vision that would end up seeing the business owning tree stock and milling capabilities. he speaks so passionately about this that we actually can’t find reason to doubt his resolve. this and the team’s desire to provide an organisation that openly attracts apprentices creates a movement that we are also going to watch with interest .
he struggled to find any financial assistance for his all - important equipment and workshop premises until he made contact with transmit start - ups, who have given him a loan to cover workshop rent for a year, funding for tools and to develop a website to attract new business .
fellow transmit start - ups director richard myers will also be able to give luke mentoring as he had worked for one of the uk’s leading distributors of musical instruments and has experience of working with independent guitar makers .
further information on transmit start up loans is on urltoken and on luke’s business on urltoken .
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musicians are a bit like vampires. no, i don’t mean they’ll suck the life out of you—although that can be the case. it’s the hours they keep. i used to enjoy the upside - down, unconventional world of the working musician. while others were brushing their teeth, getting ready for their meaningless day of drudgery at the office, my musician friends and i were stumbling out of a party or loading out from the night’s gig. the pale glow of the morning’s approach was always a special, quiet time before the bustle of the straight world took over .
i’d been in the company of artists—like - minded souls, with great conversations and interesting points of view. then it was home, for a solid six hours of sleep before rising at noon .
today, it’s the reverse. the quiet time is still precious to me, but it’s at the start of my day now. i sip my coffee and listen to the birds—first a robin, then the cardinal’s chip chip chip chip. as the sun crests the ridge, i’m walking down the wooded road to my shop. in the distance a chainsaw fires up and a dog barks faintly. this is the best time—so full of promise .
my wife, carla, had planted marigolds at the entrance to my shop, and every day they make me smile as i approach the door. they are bright and welcoming—exploding with red, gold and yellow in the morning light. so, it wasn’t a surprise when i mixed up a new batch of glowing lacquer shaders and dyes to use on a few new instruments .
i’d been staying mainly with browns, deep cherry, naturals and muted ambers, which are still some of my favorite guitar finishes, but the flowers had made me think of more bright reds and yellows. so i made a few sample blocks .
i still think about the old times, and staying up all night. bill murray holding an enormous bunch of colored balloons in a deserted warehouse district street at 4 am, or david copperfield sharing cocktails and a childhood story on a balcony overlooking the lights of chicago. too many good memories to dismiss as wasted youth. but i like the morning for different reasons now, and my head doesn’t hurt .
if you ever wondered what a typical day in the shop is like, i can say with confidence that you rarely know what you’ll get. as much as i’d like to say that it’s all cutting and carving wood and making lovely instruments, it often is far from that .
this morning i wanted to drill a few holes in a fixture i was building, but the drill bit was vibrating a bit as i set about to drop the quill. a quick inspection with my favorite brown & sharpe indicator showed about. 005″ run - out at the chuck. this would translate to a more severe wobble at the end of the bit, so it had to be fixed. sometimes a chuck will have debris inside, or the bit may have a burr; either of which can create a bit of run - out. i examined the bit, and it seemed fine—a roll test on the surface plate showed it was true. i was confident that a quick blast of compressed air would clean the chuck interior and i would be on my way. or perhaps it was the arbor coming loose. my conscience demanded that i set things truly straight by disassembling the whole thing to put my mind at ease. i’d been wanting to reduce the return spring tension as well, so no better time than the present. the best way to determine a problem is to systematically go through each step until you find the source of the problem .
out came the wrenches, wedge set and the arbor drift. before i knew it, two hours had passed. measured, solvent cleaned, then lubricated properly—the whole thing went back together beautifully. the culprit? a little bit here, a little bit there all added up to too much play in the end .
when i put the indicator on the arbor it was only showing about. 001″— which is pretty much dead nuts for this type of machine. with the chuck cleaned out and fitted snugly, it was ready to rock. by then it was lunchtime. at least i knew that the rest of the day could move ahead without incident .
i love tools—i’ve got boxes of them in my shop and in my home. my wife chuckles and shakes her head, i’m sure, because there’s a tool kit in almost every room of our house. every new job i take on is an opportunity to acquire a new wrench, cutter or crimper. punches, files, clamps and drills fill my heart with joy. pantographs, saws and shapers fill my workspace with lovely dust .
as much as i adore specialized tools—the ones that do one thing and one thing only—measuring tools, that i use every day, or even every hour of every day are my bread and butter. rulers, scales, micrometers, depth and diameter gauges. these are the implements needed to navigate the complexities of building something to close tolerances—like a guitar. but by far the most versatile of this class of tools is the dial caliper .
almost every person of note who worked at hamer handled this tool at one time or another. it’s is still insanely accurate and one of my most treasured possessions, and as much as i enjoy the new digital calipers that can add, subtract and convert to metric at the touch of a button, there is something satisfying about using the analog version. it’s a connection to something deeper than just the job at hand .
my last post about the huge amount of electric guitar builders making instruments today elicited quite a volume of mail in my inbox. some of you had additions to my list while others wanted to know why certain names were deemed “worthy” of inclusion. a couple people with severe ocd suggested the list be alphabetized. for those who sent me names, we all thank you. i couldn’t really grasp why the list should be in alphabetical order (as opposed to by cost, state or body style for instance) but i did it just the same .
i think that my point was well made before the addition of another 100 + builders, but now we have a bigger list to view anyway. as i said before, this list is not complete—not by a longshot—and it does not represent any sort of endorsement or judgement by me .
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this account of our history is primarily john edwards' article in st. luke' s wantirna publication -
celebrating 25 years
by the late 1960s, the transformation from bushland to suburb was approaching the last of its many stages. as survey pegs and house frames started to spread across the hills they brought in their wake a host of new needs. newlyweds and young families, as well as needing shelter, had to be fed, clothed, taught - and supplied with all the other necessities and amenities of modern urban life. the little groups of shops at studfield and wantirna mall started to grow, primary and secondary schools appeared in the centre of the estate and the catholic church acquired land on stokes road .
a faith not misplaced. in 1978, with wantirna still straddling boronia and bayswater parishes, a house was purchased in haileybury court to serve as a convent for sisters aileen shanahan and mary ryan, both destined for roles with the school and the parish. in fact the school was opened in 1979 with 116 children and the involvement of 65 families. the eucharist was still being celebrated in a classroom - actually numbers had so grown that two were needed - but at least at this point it was in our own school !
in january 1980 archbishop little pronounced the creation of the new parish of wantirna with fr john as parish priest. it was a time of excitement, growth and building. numbers both at the school and the weekly eucharist continued to increase and planning for the second stage of the school commenced only a month after inauguration of the parish, only to be revised upward for an even larger project. at this stage knox had become the fastest - growing residential area in australia and, to the catholics of wantirna, nothing seemed too daunting to tackle .
with the second stage of the school - the bigger, up - scaled version - the next step was planning for a priest' s residence and parish centre. in november of the same year, 1980, it was decided to build both together. the second stage of the school was completed in august 1981 and opened by the reverend dean wall. in the following month, with attendances continuing to skyrocket, the mass centre was relocated from its two - classroom status to the large area in the middle of the new stage two. within three months, by christmas of that year, it had become clear that this in turn was not adequate - the need for a parish centre was becoming more urgent. as in the later case of building the church finance was a problem and one of the many innovative fundraisers was the purchase by parishioners of bricks for the new building .
when school resumed in 1982 enrolments had risen to over 400, almost four times the number of only three years before, and work on the parish centre pressed on. then, less than two months after commencement of the school year, on 21 march, archbishop little opened the chapel, community centre and parish house. he con - celebrated mass with fr john and fr malcolm campbell before a huge crowd gathered beneath the gum trees in front of the centre in what he referred to as' god' s own cathedral'. he was quoted by the advocate of 1 april as asking the congregation:' wouldn' t it be great if, from this beginning of this parish we all had (christ' s sacrifice) in our hearts and that throughout our lives we saw this as the centre of all our community life?'
a parish centre coordinator was appointed and within a very short time many activities were organised. saturday and sunday evening masses were celebrated in the centre. a commentary of the time wrote: the prayerful atmosphere and decor were appreciated as a contrast from the masses celebrated at the school and were a foretaste of things anticipated when a church would be built. this however seemed a long way off...' in those heady times, however,' a long way off was different from what it might be in another era. a former parishioner recollects'... in an early conversation between fr john and me, when i innocently inquired as to
when are we going to build a church ?
he replied
how about now !
before i knew it the church development committee was in place...' indeed the continuously expanding community soon outgrew the new centre and by 1983 all weekend masses had to return to the school, despite overcrowding to the point of discomfort. the new centre had already become too small.
joseph lukes guitars is a stringed instrument manufacturing company based in london , england . they currently produce one acoustic guitar model known as the " grand concert " and a ukulele . 
joseph lukes guitars is a stringed instrument manufacturing company based in london, england. they currently produce one acoustic guitar model known as the " grand concert " and a ukulele.
joseph lukes guitars is a stringed instrument manufacturing company based in london, england. they currently produce one acoustic guitar model known as the " grand concert " and a ukulele.