01:00So who are some of the notable people you've made guitars or mandolins for?
01:29Well, I made mandolins for bluegrass people like Doc Watson and Peter Rowan.
01:34Which I know, yeah.
01:35And I made guitars for Eric Clapton and Norman Blake.
01:39Wow.
01:40And Doc Watson, too.
01:42And Tommy Madden, one of the best pickers in the world, probably.
01:47You know, he's got one of my guitars.
01:49Wow.
01:50And, oh, I can't remember his name at all.
01:55How long did it take you to make this one?
01:58It takes me a couple of weeks to do these things.
02:01Okay.
02:02They're all this carbon that's cut out of a thick piece, you know, to get the arch in it and everything.
02:07It is copied after a Gibson mandolin, an F5, made in the 1920s.
02:13And when they, at the time, those were made like that, there was a fellow named Lloyd Lower who worked for the company.
02:20Okay.
02:21And he had them do that.
02:22Had them put together and string them up and let him test them.
02:27And if he approved them, he would sign the label.
02:31And I've got even copies of those labels, but I put my name on them instead.
02:35Instead of his, right?
02:36Oh, it takes a lot of whittling and carving and messing.
02:39I still got a lot of sanding to do before I finish them.
02:41Oh, wow.
02:42So do you play the mandolin then?
02:44I can play a little bit.
02:56Oh, wow.
03:26Okay.
03:57Give a list of people, influential, important people who you've played music for.
04:03Well, probably did play in the White House one time.
04:07Which president was that?
04:08Clinton.
04:09Okay.
04:10Got to meet Hillary.
04:11Oh, yeah.
04:13Played in Carnegie Hall.
04:15All right.
04:17Queen.
04:18Yeah, played for the Queen.
04:19All right.
04:20That's pretty good.
04:21Was that in England?
04:22No, when she came to Richmond.
04:24Oh, okay.
04:25No, she came to Richmond.
04:26But you've played in...
04:27She came over for my birthday.
04:31You and her are tight, huh?
04:32Yeah.
04:55So these are the pick guards?
04:56Mm-hmm.
04:57These are the pick guards.
04:58You make them out of a chemical or...?
04:59Made out of epoxy.
05:00Epoxy.
05:01Really?
05:02So, yeah, it's just plastic and you wait for it to dry and then...
05:03And this one, I was going to...
05:04My dad asked me to try and make a Paisley one to put on Brad Paisley's guitar because
05:05he wanted something Paisley on his.
05:06And so, does that look Paisley?
05:07Yes.
05:08It's like the...
05:09I don't know.
05:10I don't know.
05:11I don't know.
05:12I don't know.
05:13I don't know.
05:14I don't know.
05:15I don't know.
05:16I don't know.
05:17I don't know.
05:18I don't know.
05:19I don't know.
05:20Yeah.
05:21Yeah.
05:22Daddy's upset.
05:23He's going to have to wear a Paisley purple bow tie for our wedding.
05:24You are?
05:25Yeah.
05:26He's really upset about it.
05:27They're just kind of...
05:28It's a really cool process.
05:29Yeah.
05:30It's just fun to do.
05:31It's like a surfboard epoxy.
05:32Oh, yeah.
05:33Okay.
05:34You mix it up in one color first and then you just stir in all the design and stuff.
05:35Okay.
05:36So you get creative.
05:37Yeah.
05:38Yeah.
05:39Yeah.
05:40Yeah.
05:41Yeah.
05:42Yeah.
05:43Yeah.
05:44Yeah.
05:45Yeah.
05:46Yeah.
05:47Yeah.
05:48Yeah.
05:50Okay.
05:51So you get creative.
05:52Then you bake it in a little box out there with light bulbs for about three hours.
05:57So how did Brad Paisley get a hold of you for...
06:00Well, I just know his record producer's dad is a friend of mine, and so they talk about
06:08it and everything.
06:09I built a mandolin for him that they use on some of his records and then he asked for
06:14a guitar.
06:15So I guess hopefully I'll get around to making it sometime.
06:21How long does he have to wait?
06:22Well, probably not too long.
06:23If I can get some of this other stuff done, you know, so I can work on it.
06:29So there's bluegrass legend Doc Watson off of DuPoint.
06:32Actually, I was going to make you a bracelet.
06:35It's quite the stick.
06:37So this is Wayne and Doc Watson here.
06:41You said some mason guy built it on...
06:43He just came in and started building it.
06:45And it's kind of neat.
06:46It's a little bench.
06:47And there are these little things.
06:48That's wild.
06:49That sit in there.
06:50And what is that?
06:51I don't know.
06:52It's just like, I don't know.
06:53So this is the first guitar you ever made?
06:57First one that got made with a number in it.
07:04What's the significance of that then?
07:06Well, I've been numbering every one I've ever made since.
07:09Oh, I got you.
07:10Okay.
07:11What number are you up to now?
07:12536.
07:14These things are made out of, there's an old cow that died up on the hill, and I went
07:21up there and got the bones with a file and filed them out.
07:26And these little blocks just cut out of walnut and maple with a whittling knife.
07:34That thing too.
07:37Do you still have the very first one you made as a kid?
07:40Yeah, well.
07:41I've got a box, a cardboard box, with a wooden neck on it.
07:46Fish line.
07:47And how old were you when you made that, Eddie?
07:50Oh, I'd say 7 or 8.
07:53This is the first guitar you ever made?
07:55That's one of the first ones.
07:56I can't remember.
07:57That's so cute.
07:58How long has it been since you played it?
08:01Oh, it's just got one string on it.
08:07Got a mouse hole in it.
08:11Well, I used to re-box them.
08:12It's probably older than that, but it's like a, what, a 1950, 59, or it might be 50.
08:18And how old were you when you made this?
08:20I would say 7 or 8, somewhere.
08:22I can't remember for sure.
08:23So was this just a two-string guitar?
08:26Yeah, that's just a, it had fish line on it, but I could play a tune on it at the time.
08:32Or play something.
08:41That is so cool.
08:47Look how pretty.
08:48Joseph, do you want to make a guitar out of a tobacco box?
08:53No.
08:54No.
08:55Not today.
08:58Hooey.
09:00Joseph.
09:01Hooey.
09:03And what is this called?
09:04A hooey stick.
09:05A hooey stick.
09:06Say hooey, it'll go the other way.
09:08That's what it is, huh?
09:09Yeah.
09:10Hooey.
09:13Oh, I see.
09:14Okay.
09:15Hooey.
09:17You see a propeller change?
09:18I do.
09:19Yeah, I'm just starting to see.
09:40That's cool.
09:43Yeah.
09:44That's cool.
09:45Yeah.
09:46Yeah.
09:47Yeah.
09:48That's good.
09:52Yeah.
09:53Yeah.
09:54Yeah.
09:55Yeah.
09:56Yeah.
09:57Yeah.
09:58Yeah.
09:59Yeah.
10:00Yeah.
10:01Yeah.
10:02Yeah.
10:03Yeah.
10:04Yeah.
10:05Yeah.
10:06Yeah.
10:07Yeah.
10:08Yeah.
10:09Yeah.
10:30All right.
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