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26. They are indeed. That was my friend's name
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 06:26 PM
Jul 2020

Božo Podunavac. His name, pronounced "Paw-doo-NAH-vats," just means "south of the Danube," which his home town of Novi Sad indeed is.

I met him in February of 1977, when he still had his studio in Escondido, California. I had him build me various instruments over the years, and this matching pair was the last commission work he did for me. I recently bought an experimental "owl" 12 string of which he made three back in 1979. One went to Peter Lang, one went to Leo Kottke, and one went to some non-prominent player. Leo's instrument landed in an auction by Heritage in Dallas earlier this year, and I ended up buying it. I found out later that I was lucky, because another guy would have paid more for it that I wanted to, but his computer froze during the live auction, and so my bid ended up winning it.

Here is Božo:


And here is the "owl:"

I used to know a luthier. That guy has some Phoenix61 Jul 2020 #1
Me, Too! ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 #30
Thanks!!! I find the best stuff on DU!!!! nt LAS14 Jul 2020 #2
I sent this to my Son, a retired Engineer True Blue American Aug 2020 #31
Bookmarkimg for later. niyad Jul 2020 #3
Watch later. Alacritous Crier Jul 2020 #4
Yeah but does it Djent? Shermann Jul 2020 #5
Nice. Even carved and fretted the neck. Hoyt Jul 2020 #6
A real pro. JDC Jul 2020 #7
Very cool Ahpook Jul 2020 #8
If you have them on another site, you... reACTIONary Jul 2020 #15
I would love to send your pictures on. True Blue American Aug 2020 #32
Thanks. LudwigPastorius Jul 2020 #9
That's an impressive set of tools and... NNadir Jul 2020 #10
Says he is Flemish and, also, builds furniture under the THCIKS logo. Tikki Jul 2020 #11
WOW! A Keeper!!! calimary Jul 2020 #12
They should name an asteroid after this guy. tclambert Jul 2020 #13
people have time again. pansypoo53219 Jul 2020 #14
That must have been some shelf! BlueIdaho Jul 2020 #16
Not a Martin D-28, but obviously a quality piece of work.. (nt) Paladin Jul 2020 #17
Yes. Impressive, but that's a tremendous amount of work... Dave Starsky Jul 2020 #18
As a guitarist I think this is awesome 1plus1equals1 Jul 2020 #19
A friend of mine used to build guitars for a living DFW Jul 2020 #20
Those are Bozos! musette_sf Jul 2020 #25
They are indeed. That was my friend's name DFW Jul 2020 #26
You are fortunate to own these! musette_sf Jul 2020 #27
Very cool ornotna Jul 2020 #21
That's some impressive work! BobTheSubgenius Jul 2020 #22
I suspect it's not his first guitar. JohnnyRingo Jul 2020 #23
That's just a come on. Scruffy1 Aug 2020 #33
out of shelf and an whole lot of tools! Demovictory9 Jul 2020 #24
Next video: How to Build a Bookshelf colorado_ufo Jul 2020 #28
Brian May of Queen built his guitar at age 16 tavernier Jul 2020 #29
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