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I go back a long way with Melvyn. He was part of my youth and made me a couple of Explorer guitars when I first started out playing, it is fair to say he was literally instrumental in my life as a guitarist. He used to bring along guitars he'd made to gigs for me to test the construction to see if I could smash them up. for this I got a mention in the acknowledgements his book.
He was an incredibly genuine man with the most fantastic sense of humour which apart from the guitars my endearing memory of him will be laughter and silliness. One of my Explorer guitars which we called "the Bogie" broke a few years ago (it's the one in the picture below, now residing in "The Portsmouth Music Experience Exhibition") without hesitation he gave me another explorer which true to Melvin's sense of humour is covered in Don Martin cartoons. I shall be playing it later in his memory.
A sad day
Melv's guitar's gave me the confidence to do this:
https://i.imgur.com/tlBrZuC.jpg
Melvyn's book Make Your Own Electric Guitar was a reference bible for all of us builders both hobbyist and professional.
A sad loss to the guitar world.
(formerly miserneil)
So sad to hear, a fine chap who was always full of terrible jokes and sometimes red wine, I shall miss him.
(formerly customkits)
https://thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/comment/784325/#Comment_784325
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
I built a couple of guitars with what I'd learned from that book, decided I wasn't really cut out for that, and ended up just being a repairer... but still owe a lot of what I know to him.
RIP
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson
RIP Melvyn.
His bulid your own electric guitar book was one of the books my dad adored and he long promised to make me one after reading it.
Took him nearly 30 years but my Dad did eventually manage to make a fully working bass from scratch.
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