I am a member of the Fiddle Hangout, the Mandolin Cafe (since 2004) and now I belong to the Mando Hangout. All are very good, and as CHuck mentioned there are different personalities on each. Here at...
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I am a member of the Fiddle Hangout, the Mandolin Cafe (since 2004) and now I belong to the Mando Hangout. All are very good, and as CHuck mentioned there are different personalities on each. Here at...
Charles is an amazing man. Thanks for the update, Chuck.
Pegheads in my shop use 3/32" x .070"
I attended the Maine FIddle Camp last August for a week, and never had so much fun.
The only mistake I made was in bringing only the Fiddle. I wish I had brought along my
guitar and mandolin as...
I recently played Appalachian Waltz at a wedding, albeit on violin.
It could be played on mandolin, I guess, but this couple asked for violin.
I much prefer just using my last name.
But a couple of years ago I built for myself an F-4 copy complete with full flowerpot,
and for some reason I was moved to inlay 'The' before my name. I do not...
Sounds like a good idea.
I use a 24" by 24" 3/4" plywood with 80 grit glued to one side and 120 on the other.
Your idea sounds like a good one.
My four favorites are Annie McDonalds Piano, Nail that Catfish to the Tree, The Musical Priest, and Sleep Maggie.
I play then on the fiddle, as a set.
Although I prefer a thicker pipe for bending, soon I will be switching to an electric system. Less scorching that way.
I like roughing plates out by hand with large heavy gouges held with both...
Nothing but Bone.
If you were building an "A" model mandolin, you can probably get by without heavy machinery. You'd still need to tool-up in certain areas, such as chisels, scrapers, thickness gauge, and such, either...
No, but I don't eat meat. I've been carving a top most of the morning.
Dang, this is the wrong forum. Sorry 'bout that!
The Portland Collection, Vol. 2
Kitchen Girl!
(Though, some may call it bluegrass.)
This is a very interesting subject. I suppose that if I had a lengthy backlog, the temptation would be there to resort to CNC, Pantograph, Duplicarver, etc. But I do not. Building is merely a hobby –...
Is she a 3-pointer? How about a full frontal shot.
Thanks.
I used to go crazy, up to 600 grit on bare wood. But nowadays only go to 220. However, I then 'whisker' the wood, raise the grain, 3 times. You can use water, but I prefer denatured alchohol. Dries...
[QUOTE=Paul Hostetter;740995]Make no mistake, it's a helluva violin, and no one could fake Strads better than Vuillaume.
Yes, he and perhaps Roger Hargrave, who has probably handled "The Messiah"...
I've used the Dremel for a long time for both guitar and mandolin binding ledges, and used a route as Andrew shows us. The direction works well. But I really dont care for this system, so I have...
If your neck is straight to the 12th fret, it is possible that the neck-joint dovetail is failing.
In this part of Maine you can go to auctions and find guitars needing neck-sets aplenty. A few broken fiddles, too.
Guitars and mandolins, I play only instruments that I built.
I play an 1890 German fiddle, and a 1914 Nippon. My first self-made fiddle is in the works.
That Taylor might be a model 6-12.
Fiddle player here, Cape Breton, Scottish, American Classical, some old-time, a tiny bit of Bach, and a little bluegrass.
Got into mandos quite a while ago when someone asked me to build one for...
Yep, have both. I was given my humidifyer, but have seen them at W-mart.
Mine will hold enough water to run well over a day. I keep my instruments and tonewood in my bedroom with the machine. It is...