Just get a good (variable speed) belt grinder and an assortment of belts. That's all you really need, once you have squares of the material you want to grind. I don't make my own picks from...
Type: Posts; User: Richard Eskite
Just get a good (variable speed) belt grinder and an assortment of belts. That's all you really need, once you have squares of the material you want to grind. I don't make my own picks from...
I gave up on satellite radio a long time ago. I never even actuated it when I got a new car that came with a free subscription. 500 channels and nothing to listen to unless you want hip hop or...
If I could only shop one store, Gryphon would be it.
I like to use a Parrot Vise http://www.grizzly.com/products/Parrot-Vise-/D3125 and tilting jaws http://www.grizzly.com/products/Tilting-Jaws-for-H3302-Parrot-Vise-/D3126?utm_campaign=zPage for this...
I do like the F-styles, but that scroll is darn expensive.
Well, I'm pretty happy with a Collings MFO that followed me home last week. Probably that one.
That's Natalie's sister, Brittany. She's pretty great, too. I saw her and Darol Anger playing together in Cape Breton a couple of years ago. Natalie was there, too.
I was replacing a broken E string in my hotel room a couple of days ago. The loop kept slipping off the post and I didn't have any tape with me. Now I have yet ANOTHER good reason to chew gum...
One of my favorite duos is Natalie Haas and Alistair Frazier. If she isn't fulfilling the bass role, she'll do till a real bass player comes along.
I met him at the wedding of a good friend. Although I didn't get to know him really well, we did share a few meals and I found him absolutely charming. Never would you know that he was such an...
At Reavey's House by Jim Eagan has some wonderful fiddle renditions of traditional material, as do almost any of the Celtic Colours collections, although a few of the musicians they feature do...
Yes, I believe Marla enjoys teaching. We have a pretty regular group class going and I, for one, have gotten a TON out of it. I hope we will pick up again in the Fall after her summer travels.
Well, the way I learned it, jigs are ONE-two-three-ONE-two-three. D-u-d-D-u-d. Hop jigs are ONE-two-three-FOUR-five-six, ONE-two-three-FOUR-five-six. For myself, this is a philosophical ideal...
I finally managed to get some of the 1.4mm triangular picks with textured gripping surface to play with. I must say, I really like the material. I took some sandpaper and Dremel buffing wheel to one...
Having used Audacity and ASD, I'd go for the Slow Downer. In addition to being very simple to use and allowing tempo modification on the fly, I have found their customer service to be excellent. If...
I have the Zoom H-1 and H-4N. I like to use the H-1 for recording my lessons because it's less "in your face" than the 4N.
Sometimes new paintbrushes can be quite inspiring. New paints, too.
Grolsch beer with the reclosable stopper has a nice red rubber ring that can make a dandy strap lock, plus you get to drink the beer.
I have found that sometimes if I take a break for a couple or few days, when I come back to it, I have improved. Passages that eluded me seem to come clearer with a little distance. It's an...
Great magazine, I've been a subscriber for some time now.
I have been listening to the podcast "Kitchen Party Ceilidh" the last couple of days. I'd gotten behind and just listened to one after another, yesterday. Really a great effort! Here's a link to...
Same here. I couldn't tell if the binding was in or out of whack from the low rez and unfocused image provided. It just isn't that hard to take legible photographs these days, especially if you are...
Haven't seen the movie, but the Showtime special, Another Day/Another Time, has been pretty enjoyable. I really loved hearing Rhiannon Giddens singing the Gaelic milling songs. That was quite...
I had one and it worked okay, but needing the accessory sort of negates the advantages of the iPhone's compact and care-free qualities. I eventually got one of the Strobo-Clips and like it quite...
Marla Fibish has been teaching a class series at my studio in San Francisco. We have one student from Southern California who is attending the class via Skype. We just put Marla's iPad on a music...