Activity Stream

I hate to state the obvious, and I always like the look of Vassar's fiddle, but I'm thinking a small plastic/rubber doll head could be glued or...

OK, just too tired to give it a go last night but watched it again this morning and when she gets to the part (in A major) that we're all confused...

Josh Carter of Pretty Little Goat plays a mandolin made from a 200 year old chestnut timber from an old house, sounds amazing.

Yep, there are 'pros and cons'.

I want to thank the people (who will remain nameless here) who replied to my request, but I also want to assure any other readers that I will check...

Don, and Belbein, I don't want you to think I'm some sort of tree expert. I'm not. I don't know what is in the water over there in the Ozarks, but...

Great information on the fiddle and so happy to see it in action in capable hands. I do recall that his was likely Vuillaume and that the...

Yes. I surely sound more like Jonesboro, Georgia than Indiana. Plenty of proof to witness on my Grass Talk Radio podcast. Funny thing though that...

Noting the anniversary of this interview with a great jazz mandolin player.

That is a great video lesson. If you get on Homespun’s email list, you’ll receive daily offers for vastly discounted videos—often 50% or even 65%...

My Appalachian dulcimer has a dogwood top with dogwood flower shaped soundholes, which I like as a nod to growing up in Virginia. The builder Jack...

The notes are DEF#, then G (A & E strings). This is a beautiful tune. Free sheet music if you Google "mountain house sheet music." I need to be...

Bumping this thread because we are, in fact, moving to Austin. I just wanted to see if anyone else might pop up with more ideas. I checked out the...

I understand your PAS. I'm finally starting to slow down a bit on my pedal acquisitions. I still have an overdrive acquisition problem. I have 6...

I use and love my nano POG from Electro-Harmonix. I love that it can do an octave high and low at the same time as well as a dry signal. Plus you...

Eric- you raise a good point about pecan trees in The Appalachian region. However, the natural range of pecan tree habitat reaches into eastern...

I prefer non-coated and I like the price point of the 74’s. Thanks for the suggestion!

For anyone who hasn't built a fair number of necks, I'd recommend using a dual action trussrod. It can address a number of complications that...

Does the armrest wear against the finish where it makes contact?

I would guess that the tuners are original and the mandolin may be somewhat newer- late 1960s or early 1970s. I have no idea where it was made-...

I tend to follow Br1ck in that I always err on the side of restoration, in all things. However, when it comes to instruments , I am supremely lucky...

Just in case Chainsawmandolin thinks they’re being ignored, it looks to me like a relatively cheap mandolin from the 1940s or 50s which may have...

I know that with a top the opens all the way, I don’t have to worry about it closing when I’m not ready and putting a ding in my instrument.

Well done, what would you do differently next time?

If the second note is on a higher string than the first I will probably use DDU. If the first two notes are on the same string I might use a split...

The important thing in compression truss rods is that the anchors need to be as deep as possible. Depth of line connecting the anchors is the most...

Just learning this gem of a tune. It’s on the “Norman Blake & Tony Rice 2” CD with Doc Watson and Nancy Blake joining in on the musical mirth &...