A few years ago I went to Acoustic Music in CT. They had quite a few Collings mandolins. The only one I really liked was one honeyburst MT2. Not sure...
I have an upper-end all solid wood cavaquinho by Giannini. I also have a Rozini cavaquinho which is another budget brand from Brazil. They also make...
I am not expert on Celtic/ITM but I do like this free downloadable book of tunes made available from this site, Harp of Tara. I ended up printing it...
Hah! My wife has friends who sit and knit while talking or watching. Today I was at a concert and there was a woman knitting. I guess it doesn't make...
I am not a luthier but I believe that having a perfectly executed nut can affect the tone of individual strings. Sometimes even just the angle of the...
My advantage is that I have never really spent a super large amount for an instrument I have been on this earth for a half dozen decades with my eyes...