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I play 4 or 5 string electric to play Western Swing!

For the sake of the ironic humor, I have to point out that it's a genetic proofreading tic. :grin:

Just because I haven't posted anything here for a while, here's one of the things I'm working on.
The mahogany that this neck blank is made from is not wide enough for a peghead. This guitar is to...

A nice shot of a new inlay for the V5 that I am prepping for finishing --

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On an acoustic with a pickup, I like the ability to be louder while maintaining a lite touch. But on the hollow body with a humbucker, I like the soft, sustained jazzy tone that is so reminiscent of...

I'd get one just for the day pass!

I first recorded by arrangement of Jimi Hendrix's Angel in 2006. This is setting the stage for multiple YouTube lessons on how to play it. It will also be central to some of the instruction I will...

https://youtu.be/cJDoHWKGces

Hey friends! Don Stiernberg is one of the world’s great mandolin players. In this video, he chats about his music, career, and connection with the legendary Jethro Burns. Don also gives us some tips...

I play both mandolin and guitar, and I'm always on the hunt for exceptional-sounding instruments. One thing I have learned from 40-plus years of trading and 60-plus years of playing:

It is much,...

That’s sound advice, I haven’t had an opportunity to play a Red Diamond. But still, I’d be more likely to lay the success of one at the feet of Dan himself; that is, to Macrostie’s lutherie skills...

Thank, Skip!

Here's a little comparative anatomy with the current Sorensen VX and V5 scrolls --

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I get my aged-tone from being old. I’m not torrified, just naturally old

It took a good long while and more wheeling and dealing (and spousal apologizing) than I've ever done, but I've managed to put together a full Lyon & Healy Quartet.

All are player grade - the...

I played over 40 Lloyd Loar signed mandolins, mandolas, and mandocellos plus a ton of other great instruments in the last two months.

Guess what? They all sounded like me playing an old mandolin....

I am SO happy to see that Paul Hostetter's website is again available; when I last looked 5 or 6 months ago, it was not. It's a wonderful resource, and he was a frequent poster here.

IIRC, his...

Haven't seen this discussed and maybe it's not known, but one of the complaints we heard early on is that hide glue wasn't used in the construction of these. Not our area of expertise, but most...

This rolls tomorrow, Sunday 3/10, at 8pm Eastern. We revisit the tunes from my "Tailwind" album.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgMCZzERmgM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOptU-3N_Sg

Solo at 1:10

I really like this groovy version from Wintergrass 2024, played at human speed!

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I'd save a lot of $ and buy a Hogan F5 and get an accurate copy of a Loar F5. If I did buy one, I'd dig the name out of the headstock with a pocket knife just for their constant lawsuit threat...

IMHO, the limiting factor for choro in the US is not a lack of melody players, but of accompanists. Given how few cavaquinho players there are in N America, it will often fall to the mandolin player...

“Johnny’s guitar set up was pretty standard, although he did start tuning down a full step while I was still working with him,” Jon Paris pointed out. “Around that time, he started playing Lazer...

Just wanted to share that I'll be conducting an 8-part jazz improv workshop for players with little or no experience playing jazz or improvising.

While it's primarily for violinists, nearly...

I thought folks on this board might be interested in this video I made of the classic western swing fiddle tune Red Wing. I like exercises that force you to be creative within specific parameters - I...