Ok, here is the update with new strings. I put on a set of 47w - 32w - 22w - 14p because I had those in the house. The little Regal came alive with sound. OMG, I like it. I still need to perfect...
Ok, here is the update with new strings. I put on a set of 47w - 32w - 22w - 14p because I had those in the house. The little Regal came alive with sound. OMG, I like it. I still need to perfect...
Wonderful...thanks for posting it Roger.
Let me suggest Keith Newell as a fantastic builder for Irish style mandolins. His Roger Landes model is wonderful. You can search for multiple threads on this model. I highly recommend it.
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I would appreciate hearing anyone's experience trying the new Kala tenor guitar in GDAE or GDAD turnings.
Thanks,
Dave
You know, Herb Taylor builds great instruments...now, if he could build in Roger's talent directly into the instrument so I would sound that good, it would really help a hack like me! :grin:
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Because the OP pointed out the Peter Abnett mandola, here are the dimensions given from an old Abnett catalog (bear in mind these generally have the modified 3-piece rounded back). Sorry, but the...
Let's add our frequent contributor Roger Landes to the list.
I will second the recommendation for Mike Dulak. And, I wan to add the names of Keith Newell (Oregon) and Paddy Burgin (New Zealand) to the list. Both will work with you to deliver exactly what you...
There are beginner bouzouki lessons on the Online Academy of Irish Music (OAIM) at http://www.oaim.ie/us that are pretty good. You have a monthly charge that is pretty reasonable, and maybe you can...
Well, I have had the new zouk for a couple weeks now and thought a quick report might be due. The instrument is a work of art and sounds wonderful. Paddy wrote yesterday that he is working with a...
The OM arrived today and it is even better than I had hoped for...of course, that is first impressions giddiness.
Paddy created a video and soundtrack with the instrument that is going through...
Roger - that is a very helpful post - thanks!
The redwood bouzouki was one of three instruments being made in the Burgin guitars workshop during August. The others were a longer scale bouzouki and a weissenborn-uke (a miniature nylon stringed...
The tailpiece is metal with a wood overlay. The large hole takes the pickup output jack. The bridge has a curved foot to match the curvature of the top.
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The satin laquer finish has dried off and the next stop is tuners, tailpiece, bridge and strings.
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In answer to Gary's question, Paddy wrote:
I learned guitar building from David Freeman of Timeless Instruments,
Saskatchewan. He runs a great guitar school there and teaches steel string
and...
Gary - I will ask him. You can look on his website at http://www.burginguitars.co.nz/. He has been wonderful to work with. I learned about his instruments through a friend named Keith Carr who...
Fretboards are cut on and antique junk shop sawbench. The rusty label says it was made in the American mid-west but the cast metal has held it shape perfectly over the years and it suits the job...
Greetings all - Paddy Burgin in New Zealand is starting an octave mandolin for me. It will be a redwood top from some salvaged old growth wood with Bastgone walnut back and sides. I am going with a...
Hi all - Keith Newell is building me a new long-scale (15.5") flattop mandolin oval hole modeled after the one he built for Roger Landes. Roger describes this to me as "the best sounding mandolin...
Do any of you use a mandola (~18" scale length) capoed up on the 5th fret to play like a mandolin? If so, how does the sound compare to a regular mandolin?
Thanks,
Dave