How old is this "too old" that we are talking about? Do I need to be worried about it????
There is nothing "new fangled" about music theory; it has been around for 1000s of years.
Sure, there...
How old is this "too old" that we are talking about? Do I need to be worried about it????
There is nothing "new fangled" about music theory; it has been around for 1000s of years.
Sure, there...
That is fairly common. I have an old Gibson torture rack:
Luke's top is off the test rig and we glued it to the final rib garland this evening with the new go-bar deck. (More broken basses in the background!)
His fingerboard is made and fretted; binding...
I only use hot hide glue for the entire instrument build across the spectrum of the entire mandolin family, guitars, and the double basses.
All of the processes are continually evolving; the back...
Ask one of the other fellows to upload some video; that's not my best skill set & I'm way too busy to add that to the list!
Brandon's top is carved and tonebar braced. We glued it on to the live...
The air volume and body cavity resonance on most mandocellos works well for an octave mandolin; I make most of mine with larger bodies. The scale length will likely be a bit long, so you can use a...
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....
A 50 or 36 grit sanding disc removes wood almost as fast as one of those chainsaw wheel death traps and is much safer.
Scroll through youtube and watch some of the scary videos where the...
When I do use an adjustable truss rod, I make my own out of titanium for the lower weight and the different flexing response vs steel.
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I brings me great comfort to see a $100,000 mandolin with a piece of paper stuffed in a low nut slot just like the rest of us do!
Ashville, Ohio; Asheville, North Carolina
'Great show.
It is primarily guitars and amps. It is definitely NOT Loarfest, but last year there were more old mandolins than I have ever seen at...
In an ideal world, they have two different functions.
-Carbon fiber is for stiffening a weak neck and isolating movement.
-The primary function of an adjustable truss rod is to control the...
Binding an F5 with curly maple is universally my least favorite part!
One more teaser:
I'd put both of them circa 1916 - 1917. They already moved on and some other 100 year old beauties have taken their place.
'Gotta say, it has been an incredible ride the last six weeks. I've...
Amazing clean original cases:
The sibling mandola:
The top and headstock complete with inlaid Handel buttons:
I had a nice visit from a quartet of mandolas today. Here are a couple of 100+ year old Gibsons: beautiful closet queens with all of the right goods, & pristine cases that sounded and played great! ...
Blanket statements about pricing and unknown amounts of work don't offer much help. 'Better to use a flat rate and then calculate how much work needs to be done at an average of +/- $50 per hour. Or...
Wow; what a great show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was the most fun, welcoming, high energy bluegrass event I may have ever been to. What struck me the most was how open and friendly and accepting everyone...
Nope.
'Cain't.... never..... shouldda'...Dadgumn'd..... whole lotta nuthin...you kidz get'n off'n my law'n....
Another few treats from Loarfest:
#1= operator error!
I always think of those as spouse prices:
"Honey I put it up for sale on ebay, but nobody bought it, so I'll have to keep this one. Maybe now you can try selling some of your old stuff...." ;)