Nice group, Jake, and nice work.
Bill
Nice group, Jake, and nice work.
Bill
I heard that Vega on your site, Jake, it's a gem among other gems!!
Jake thanks for the string recommendation. I will check them out. I have checked out your shop page and music. Great stuff on both sites !
Nice work, as always Jake!
Now here's some Texas eye candy.
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Too funny!
Mike,
Be glad you're not that guy. I heard the guy who originally found this (at the dump) still roams that dump (& he will for the rest of his days) looking for the missing...
This is really lovely, Jake. The blog is a constant source of temptation.
I agree with Tavy, beautiful instruments, very nicely photographed to boot!
That's two really lovely instruments right there!
Hot off the bench... a short scale (19") electric OM, and a long scale (25") bouzouki. My usual hollow bodied construction, however, my usual EnduroVar didn't look so hot over the maple, so by way...
Thanks! Yes, zero frets are standard for me. If you think about it, a hand-cut nut slot is always going to be ever so slightly too high. The likelihood that you can actually cut a nut slot to within...
Hello everyone. Here's a prototype carbon fiber mandolin I just finished. I think it came out great, considering I have no idea what I am doing when it comes to composites. There are some obvious...
Good to see you here, and I enjoy the daily blog posts that show up in my email! Always a note I look forward to opening.
El Toro in progress
Hi all, it's been a while, must be time for another completely mad restored instrument:
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Don't watch the video if you're squeamish :)
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Many threads over the years on the Cafe have Bill Monroe videos posted to them, but in my search I've yet to see a thread dedicated just to Monroe videos.
With that in mind my thoughts are a...
Probably the worlds weirdest mandolin:
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This one is dated 1931, and is numbered in the 8000's - frankly who knew they made so many?
They were made with their own...
Some players, Thile included, hold the pick with a lot of pick sticking out and play with a very loose looking movement. I am not Chris nor will I ever be, but I play with a grip on the pick very...
I was in Australia recently and had the pleasure of swinging by Peter Jenner's house to have a cup of tea a chat and check out his mandolins. Mostly my daughter played a mandolin and a beautiful...
These two are half of the four mandolins being built for the generous folks who made the major contributions to my Kickstarter campaign last year to get The Mandolin published. The first is a Lyon &...
This is gorgeous man! Thanks for keeping such a cool instrument alive :) I love the blacktop!
one with a traditional rhythm
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and my own modification
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Anybody heard anything out of Mr. Wildwood lately? I really enjoyed his posts. Particularly the ones featuring his renovated instruments. Hope all is well.
I did not notice it before but it looks like Journeybear has a Key West Pixie whispering in his ear. ;)
My wife and I drove down to Key West for a few days last week and we were able to have a beverage with Journeybear at a local place on the water.
We had a nice chat and we had the only two Mandolin...