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I think that the John Hartford version is the one that comes to mind for most people. I learned it from this video of Sharon Gilchrist and Darrol Anger and it sounds almost identical in the...

Turn it over and shake it for a while. It will eventually come out or get close enough to the f hole so that you can grab it. Also, you can roll up some blue painters tape on a pencil end with the...

I did because of this video! I may post video later. My recommendation is to utilize the YouTube half-speed feature :)

I may need to learn this Canadian tune Grey Owl.


https://youtu.be/aBD1yOj9Gxo

Experimenting with picking double-strings on mandolin, & backing harmony on faux-'tenor' GDAEB guitar. Fiddle tune "Thanksgiving Waltz". Still learning this one, I need to work on it more:

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My C tunes:

Billy in the Low Ground
Farewell Tryon
Indian Eat the Woodchuck (Salyer)
Katydid
Leake County Blues
Monkey in a Dog Cart
New Money
Peep O' Day

Recently worked out a Norman and Nancy Blake tune called Blind Dog, originally done on a fiddle and cello, now with two mando's.
Don't have a full version recorded yet, but here's a slower (and...

My latest fiddle tune infatuation is Coal Harbor Bend, after it was posted as the tune of the week over at banjohangout a few weeks ago. I cannot get it out of my head! Traditionally, folks seem to...

So the question is?

I'm not being argumentative here, I'm just trying to understand your logic.

Why in the world would a Loar, being of the best or highly superior tonal qualities,
need re-voicing/re-graduation, or...

First, music and making music never falls out of favor, even in hard times. If I had no money and lost everything tomorrow, I'd still want to pick. That drive never goes away for any of us. Making...

Your Goldrush is everything a Gibson should be. Follow your dream, but know that you have a "lifetime" instrument in hand. If you get the Loar I hope you'd let an old-time hack like me play it a...

Read this thread So what is the real value of a Loar in today's world...lot's of goods observations by knowledgeable folks regarding pricing, investment value...Darryl Wolfe has some really good...

I've been working on lots of new/old fiddle tunes lately, between mandolin, clawhammer banjo, and fiddle. One I'm having fun with lately is The Old Apple Tree by Molly and Jack Tuttle. It may not...

Approach it from downwind, so your scent don't spook it.

Hey Mike: Both of those F2's look amazing. :)

An an F4? or F2? with Lloyd's moniker on the inside of the truss rod cover if I remember correctly....

You might care to use soft leather rather than cork - unless it's ''natural' cork,not the reconstituted stuff. I've also found leather to have less 'sticktion' as well = it doesn't stick to the...

You need Hill pattern clamps - they are two separate clamps, not joined at the base. You can fit them as far apart as you wish.

You need viola clamps to fit a mandolin.

Good one, Mike. That was in Shoo Goo homework for Winfield last year and you play it well. This year I'm putting in Polly Put the Kettle on, Mike in the Wilderness, and Five Miles From Town. Probably...

Ellen Vigour is along with husband Pete a mainstay of Western Virginia OT in (great) group "Uncle Henry's Favorite" and a gazillion jams. Unpretentiously fits right in with a variety of approaches on...

Nice addition Mike....I'm envious:(

Sandy

Gibson's case supplier was Geib from the beginning until Geib went out of business in 1976. Starting in the early 50's they also began using Lifton cases and later Ess & Ess in addition to Geib. Most...

I just want to clarify this point.. 3 point cases are larger than the later two points. A three point F4 will not fit in a later F4 case.