Marty Jacobson is in the Vinings/Smyrna area just to the Northwest of Atlanta. Also, the guys at Maple Street Guitars in Atlanta (buckhead) are pretty good from what I hear.
Marty Jacobson is in the Vinings/Smyrna area just to the Northwest of Atlanta. Also, the guys at Maple Street Guitars in Atlanta (buckhead) are pretty good from what I hear.
Here's a little trick I came up with to make a great tailpiece even better. You can buy these stick-on felt pads at just about any hardware/Home Depot kind of store. Takes care of overtones, buzzing...
You can get a small cable lock and secure your case to the luggage rack on longer trips. Or even a locking carabiner -- anything that will deter a quick grab can reduce the chance of theft.
I take my mandolin and sometimes the tenor guitar on the train in the Uk every 2nd week.
The thing to do is figure out which platform you're going from before everyone else does and get on as early...
I just finished Matt Flinner's Bluegrass Mandolin 101. I have to say I was a little skeptical about the whole online thing but I have always liked Matt's stuff and what he tried to do with Bluegrass...