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The man that played that session was the same one who's done the fiddle on his records for the last 20 years. None other than Stuart Duncan. It was played on his custom built Gibson that he received...

Thanks for the mention CJ! Can't wait to get my mits on that thing.

Late reply I know but I have removed red sharpie marker from a cabinet door with plain spray Lysol disinfectant. It'll run off like water color paint and not damage the lacquer.

I spoke with Dave just before Thanksgiving and you are correct. They do not give tours anymore in Nashtown. That ended with the flood and the subsequent move across town.

I just saw this thread today. Sitting in the floor not 6 feet from me is the first black topped KM1000 they ever made. It was a special order by a Saga dealer friend of mine who also ordered a KM1500...

My suggestion would be to not carry any junk mandolins and hang them on the wall. There are several stores in this area that stock mandolins and they all carry poor quality, poorly set up, poor...

Not really necessary except for aesthetics. If it's dirty inside, I've poured a little uncooked white rice into fiddles and slid that around in there like moving a frying pan to clean it up a bit.

Bill is done by Glenn Duncan, Flatt, I don't know. A lot of folks could do Lester real good, Gene Wooten among them but I don't know who this one is.

I thought it was John too but wasn't certain. I was absolutely sure it wasn't James Monroe, he sounds just like his Daddy, same cadence to his speech.

A few things I wonder are who the "he" is...

I'm a moderator on a hand engraving forum and as a rule (albeit unwritten) I don't correct anything but the title and only if it's someone I know personally. Meaning, I know them well enough to know...

Pretty cheesy and mechanical. If you want to get immersed in Bill's style you can listen to him or for a more refined sounding Bill-ish player, go youtube Mike Compton doing solo stuff and re-watch...

This is my favorite version. What better instrument to play it on than the human voice?

http://youtu.be/Vwxv-EZpb7U

Anytime I see finishes artificially "distressed" like that in the photo above, they always look too extreme to be caused by natural aging and therefore phony looking. I've never seen a vintage Gibson...

I have one made in 85' and is the first blacktop KM1000 ever and was made by Sumi because it was specially ordered that way and as far as I know from talking with Saga at the time, all the master...

The 14" is the distance from the blade to the column which is how vertical band saws are described. Say you wanted a 12" band saw, well, it would have a 12" opening. I have 3 of em and wish one WAS a...

A good friend of mine is an inventor/ tool maker and not long ago gave a seminar on this subject for the Gwinnett Woodworkers Association who recorded it. It's a bit long but you'll dang sure know...

Lynn Dudenbostel is the closest one to you that I know of. But that damage is more than just the point, the underlying wood is chipped pretty bad too. I'd level it and put in a slightly oversized...

I don't have a problem with post #3, they simply made a true statement. It is perfectly acceptable in my view to be opinionated, we all are or why would anyone post anything and why have a forum?...

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- Topics started for or end up being used to discuss religion, politics or sex as well as other hot button issues meant to create discord are prohibited. Posts...

Do you ever see Tabscott at these gigs anymore?

Any time the graver wanders off the path you choose it is for one of two reasons. Graver control, as in holding the graver tip into the work at a consistent angle, and graver sharpness. The latter is...

I have both of those you mentioned, an 85' KM1000 black top and a Northfield. Get the Northfield.
Kentucky master models are a hit and miss affair and I've only heard 3 of them that I'd own since I...

Take your blueprint to a copy center and get a few copies of whatever part you want to make a template for. These are now sacrificial and you keep the original clean and intact. Glue your plan to the...

I can hand engrave one for you that will look period correct. I've cut some made by Prucha I think but they're made of brass and then silver or gold plated. That one in the auction was done on a...

I want to hear what happens when Chris Thile and Joshua Bell team up to do a duet album of Bach or other chamber, classical music of their choosing. Just the two of them.

I've listened to Chris in...