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Thank you.

Thank You

Great article and I'm looking forward to seeing/hearing Joe at the Bluegrass Week in Augusta Heritage Center this July. Hope all his many friends stop by ;)

:-) nice

The lesser models has 1 piece bridges that did not have the compensation offsets on the bridge. Over the years I've had an 1915 A0, 1917 A1 and this is a picture of my current and last of my 3 A4s...

I just checked and the original pick material I started out with was D'Andrea Pro-Plec 1.5mm. Its fairly easy to shape. I have one end filed to a rather sharp point and the other has a more-or-less...

My original Red Bear was about 3 mm - this one is just over 2 mm in the center. The Ranieri style I made (above picture) is from 1.5mm triangular picks and works surprisingly well. I would be...

Eugene, I tried superglue - I glued the tips of two triangular picks together then laminated them with smaller, thinner picks on both sides (now 4 picks involved), then shaped them (go ahead and...

Very interesting!

I do have a question about how you measure the db projection of the instruments. I developed severe tinnitus from playing violin and the db meter registers usually about 100 db ...

Mine is number A-15570 and I was told it was probably made in the 'teens. Looks nearly identical except for the position markers on the fretboard - mine are circle dots more like those on most...

Is there such a history book or efforts focused on other American bowlback maker accomplishments, like Vega?

Do you have a link to the web site?

IMHO typical Irish session music stems from the pipes, accordion, whistles, fiddles, flutes and instruments that can make continuous tone (not plucked. The continuous tone from bags, bows, bellows...

You are correct. #There are subtle things that the wraps (actually just the angle and tension from the peg to the nut) can effect, but instrument intonation is not one of them. #The length of the...

YMMV - From just listening, pick B sounds the "fuzziest" and pick F the clearest or cleanist to me - especially on the tremolos.

This is where I got mine and they are almost out - the remaining stock from Plucked Strings. That is why I was wondering if there was any current supplier or maker of this style pick...

I also have a Pettine pick now a bit more rounded at the tip from use. #I've added a speed bevel also. #If used upside down, its a perfect chop-pick and great for chording in general. #?? - has...