"I miss Rick Turner. RIP."
Me too! He helped me a lot!
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"I miss Rick Turner. RIP."
Me too! He helped me a lot!
I use a 3/8" wide aluminum U channel from the hardware store with 320 self stick sand paper. you can get directly under one string as needed & it's inexpensive, and you can cut what ever length you...
Don Julin recommended iRealPro and I like it quite a bit. It's very easy to use, there are files you can upload and you can write your own chord progressions, adjust the tempo, etc. It has several...
Another vote for Steve Clayton. https://www.steveclayton.com
Wonderful to see that Don's mandolin is in good hands with people that will care for it. Great job Jonathon & thank you for the great video! I worked with Don at GM & he's the guy that got me...
I only spoke with Frank on the phone a few times. I can't say I knew him well, but he was kind, funny and very helpful with several repairs that were at the time quite a stretch for me. One was big...
Several years ago Tom Thiel developed a chemical process to blacken persimmon all the way through and it was beautiful. The problem was the chemical bath only worked for one use, making the cost...
I got it too! Dang! this is going to leave a hole.
I recently picked up a relative's guitar to take to him in the hospital and it needed new strings which I took along, but he had no picks. I googled "music store in Champaign" and The Music Shoppe...
Mine never had a pickgaurd.
Under the fingerboard tongue #H1193 is stamped. It's possible, but I don't think so, that there is more to the number. The top had several cracks, which is how I know it is a solid top, there is a...
I'm finding this very interesting. I have a Harmony Vogue Hawaiian guitar (square neck), that I have had for about 25 years and no one I've talked to has any info about it. It's a sweet sounding...
Bill was a hometown boy, from the St. Louis area. I had the pleasure of interviewing him several years ago. When I was in New Mexico a few years ago
I gave him a call and spent an afternoon in his...
Thank you Carl. Professional Music is in the direction I'll be heading so I'll try to stop there. Have to see about the timing of things for Fong's, that sounds very interesting.
In the early 2000s I had a private jam session with Dix at Camp Bluegrass while waiting for a shuttle to pick him up. He was a great guy, and didn't mention how badly I was embarrassing myself! LOL....
I'll have a few hours in Des Moines next Monday morning until early afternoon. Are there any music stores worth checking out while I'm there? Any good restaurants for lunch?
Michael Stevens is a fantastic builder. He is also a great teacher, I followed him around luthierie school like a lost puppy. You will love it, I am sure!
Very, very sad to hear of Rick Turners passing. A giant in the luthiery world, who worked with many big name bands and pioneered big innovations in guitar building. I interviewed Rick several years...
I'm going to Traditional Week this year for Hammered Dulcimer. It looks like things are pretty well opened up as far as Covid restrictions. I've only heard good things about Steve's Kamps.
Peter Sawchyn makes very fine mandolins in Regina, Saskatchewan.
Here's the last phone number I'm aware of: (615) 374-0244
All those Esquire copies Brad Paisley plays have a neck pickup under the pick guard.
I can't get to the website either, I get the same message you did. The last Facebook post is from August 22, 2017. Here's the phone number listed on that post, (615) 374-0244. That post just says...
Is Mason County anywhere near Poulsbo? If you are anywhere close, get in touch with Gail Hester. She is great with mandolin family instruments.
Walk away, not worth the battle or what he might do to it on the second try.