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I love the KK I have in my Bourgeois dreadnaught and I've used an ATM35 for my mandolin, when needed.
Sometimes I use the ATM along with the KK for guitar...Punch Bros and Sean Watkins used these...

Thanks, guys...I'll let you know when this happens.

Hi all,

I'm wondering how much interest there would be in a livestream class/workshop...?
I'm considering scheduling this sometime soon.
Topics would include:

Learning from influences and...

That guy is rarer than a comet...someone like him only comes around once every few hundred years.
Untouchable, brilliant and one of those unique persons who are musicians first, regardless of the...

https://www.youtube.com/embed/h8_Dvo2lYDk

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I have a bunch of the D'Addario microtuners and for the most part they live on each one of my acoustic instruments. Yes, a fresh battery is needed more often than you'd think, so you have to stay on...

Everyone is going to have their favorites and that can change over time, but my faves since they were introduced are the D'Addario EXP74CM...great gauge, the sound I want to hear, excellent...

I use an ATM350 mic along with a K&K mini for reinforcing my Bourgeois Country Boy and it sounds great, going in to a mic pre (stand alone or mixing board pre) and ending up at a Bose L1...

Slow and steady wins the race, and trying not to get too far ahead of yourself are good things to keep in mind.

It's all so much fun to want to play every instrument that we're attracted to but...

Hi all,

Does anyone know if Don uses Cumberland bridges/saddles on his Vintage F series...?

Thanks...!

EXP74CMs for me all the way, best I've heard and played.

The bright "new string" sound is really quite lovely, and in the next day or two settles into the beautiful sweet spot.

I get two to...

Well, I love the broken Loar at Carter's...gorgeous tone, maybe not as open as some of the others but a truly wonderful instrument. I'd love to fly down there and play it in the flesh...

I have a Bourgeois D guitar with Padauk back and sides, Adirondack top...fantastic sounding instrument. I find the Padauk to be warm like rosewood but with a bit more treble leaning toward mahogany,...

I've posted this before, but here's my July 9 vintage RD...a fantastic sounding instrument.

https://soundcloud.com/paul-viapiano/5-24-16-rd-gm-adagio

If it's structurally stable, I'd play this instrument as-is, no restoration...it sounds great!

Carter's has another Loar, known as the drunken Loar with a big, not-well-repaired crack in the back...

Grisman paid $550 for his first Loar, a Feb 18...this was in the 1960s, according to his interview with Chris Thile in Fretboard Journal.

Thile and others have had to do major work to their Loars before they had them playing the way they wanted, i.e., intonation. That would have to be added in to the decision as well.

I played a...

Thanks, everyone...

The recording setup is a pair of Neumann U89 mics directly into an Apogee Quartet interface, recorded into Logic Pro X. Mics are about 10" apart from each other facing the...

Hi folks...here's a recording I made playing the Bach Gm Adagio on my Red Diamond Vintage F.

A lovely instrument with very Loar-like qualities...hope you enjoy and also hope it lends a reference...

Love it, Patrick, sounds fantastic...enjoy!
Let's get 'em together sometime...

I believe that Scott Kuney has also been the guitarist/mandolinist with the NY Philharmonic for a long time as well. He's a NY session player and also plays regularly on Broadway...

And don't forget that Punch Bros did their last tour with one Neumann U89...a helluva microphone. I have two in my home studio and they are wonderful, neutral and pure...

Absolutely...

My first BC was a CT55 with the bevel. I found it a bit bright...I sanded the bevel off one end and it's much better, but not as good as the CT55 round bevel that comes straight from them.

The I...

Call Norik Renson in Studio City at 818-761-4766. He's been my guy as well as countless studio players here in LA, as well as Don Felder of The Eagles, Kenny Loggins and Mary Chapin Carpenter. Small...