Ryan was at a workshop I attended Saturday. It sounds like things are coming along but their building is just getting started. He has orders in the queue but I I have no sense of how long the...
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Ryan was at a workshop I attended Saturday. It sounds like things are coming along but their building is just getting started. He has orders in the queue but I I have no sense of how long the...
Austin Clark has a GBOM for sale on Facebook. Listed price $6,000.
No guidance here. I just received a Clark Two Point that I ordered a year ago. I love everything about it. Did I need it? Emphatically, no. I have a Weber Yellowstone. There was just something...
Might look at a Marshall AS50.
Maybe it’s a dealer problem but I have always gotten a, “This is what’s in inventory, take it or leave it.” Since I am never in a hurry to drop serious cash, I leave it.
I have a Clark on order that should be delivered any day now. Bottom line, it is built with components I want, the finish is awesome, single piece back, tuners I chose - you get the idea. None of...
Funny thing, I remember songs much more easily than tunes. But, I can’t sing!
Interesting question: What happens to the limited lifetime guarantee? Maybe we just ran into the “limit”?
I just noodle around with my Eastman. Stock tuners are fine. I was also fortunate enough to find one a few years ago that was very inexpensive. I probably wouldn’t buy one at today’s prices.
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Who knows, maybe Weber will become a Bruce Weber instrument again.
Depending on the humidity, my E and G courses can be perfect all the way up to the 12th fret. D and A courses wander a bit. The lower the humidity the more accurate the fretting. As the humidity...
I have a Ranger that I will likely sell. The tone isn’t all that robust and it just feels funny in my hands. It is as if it was designed for the left hand. Probably good for backpacking but if I am...
Very new jammer here. I am fortunate enough to play with a very understanding group. I make it a point to lock on to the guitar player who keeps the best rhythm and sit across from him or her to...
I rarely read the classifieds. I just don’t need a new instrument. When I do browse through the classifieds, no price is a definite turn off. It was only random luck that took me to the Weber I...
Play some arpeggios up the entire fret board. C major is pretty straight forward, play all combinations of C, E, G you can find.
To confuse things even further, I like the BlueChip CT-55 but I like the feel of a Weber TF-140, mostly because of the tactile feel from the holes. So, I drilled holes in the CT-55 using the Tf-140...
There is a Norwegian “Bluegrass Orchestra”named Hayde that crowd sourced their first CD. I like them so I chipped in a few bucks. Seeing lots of well know musicians on Patreon. The economics of...
I worked with a training manager who used to say that if something comes to you easily, that’s talent. You should develop it and run with it. The American ethos is to put in endless hours of hard...
You might check with a luthier in your area. They probably run into this occasionally.
Other than that, the usual suspects - FedEx, UPS or DHL.
Three times I came very, very near being killed. Reaching 73 is something I deeply appreciate. Watching my grandkids and great grandkids is a joy. Playing my mandolin, no matter how badly, is a...
73 also. Must be something about the age.
I bought an Austin Clark guitar body OM. It has been an adventure and, as you have discovered, it is a different approach to the same music. It is...
Listen to the words of Monroe’s Uncle Pen. It is all about the barn dancing. Monroe changed traditional old time music but his early years are immersed in traditional tunes.
An Eastman MDO305 will get you started if you like the A style. There are other F’s out there or guitar body. Personally, I prefer the GBOM. Austin Clark made mine but it takes awhile to actually...
There is an astonishing amount of material on YouTube. Mandolessons has a lot of introductory lessons on YouTube and his web site. Sierra Hull has some short ‘hints’ type videos. Basically, all of...