All that may be true, but why not use the best stuff you can find now?
Bill
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All that may be true, but why not use the best stuff you can find now?
Bill
Replace the saddle is my two cents.
Bill
Nice. What are you reading while you play?
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Thanks for all the information, Tom.
Great skill you have learned.
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Beautiful. Could you tell us where this was filmed. Lovely place.
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That clamp fascinates me. Can you tell us what brand it it or how to get more information on them?
Beautiful work.
Bill
This is slab cut wood, I believe. At any rate, it certainly has wide grain. Not that unusual for early Gibsons. It also is three pieces (I believe), not the usual two for tops. There is at least a...
The first question I would ask is why you think the truss rod needs adjusting.
The second is are you sure this need an allen key. I don't see any hole for such a key to fit in but the pictures are...
Wonderful cases. It takes you a whole week! It would take me a year just to do the drawings.
Bill
Let people see the rest of the instrument and that might help.
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Nice looking and sounding instruments.
Bill
Damn, I was going to get her to dance on my grave.
Bill
In reference to your query about types of music, that is correct David.
Bill
I get all the suggestions as to technique and appreciate them.
What I would like to see is some explanation of methodology, of how different players approach various songs. How they determine where...
I asked this as I have looked at some good players and it seems to me many of them show an economy of motion that I am not able to replicate. Mike Compton, in particular. All good players look...
Nice playing and a lovely tribute.
Bill
A talented, funny guy. Sad, but we never know how or when we will go.
Bill
What is the back wood on this instrument?
Thanks,
Bill
Nice design and work. I, too, look forward to hearing it.
Bill
Nice.
When you say "hardened shellac" what exactly do you mean?
Thanks,
Bill
I agree.
Bill
I had one of these made by Marty Jacobson. Even with fanned frets, it was hard to get a real resonant sound out of the C string. Marty is converting it to an 8 string now.
I had a lovely pair of...
Nice. Look forward to seeing it completed.
Bill
Is there a good written source on the various ways to approach left hand technique? Classical, Monroe, etc.?
Thanks,
Bill