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Thanks for all of the great giveaways!

I've been wanting to try these for a while now, thanks for the opportunity.

I would love to try them, I've been meaning to try a v pick for a while now. Thanks for having this promotion.

Max and Lauri make a phenomenal mandolin and if I were you I would take Max up on his offer of a shop visit. I have had the privilege to play a Girouard and was extremely impressed. I was hoping to...

Hey buddy, thanks for the compliments and congrats. You are welcome to come jam anytime when you get your new mandolin. I've been building (after starting with a kit and lots of advice gleaned from...

My 1929 5-17T is by far my favorite instrument. It is always the first instrument I pick up when I sit down to play, something about it just exudes mojo. I have had to do a fair amount of nut/saddle...

Chris told a story about someone calling up Bill (sort of a prank phone call) and asking him a question about the song. Specifically, why does the song say "I bless that happy day, when Nellie lost...

Just saw these guys at One Longfellow Square (great venue for acoustic music) in Portland Maine on Wednesday night, wow. I can honestly say it was the most fun show we have ever been to. The vocals...

Haven't even had a cup of coffee yet today, but here it goes,

Wood and steel and joy
Audible tones from within
Notes carved from a tree

I have seen Will at the March Mandolin Festival concert for the last couple of years and have been blown away each time. He is also a down to earth guy, we had a nice conversation about his National...

Since I will be starting this project from scratch I will be fretting a new rosewood board so using old frets is unfortunately not an option. I have done a fair amount of research on installing and...

Thanks for the help guys. I have replaced a few bar frets in the past but have never fretted an entire fingerboard with bar frets, so I may be back with some questions. Thanks again.

I was wondering if anyone knew of a source for bar fret wire. I am going to start building a replica of my 1929 Martin 5-17T and want to get everything as close as I can to the original. I did email...

I would second the tenor guitar. I acquired a 1930 Martin tenor this year and it has greatly improved my pinky strength. Oggy is right also about having to really learn the fretboard because those 5...

The Elixirs are a good choice if you like coated strings, which I do. I have a friend with a similar problem that now uses the Sam Bush strings from Gibson. They definitely last a lot longer than the...

Looks like Norway Maple to me (it's been a long time since dendrology class). A dead giveaway would be the milky sap that is produced when you break the leaf stem.

Well the show was last night and what a show it was. There were maybe 25 or 30 people there and the venue was really nice. David was unbelievable. His playing is so smooth and his ability to...

I will definitely be there. It's not too often that we get that sort of talent in these parts, especially at such a small venue. Can't wait.

The a-10 does not come with the sealer on it like the tele kit. It's just bare wood that does need some graduation and final sanding. I will probably upgrade the tuners at some point, but they are...

I used zebrawood for the veneer, armrest and pick guard on my recent kit build. You can see the pictures in the thread "Just finished my first kit (saga am-10)". It was a nice wood to work with minus...

That Stonebridge at Acoustic Outfitters is one of the nicest mandolins I have played. I spent at least an hour with it the last time I was in there. Apparently Jesse Brock (mandolinist for Michael...

Ronny- I wanted to highlight the beautiful wood grain and I am happy I didn't stain. It sounds a lot better than I expected to be honest. It has a really chunky, woody sound. The E string was a...

Thanks for the compliments everyone. I had a plan from the beginning as far as what I wanted it to look like and I stuck to it. I did make a new nut as the plastic one that it comes with is not...

I just wanted to post a few pictures of the kit that I finished today. I used zebra wood for the pick-guard, armrest and headstock veneer. I thought the contrast of the natural finish with the zebra...

I will definitely be at the Friday night concert at the Stone Church. Last year was a lot of fun. Still working out if I can make it to Concord. David, my fiance was wondering if Susie will be...