It's all about the grain, but this is ridiculous!
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Someone has waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay toooooooooooooo much time on their hands.
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That is a very rare violin. I'd like to loin how to play it. Work on my chops....
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That was exactly my thought. There's someone with more time to waste than me. That's saying something.
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Beefy tone, I guess. The next step will be unavoidable, though: torrefaction!
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And I thought I butched songs on wooden instruments. But, I bet Wagu Wheel would sound good on that.
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It's what's just below the Raw Hide.
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Meat me in St. Louis Louis...
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
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There's a lot at steak when you do something like that to a fiddle.
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I wouldn't have a beef with anyone playing that instrument, as long as they had the chops to go along with it. I like my strings medium, so a set of those would be real tasty on that fiddle. I'd bet it would sound pretty fat.
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Have you considered professional help? Dr. Phil would have a heyday with you.Originally Posted by Steve Ostrander
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With this subject, the obligatory YouTube short ("They're made of meat"):
It's only appropriate that meat plays a meat instrument.
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There's a complementary part of this - can we make both ends meat?
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We often talk about wood grain, but never marbling.
For wooden musical fun that doesn't involve strumming, check out:
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Handcrafted pennywhistles in exotic hardwoods.
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Mmm.... That looks really good...
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I wonder if it was ever owned by someone with the last name of either Walker or Burnett?
Was it Bluegrass fed?
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