I'll be there...my 10th time, I believe.
I'll be there...my 10th time, I believe.
Your pick does look kind look of like a Dunlop Primetone Semi-Round, but Dunlop does not make a Primetone Semi-Round Smooth in black, in several thicknesses, today. I do not know if they did in the...
Violins have a saddle, usually made of ebony, inlaid into the top or the rib to keep the tail gut from compressing the edge of the rib and to distribute the string load to the tail button..
If you...
It's made by TKL. It very likely is the case that came with the instrument from Ellis.
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Do you mean https://thesession.org/?
I have found the only modern cases that fit, unless you want to order a Calton or remove the accessory compartment from a case, are the TKL Arch-top A-5 cases. I have a 1917 A-1.
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Five strings?!?
Try 114 strings!
https://youtu.be/xDRv_6TZsJ4
I have a stenosis in my neck. Ultimately physical therapy eased the symptoms, but it did initially cause involuntary movements, which could be described as tremors, and weakness, as well as nerve...
The Ernie Ball Earthwood Bass is the best sounding acoustic bass guitar I have ever heard without amplification. They are the size of a guitarron with a 34" scale fretted neck.
Conversely, a...
Based on his finger and bowing, and his sound, I believe he may be tuned down a whole step to FCGD.
He seems to be playing an Eb with the first finger on the highest string, in half position.
What do you hope to accomplish with polish?
The Tru-Oil is applied to be able to buff the instrument long before the Epifanes varnish is hard enough. I don't know that it adds any durability. I...
Unless something has recently changed, varnished instruments out of the Ellis shop are finished in Epifanes Clear Varnish with Tru-Oil over that. Josh Lutrell does the finishing on both the Ellis and...
Keeping in mind that Johnny tuned in mandola tuning, he had to play in position to reach the notes you are playing on the E string.
A popular "jamming" activity at CMSA is sight reading sessions, so bringing your mandolin orchestra arrangements is a great idea. CMSA has a number of tunes they usually bring out, too.
John is putting out a book of transcriptions in the next month or so. The transcriptions were started by John McGann and have been completed by David Benedict. John has said he will announce the...
Open string harmonics at the twelfth fret.
Collings has shop tours on most Fridays. Check out http://www.collingsguitars.com/Tour/entrance.html.
You can contact Tom Ellis directly through the Cafe (he is Ellisppi) and ask him about...
Adjust them to be in tune to your ear. I can hear the difference between two notes that are a couple of cents apart even though all my clip-on tuners say the strings are in tune. The difference is...