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I hear/see people have been concerned about my welfare during the hurricane. I weathered it just fine, in a solid building where I'd been invited by a friend - who then left town, doubting his own...

Bill, I think I'll go back to hand rubbed. I like the idea of not having the wood dictate how the colors blend but It took 3 tries to get it to this point and any touch-up down the road my be tricky....

Hello,everyone. played a famous Flatt and Scruggs tune with the all that grass band of Japan .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xGKyNuSi7Y

One of the most beautiful songs (1976) of the British singer songwriter Elton John in my arrangement for classical guitar. http://www.chitarrarte.it
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The "mythical" main theme of the soundtrack movie Sylvester Stallone "Rocky", composed by Bill Conti, in my arrangement for classical guitar. http://www.chitarrarte.it

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I guess we'll find out soon enough, but I can't go with Mike's interpretation of that vertical shot. What he is identifying as the posts appear to my eyes to be a slightly out-of-focus edge-on shot...

A famous march (1848) by Johann Strauss senior, traditionally played as the last piece at the New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic, in my arrangement for classical guitar....

You must not be a pet owner.......:(

One of the leitmotifs taken from the soundtrack of the film of Sergio Leone "Once Upon a Time in the West" (1968), written by Ennio Morricone, in my arrangement for classical guitar.

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FWIW carbon fiber instruments becoming widespread could potentially give some forests a much needed break, but there are still substantial environmental and health issues with carbon fiber...

I am reminded of the scene from The Quiet Man in which Michaleen Flynn says, "Madame, when I drink whiskey, I drink whiskey; and when I drink water, I drink water." There are times when two wonderful...

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Sounds more to me like somebody bought a Tut Taylor mandolin and had it revoiced. I seriously doubt Tut would have had one of his own mandolins worked on by someone else and let...

Ivan, I have lots of tools. I have accumulated tools for various operations for 50 years or so. I only use a relative few of them for building mandolins. I use the ones I need and the ones that get...

Here is our version, just wanted to play a carol for Christmas. (Tenor Banjo tuned GDAE)

Merry Christmas :)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaHMeoHeD74

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIzRdv2v4Vw

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Ha! Lloyd wasn't a luthier, he was an "acoustic engineer."

The famous Italian acoustic guitarist Peppino D'Agostino performs live two my arrangements: "The Godfather" and "The Godfather Waltz". http://www.chitarrarte.it

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Steve, you never cease to amaze me. You keep carving a notch in my wish list.

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A beautiful song by Mexican composer Lorenzo Barcelata (1898-1943) in my arrangement for classical guitar based on version by the famous guitar duo "Los Indios Tabajaras". http://www.chitarrarte.it
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I'm a little confused, but . . . whatever you do, please don't color in your pet dog with a sharpie!

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Don't think lignum vitae is the same as IPE, Stuart, IF it's true lignum vitae. There is another wood that is sometimes called this that may be related to IPE. Ironwood refers to many different...

I can't tell from the picture, and frankly, anyone who says it is one or the other simply from looking at the pic is guessing.

A well-known patriotically Anglo-American song (eighteenth century) in my arrangement for classical guitar. http://www.chitarrarte.it


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHuSW83YRiM

...all we'd need is for one of the involved parties to live in a bell tower...