https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSiajWz6pq8
Here's a tune I learned two weeks ago while at fiddle camp in NC. I decided to record it yesterday. This was my first time actually filming while I...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSiajWz6pq8
Here's a tune I learned two weeks ago while at fiddle camp in NC. I decided to record it yesterday. This was my first time actually filming while I...
I don't do furniture so I rarely plane large surfaces. One thing that folks often forget is that in the old days the woodworkers had several planes dedicated to different tasks. For large surfaces a...
Something different and fascinating too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iP2bkFUj94
A serious pet peeve of mine!
You decide a truss rod needs to be adjusted, should take a couple of minutes, tops. Instead you spend half a day trying to find a tool to fit the poorly though out and...
Not so much a talented woodworker, but an enthusiastic amateur instrument builder. Although these are my first mandolin builds they are not my first instruments, as I said in my earlier posts. Over...
If anyone is looking for a set of plans to build with or add to their collection feel free to download these.
F-5 Plans were drawn from studying/measuring 9 Loar mandolins over the years. Mainly...
This is sooo beautiful. What a fine band of musicians.
:crying:
And that Loar! Just listen to the clarity coming out of that box...
Enjoy,
Dem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgQVRy5ykdI
We are really fortunate here on the high desert of central Oregon to have a very vibrant acoustic music scene as well as some truly gifted instrument builders. Among the best of the builders is...