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I thought I would learn to inlay during quiet times in my store. I will post some progress photos as I go along.

The shell hasn't arrived yet so I started with the routing.

I am quite pleased...

I'm sure that after countless hours of fruitless practice that the hope to become a great player pass will dissipate in even the most well-to-do player. Perhaps, they may even learn to love...

This thread has become terrain fought over so many times, it's become (IMHO) both tiresome and un-resolvable.

Willie's original question was interesting. And yes, I can think of several...

To be honest, I hesitate to call my own band "bluegrass" simply because I wish to avoid the needless arguments about what is or is not bluegrass. You can prune the tree of bluegrass until all that...

I think Petrus used "argue" in the sense of "disagree," rather than "advocate." "Argue" is a word that can be its own antonym:

I argued that $500 Rogues were overpriced, but Mr. X argued with me....

Pricing is something that is sometimes hard for many of us to understand with mandolins as with many other things. The observation that, "this is a topic that has been discussed many times here"...

Now we're spending our time talking about "what is or isn't bluegrass." Hope we packed lunches…

Let's go back to the original question. Let's say, for the sake of argument, that a well-known...

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did somebody say non traditional colors?? This is my Sorensen Pacifica "Jaws".
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The Country Gentlemen used Mike Seeger's Autoharp on New Freedom Bell, and it fit in well. There's some Autoharp on the Flatt & Scruggs Songs Of the Famous Carter Family, and Maybelle C played a bit...

I get a lot of emails from folks who have a tree in their backyard that is coming down, wondering if it might be good for musical instruments...
I think that this is the first time--in 35 years of...

OK, got the back glued on. Downhill from here, right? Sanded off the excess, started sanding the body down for pretty. Sand, sand, sand. Got it maybe half way to where it needs to get.

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True enough. In fact, when I was playing a Vega banjolin in a jug band, I used to refer to it as being "utterly devoid of subtlety." :grin: But for the upbeat songs, it was just the thing. As far as...

Luckily, the CEO, management team and craftsman at my company always seem to agree on when we work and when we take time off. Nice to be past "Corporate Wars".

With 20/20 hindsight, this seems...

Had a great time last Tuesday (and Friday...yup, went back for more) at Lowe Vintage Instrument Company on Main Street in Burlington, NC. It's a father/son operation who are working with a veteran...