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It Came Upon A Midnight Clear

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Using a Baritone Uke (CGDA), a Tenor Guitar (CGDA) and a Mandola
with good old...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=780pxLrwS-0

Here is a virtual arrangement of the Coventry Carol arranged by Evelyn Castiglioni.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylGrzUhs424

Hello everyone,

It seems like I got an early Christmas gift! Through shared friends (Lluís Gómez and Maribel Rivero) I got to play online with two of my bluegrass heroes: Chris Luquette and Jake...

Thanks for sending that along. Really enjoyed your singing and playing. And your Ruhland sounds fabulous. Bell-like. Great sounding guitar too.

Very nice Evan. Thanks for sharing

Really nice job, Evan.

That Ruhland sounds wonderful!

Two fine mandolins! Thanks for the video. :mandosmiley:

They both sound really great. Going to have to suit up and have a meeting of the minds so I can play the A.

First I want to say thanks Evan for taking the time to video your 2009 Heiden Heritage A and your 2015 Heiden F Artist mandolins. Both of the Heiden mandolins really sound great and they are both...

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Congrats, Evan. Would love to play that beautiful Heiden.

Congrats EvanElk!

This is the 1st tune this Pava A4 has given up and while not all "that" original this is what she wanted to say... " Squirrellian : Having all the tools and none of the brains " Me :mandosmiley:...

That's odd, I had to turn the treble down...

... and a third type: just anything that appeals to the crazed collector. I hereby dub this "The Monkey Mind Collection." It works like this: I get some tiny itch of an interest in some oddball thing...

It's hard for me to hear the differences! They both sound great. A lot of how well an instrument sounds is the player, of course. Maybe that's what I'm hearing. Well done.

That video shows clearly that Michael Heiden is one of the top builders in the world, if there was any question of that.

Sounds wonderful, Shaun. Evan: A Place In The Heart

Mine is from 2006. I’ve had it since ‘07 or ‘08. My friend had an ‘04 I believe that turned me onto Heidens. All excellent instruments. I don’t see myself ever selling mine. It’s been there through a...

Over the past six years I’ve taken some photos on my visits to Michael’s shop. Here are just a few of them. Figured anyone that likes Michael’s instruments would enjoy...

Not mine, but I did have the privilege of picking it up for Evan Elkin from Michael’s shop last year. One of the the most resonant and fun instruments I’ve ever played. 190117 190118190119190120

Last week I had the pleasure of being interviewed by American guitar maker Michael Bashkin for his "Luthier on luthier podcast." Which is hosted by The Fretboard Journal. Not much in the way of mando...

Once the world is back to normal we should plan a Heidenfest somewhere.

I recently shot some new pics of my Heiden A-54 so I'll add them here. I started the "In Praise of Michael Heiden" thread that Shaun bumped when I first got it 6 years ago. Even better today. Mine's...