Truly a AAAA grade sky! And one-piece!
Type: Posts; User: Richard Mott
Truly a AAAA grade sky! And one-piece!
Dear Noah, what a wonderful memory and picture of your Dad! It takes a special kind of person to excel at the kind of work he did. Here’s hoping his instruments continue to make music out there.
One of the great Brazilian rosewood stories reported on another luthier forum concerned billets sold cheap off the back of a truck parked outside a guitar show in California. The wood turned out NOT...
Question for luthiers: Was the traditional use of pearl for mandolin nuts prompted more by tone or the higher polish it will take to reduce string friction?
Here’s betting lot of us wish we could “noodle” like that!
So sorry to hear of Gavin’s passing. I had corresponded with him briefly in the spring of 2020, when one of his lovely plum-finished F-4s came up for sale. He was by then 85 years old and no longer...
It always matters what Steve Gilchrist thinks!
Sierra Hull’s tone and right hand are as good as any in the business, just a wonderful sound.
I have just received a Sumi concert ukulele with GDAE tuning and it arrived with a set of Ko’olau Alohi soprano strings on it—and it sounds and plays terrific!
Fossilized walrus ivory has been (and maybe still is) a thing in the custom guitar world. The theory being that its high density conducts sound better, especially for higher harmonics. But in my...
Just stumbled again over this Nugget thread from two summers ago. I think I knew it at the time, but in retrospect this was really one of the most striking mandolins I’ve ever seen. There was some...
Singer nonpareil, painter, humanitarian. His march with MLK to Selma is just one landmark in a life well lived.
Hi Billy—I have not played this mandolin but know John Zeidler from his archtop guitars which are also justifiably highly regarded. The guitar I played, years ago at Mandolin Brothers, was very...
Ken has done an amazingly generous thing, really inspiring!—and Leo seems like he’s the perfect recipient. The world is already a better place.
Journeybear wrote: “Love his 1975 album, "Native Dancer," a collaboration with Brazilian singer Milton Nascimento. "Ponta de Areia" - Side 1 Cut 1 - phenomenal.”
I bought that same album in 1975,...
Plus 1 on the TME photos! They are prettier than life itself. Also on Carl Miner—his touch is unreal, best acoustic guitar demo person out there!
No financial or other interest here, but I was fascinated to see The Music Emporium feature a “Winter collection” of great mandolins they currently have available, complete with photos and for nearly...
Further to Freddie Green: there’s a lovely anecdote that when the metronome was first invented, they took it to Freddie Green to make sure it was keeping accurate time! Also the remark that in all...
There’s always Friday for shrimp Creole!
Glad to throw in my two cents! One note: what we call “cypress” in the American South is Taxodium distichum, and not a true cypress. The true cypress, genus Cupressus, is the Old World tree used...
I’m not a builder, but I’ve lived in Louisiana and worked with cypress. We tend to think of “softwoods” as evergreen needle-bearing trees like spruce with lightweight wood suitable for tops, and...
Sierra’s right hand belongs to the angels. Her attack is so smooth, each note is a diamond.
Bruce Sexauer, the Petaluma-based luthier who is extremely generous in sharing his long experience, has built with Chechen and sings its praises.
James, what an incredible project! Great to hear about the L-5 in the mix. I especially love the use of persimmon, which as a true “American” ebony has always fascinated me. It has been used...
I got my Gilchrist from Christie who was wonderful throughout the process, and I too will always be grateful!