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The E and A string sets certainly look metal. Interestingly, the nut slots are much better spaced as four pairs compared to the uniform spacing found at the saddle.

Three points I see from your photos: The nut slots need deepening as the strings are very high above the first fret; this will affect your intonation. The bridge is too far back towards the...

Your particular Fender model (FM-52E) will be fine with the strings you have bought for it. It has a spruce top which will be pressed rather than carved and as CES says, those models tend to be...

Surely they are essential when picking a new, difficult tune that you are struggling to get your teeth into? :mandosmiley:

A fine creation, David. Very elegant design and timber choices. The geared violin tuning pegs are such a good idea too.

Great precision in your picking and very fluent left hand, Lucy. Well played!

Good to hear you vocally, Dagger. A fine delivery of a great old song, and interesting backing on your offering.

If you are playing the E string at 5th fret you are getting a high A Note at 880 HZ (an octave above the open A 2nd string) if your intonation is accurate on your instrument. When you mute/release...

Just watching your videos after having a great wee session last night in The Royal Bar, Innellan, Kevin. We are there every Thursday evening. Last night we had accordion, three fiddles, bodhran, a...

Surely reading very long threads about how to avoid practising is the most valid reason? I am doing it now when I could be playing instead! :mandosmiley:

The glue does not matter so much with such a small repair - even CA glue could be used on this short crack. As far as suitable cleat material, I am lucky in that I have lots of offcuts from my...

The crack has nowhere else to go as the neck block will prevent any further splitting. It can be stabilised by gluing a small spruce (or other suitable tonewood) cleat across the crack on the...

Another beauty, Nigel. That rosewood looks gorgeous.

Interesting and very entertaining video, Lucy. What a great family unit you have there and such a good sound you make together.

When everything works and the electronics behave then it can be fun, especially if you are playing to your own backing tracks. I know two local performers who do this in my home area, using CDs to...

Loads of traditional fiddle tunes in F and, dare we say it, even in Bb! I am talking about Scottish tunes here.

A great performance and arrangement on this one, all of you. So laid-back in your delivery and evoking a time long gone.

Just saw that I had posted exactly a year ago on the positive aspects of the Song-A-Week. A year on it is still going strong and we even had a discussion recently on the levels of activity, which...

Lovely work as always, Jo. The headstock is especially beautiful. Do you also make the pegs or are they commercially-available violin pegs?

A pleasant, mellow tone there, David.

As Tavy says, a lovely instrument. A sound-clip would be welcome.

Since it is a 1919 model, now just over 100 years old, let it wear its wrinkles and scars with pride! They are signs of a life well lived:mandosmiley:

Both seem to have had the tuner plates cut to remove tuners - note the fixing screw positions. The teardrop-shaped instrument has a tailpiece made for only 4 strings while the guitar-bodied one has...

Not an expression I have heard used in my experiences of playing here in Scotland.

I have a Fishman factory-fitted to my Lowden 0-32 and really like the sound. Powered by a couple of small lithium button cells. The pickups were originally designed and made here in Scotland by Mike...