Anyone in a band or play an instrument?

[FireFighterZero]

Very nice!

 

[MasterBlaster]

Bid Daddy don't frig around!

These auditioned but didn't make the cut...

 

[pantheraba]

Keep 'em for groupies....

 

[MasterBlaster]

They better bring some blue pills!!!

 

[Fiddler]

My latest acquisition.

"Hand crafted by Eugene McGhee, Oliver Springs TN...1999"

 

[MasterBlaster]

Looks nice! I bet it plays/sounds great!!!

 

[Fiddler]

It does! The more I play it the happier I am with it.

Looks-wise there are several imperfections in the detail finish work, binding joints etc., but that stuff is more decorative than anything else.

I have the action set super low right now as I am not used to fingering a fretted an instrument anymore. I can still pull some pretty good tone from it now...can hardly wait to hear what it sounds like when i raise it u a bit in a few months.

Next project is getting the bridge glued back down on my guitar...

 

[MasterBlaster]

I hate floating bridges!!!

 

[pantheraba]

Fine looking instrument!!

 

[Fiddler]

Set it & forget it.

It's nice to have the ability to adjust for different situations or weather sometimes...

 

[MasterBlaster]

This is an interesting bass... you can adjust the string width. I've never seen that before! Ibanez, 1500 bucks.

 

[Tree09]

How would that even work?

 

[MasterBlaster]

It's in the bridge saddle.

 

[MasterBlaster]

These are on the way to me!!! I'm ready for a beach shindig!

If I like that, this is next!

 

[MasterBlaster]

Damn! These bongos are SWEET! Heavy as a mofo - no holding them between the legs for sure. They REALLY sound good when sticks are used.

 

[Ryan]

Now you need a stand so you can shake your moneymaker while you play them.

That Cajon would make a nice end table even if you didn't play it very often.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Did you watch the video? I've always thought of them as just a hollow box you banged on, but they are definitely more than that!

 

[Ryan]

Which video are you referring to? Am I not seeing a link maybe?

 

[MasterBlaster]

Aw, crap - I thought there was a link. {Here it is, scroll down for the vid.

 

[Ryan]

That thing is awesome. This one has caught my eye.

 

[MasterBlaster]

The cajon is on the way!

The bongos are beautiful and sound GREAT! My first drum with animal skin hides - I love it!

 

[BlackSmith]

Dave, distant relative of mine made banjos.

Andy Boarman - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Fiddler]

Very cool! Nice article!

Interesting how he mixed woods in his instruments....don't see that diverse of a number of species in a single instrument very often.

Found an ad for one of his banjos and a video of someone playing it.

 

[BlackSmith]

Here is a documentary done on Andy.


His mother’s brother Charlie Stump inspired him to learn the banjo and also taught him how to build them. When I was 6, 7 and 8 I spent my summers and most weekends “working” for Uncle Charlie and Aunt Minnie doing yard work and odd jobs. Charlie tried his hardest to get me to learn banjo but I didn’t want any part of it, made my fingers bleed. I was just happy to watch him play while I picked weeds in his pride and joy strawberry patch. Charlie died while I was in school on Friday October 30, 1964. Didn’t learn about it till the next morning when I went back to spend the weekend. Kinda messed me up, tried not to get close to people after that. When the leaves are off the trees this time of year I can see Uncle Charlie and Aunt Minnie’s House from mine, I try not to look.

 

[Fiddler]

Loved watching that! Thanks for sharing it!


He might be the best autoharp player I've heard.