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Private member DiscussionAcoustic Builds

for your consideration :) a new guitar demo video

This was a lot of fun! Check out my friend Alberto Ziliotto, he is a great musician! Enjoy... I did :)

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Ian Davlin
Really Nice !
Private member DiscussionFolk, Bluegrass, Irish, Old Time Instruments

Dulcimer pickups

Hi gents, Do any of you have a favorite dulcimer pickup? The Folkcraft NT11 sounds really nice from the demo, but they're not available. I'm having trouble recommending a pickup to my customer, I'm not sure to go with a transducer, mic, or piezo in this situation. I'd like to go less invasive if possible, but cutting holes is not out of the question.

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Ian Davlin
A while back I pretty much quit installing anything but K and K pickups. My hunch is this uke pickup would work well. Please qualify this as a hunch though. Their guitar pickups are the best sound fo…
Private member DiscussionFinish Repair

Deciding on “done”

Recently I’ve been working on a carbon fiber headstock repair. I was having problems with the clear coat. I had applied too much. Today I decided to invest some time trying to correct it. I believe I’ve reached a decent ending for that portion of the repair. The guitar was gifted to me by a customer so it’s mostly just practice and will eventually be a demo for cf with grain matching. For what it is, I’m pretty happy. Let me know any tho…

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i had a life-changing experience last year when i was diagnosed with ADHD and got medication for the first time. all the time before in my adult life i was never pleased with my work. i always found a…