One of my A50s has a DI that works fine on stage - but I've always just recorded acoustically. Would be interested to hear your African Soukous...
Yes, past options for electric mandos were not good; a lot of them did, and still do, double the strings, a bad idea for electrics. (Sorry for the...
Rockaway Beach is one of my most favorite places. I took this pic and used it for the cover of one of my CDs. Same rocks, different angle....
Sweet! I was of course speaking somewhat tongue-in-cheek. For gigs I play 1950-era Gibson A-50s, and a luthier-made octave mando for "Americeltic"...
PS, also it needs a nut - not hard to make, but more tricky than a guitar nut, especially if you've never made one, due to the spacing for the...
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Not generally called a bandoline, in my experience; banjolin is used, or mandolin-banjo or banjo-mandolin. But yes, strung and tuned like a...
Slightly off topic....but a few years ago I was at an auction, a very well-known auction house for native items, especially NW Coast. A collector...
Looks nice; it may or may not be Native-made, of course; there are a great many flint-knapping hobbyists who enjoy making such items, or do it as...
I'm no kind of expert with stone items, but this looks pretty good to me. Others will know more, I'm sure.
Love the little dogs, and kudos for rescuing them!
Good job getting the photos full-size; that's always helpful!
There is a beach on Whidbey Island where there are millions of rocks, rather a soft type; and they roll in the surf and get rounded into all sorts...
It is just a rock.
Maybe I'm confused....but are there ANY holes other than the hole - or spot- under his chin? Are the nose holes pierced all the way through, or...
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