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The Arkies
An Uncanny Ensemble of Musicians from Arkansas.
Friday, November 1, 2019
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Saturday, April 20, 2019
My Pythagoras' Project
Wrong Ruan |
Acoustic slide guitar made from an old crutch. |
Letting the clear coat dry for the 3rd time |
Electric Slide Guitar |
first cut |
Shaping knobs and hardware |
Getting Wired |
First-ever completed Instrument build from scratch and using only minimal power tools. |
I have since brought down the height of this bridge.
Using Vellum and clear-drying wood glue to honor Buddy. |
My first ever completed wiring job. All circuitry individually selected and installed by myself.
Rhythm bones I made from Pine, Red Oak, and Poplar woods.
I really enjoyed shaping the headstocks into interesting shapes that would work well with string placement. I got a little ahead of myself with the one on the far left. Although it looks a bit Wabi-Sabi it still worked great and has a nice sound.
The middle hand-carved neck above will eventually be a remake of a fretless traditional 5 sting taking a lot of cues form the earliest colonialized versions of teh banjo.
I gave my canjo that I fretted to the standard western scale to my little brother. The other canjo I fretted into a diatonic scale so that my childhood best friend who doesn't play guitar could enjoy strumming around on it.
Saturday, January 13, 2018
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