@Dusty-Turtle, quit drooling all over that thing! haha Another cool build, Bob. If I knew how to play finger style, I'd be drooling, too, over this beauty.
This is one of my nylon string dulcimers like the one Aaron plays so the sound is similar to his except the walnut/Port Orford Cedar combination is more mellow. Aaron's current instrument is myrtle/sitka spruce which has more attack and bite. In both dulcimers the sound of the nylon strings vs. the steel strings predominates.
In person the instrument is striking. The graft line of the walnut tree falls in the middle of the back and sides, changing the grain pattern and giving it a very unique appearance.
@Dusty-Turtle, quit drooling all over that thing! haha Another cool build, Bob. If I knew how to play finger style, I'd be drooling, too, over this beauty.
This is one of my nylon string dulcimers like the one Aaron plays so the sound is similar to his except the walnut/Port Orford Cedar combination is more mellow. Aaron's current instrument is myrtle/sitka spruce which has more attack and bite. In both dulcimers the sound of the nylon strings vs. the steel strings predominates.
In person the instrument is striking. The graft line of the walnut tree falls in the middle of the back and sides, changing the grain pattern and giving it a very unique appearance.
Nice looking dulcimer! How's it sound?