Forum Activity for @ravenmadd-garcia

thank you I never knew of such a law ......in respect of my native brothers  Ilaid it back under their nest and told my neighbors too ......

sorry?....excuse me?.........I got the eagle feather off the ground ..have a nest near my house

feather from a golden eagle .(no clicky sound)....soft triangle shaped  fender pick .....soft plastic  bread clips?......thin credit cards cut ups

I'd say have a pro builder look at it ..there are a few here ask around

weather does effect sound on some instruments....is the dulcimer in a case ?......or exposed?

thought you folks could use this.....have fun

http://sniff.numachi.com/

wow thanks Tom .....I was learning some harmonica and believe on a shelf somewhere I have books with lesson tabs to oldie tunes......also great idea Dusty

I do on all the fretted instrument that I play.....I'm am perfectionist .....and control freak .....

hi my friends......did'nt know where to post this?.......so I used to play classic violin in my early teens....but I'd get up early saturday morning to watch Hee Haw ...just so I could watch those cats burn whenever there were good fiddle players on

http://www.instructables.com/id/Improvised-Folk-Fiddle/

go slow ..take your time ....as a guitarist I have had to go into the dulce with a blank mind and that I should always have fun and feel the notes

thanx

knock em out

well ......there will be another Sam

yep same here ....my guitars gather dust very well

just to say thats a beauty

this is a 30 page thread in the making

funny my guitars are named ...but not my dulcimers?.......so doctor is there a reason?

Dusty Turtle said:

Funny, when I was writing my comment about one of my dulcimers being a tomboy, I had a weird feeling of dja-vue. Now I know why; check out this discussion that I started one late night and subsequently forgot about: http://mountaindulcimer.ning.com/forum/topics/dulcimer-gender-studies .

baby ...all my instruments are my babies....no gender ...,my friend does call my instrument collection my girls or Raven's Harem...........lol

post pictures

yes mine measures the same.....had some dry finish section so I hit it with a touch of Watco walnut dark over the dry bits ...mine had missing strings ....did yours have the sticker inside of who put it together ,,,,,I've been busy slowly convert a old small guitar case for it .....

Don Johnson said:

Mine has, to me, a great sound. It is a lage instrument, 29 1/2 inch VSL, and a 2 1/2 inch deep box. I have posted in another forum here about the strings. It was missing the #1 melody, and I replaced with a .012, but the other two are smaller, and appear oxidized. But I like the sound. #2 has a ring to it, and I cannot imagine why. I have read here that the longer VSL can create a problem because of the longer frets, but I do not believe it will hurt Twinkle Twinkle Little Star a bit.

Don hows the sounds on yours?...mine is has a great mid range voice to her

Don Johnson said:

I, too, purchased a simular dulcimer from a Goodwill in Seattle. It has no name, and is a very large instrument.

thank you gentlemen......47 bucks well spent ......

the tuners are gotoh

how can you tell if its one?...I believe its made of walnut...its has a sticker inside that says alan and chet whisman....Dec 1997.....its sounds nice ....my digital camera is down...I got this off of goodwill.com some store in seattle ...

looks sweet Chuck

sweat pant legs and gun cases................lol...

I meant anything you used in your dulcimer playing time....thanks Sam ...that looks better than my buddy's gun case ...but man ...the cops in jersey and nyc are gonna stop me on every corner especially if there a political rally going on

have you used anything other than a normal dulce case?.....I have my hondo teardrop inside of a old bass case.......my friend has a couple of empty old rifle cases.... I was thinking of shaping foam in one

so what have you used ?.....I remember some guy in greenwich village ,nyc that would walk around with his hour glass in his laundry bag...yuck

the other instrument of interest cool Mandy!

lol

Mandy said:

Love the looks of it, but my goodness that poor stump has been impaled by a TON of booze.

has a woman's head carved on the top like a old pirates ship.....anyone understand what that stump is on the bottom?.... is this a dulcimer for bowing?....said to be vintage ...strings are spaced wide......also now I'm addicted to the looks of some thanks FOTMD

don't give up ...check the search here for your answer ....I added a small towel to my left knee to cut the slippage ...welcome fellow newbie!... I have a tear shaped hondo . at first it drove me madd.........lol

Ken I respect your views

anyone know of this company ?....saw a starter model on flea-bay ...it caught my interest...your view amigos and amigas

I'm thinking bout selling some of my guitars ...just to get a better one....lol

I see you dig Clemson.......wow nice instrument ......my cousin Olga had one of these

thanks this is all new to me......learn something new here everyday

since I'm the green leaf rookie here ....my question is what is the purpose?....does its keep em in tune better and how?......I see some with them and not.....seen a lot of older Dulcimers with just 3 made of wood ...saw one with black metal ones?

thanks so much

love the idea

Diane in Chicago said:

I know this thread has gone quiet, but thought I'd chime in late. I mark my fretboards with a 1/4" punch from a medium weight guitar pick. They come in lots of colors and you make the punch with the old office hole puncher you have laying around. The newer punchers are often made of softer metal and can easily be bent out of shape.

I drill the 1/4" hole in the fingerboard with a Forstner bit so it is nice and flat on the bottom. A drop of gel super glue holds in in place. I use a credit card or a business card to tap it flush with the surface of the fingerboard. Do not use your fingers, you'll never get it in straight and even that way.

This is an admittedly down-scale material, but my instruments are made from discarded tobacco containers, so they match, aesthetically and price-wise.