Looks beautiful, Dave! I love those custom soundholes and the wood choices! Clearly a lot of care went into your design and I'm glad Ron brought it to life for you.
Thank you Strumelia and Dave! Please do post pictures when it arrives, I'd love to see it! I wholly relate to the Christmas sentiment--I was refreshing the tracking page all morning yesterday in anticipation! I hope Santa's UPS truck visits you soon. :)
Hope it's OK to piggyback on this thread--I just wanted to chime in to say I ordered a Ron Gibson thanks partly to these forums. It just arrived today & I'm extremely happy with my decision, so thank you to those who weighed in on the original question!
I went for a 4-string Barbara Allen model in cedar and walnut. I haven't played many other quality dulcimers to compare, but it feels great to play and has a really lovely rich sound. Ron was very easy to work with and I was impressed with the price and turnaround time for such a nice instrument. Hopefully this helps anyone else who is on the fence and searching these forums for info. :)
Hi all! I'm Megan, here from the Boston area. I've been playing for about a month now and have appreciated the information in these forums as well as the handful of welcome messages I've gotten already. Looking forward to chatting with folks. :)
