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Help: Technical recording question about Bagg's Acoustic Preamp/equalizer set up

Help: I just got a new Blue Lion with a Baggs pickup. Janita suggested buying a Bagg's Acoustic preamp/equalizer which I did. Now, I want to...
@cynthia copeland started 12 years ago - replies: 1

Help: Technical recording question about Bagg's Acoustic Preamp/equalizer set up

Help: I just got a new Blue Lion with a Baggs pickup. Janita suggested buying a Bagg's Acoustic preamp/equalizer which I did. Now, I want to...
@cynthia copeland started 12 years ago - replies: 17

6&1/2 buzzes

I have an older dulcimer I just picked up. It's very nice except the 6&1/2 buzzes when I strum close to it. I think it hits the 7th fret. How...
@marg started 12 years ago - replies: 4

We are all hacks!

I saw this editorial in Popular Woodworking Magazine ( www.popularwoodworking.com ) by Jeff Farnbach, and although it is about furniture making, I...
@Ed Gaunt started 12 years ago - replies: 3

Fretboard Thickness ?

Hi Everyone!I've seen some dulcimers that only have a fretboard that is a 1/2" thick, I also seetheCedar Creek dulcimerkits only have a 1/2" thick...
@Ronald R Eaches started 12 years ago - replies: 4

Additional Soundholes

Im just about to cut the sound-holes in my own design teardrop dulcimer. Ive read in these pages that this design tends to be a little bass heavy...
@Iain James Craig started 12 years ago - replies: 2

New project finished - a `Swedish' hommel

After being much inspired by Peter W.'s versions of a Praetorius 1620 illustration of the German Scheitholt in Sintagma Musicum I thought I'd have...
@John Tose started 12 years ago - replies: 10

Rolling Stones' Brian Jones and the mountain dulcimer on stage

Just two pictures found on the internet when doing some research. The two songs Jones played on the dulcimer were 'Lady Jane' and 'I Am...
@Wout Blommers started 12 years ago - replies: 11

Fret Layout ?

Hi AllI have a question about fret layout, if you use a ruler to layout the frets, how do you get these dimensions using the ruler?In other words...
@Ronald R Eaches started 12 years ago - replies: 15

"Heritage" is finished!

I just finished building my all-wormy-chestnut dulcimer, and have named it "Heritage". I named it that because the wood that it's made from came...
@John C. Knopf started 12 years ago - replies: 7