Group Discussions

Looking GRUMPY while playing in public...

I think this is something a lot of musicians struggle with. Not looking up at the audience, looking down at our fretboard in deep...
@Strumelia started 12 years ago - replies: 22

Any wormy chestnut out there?

Somebody posted on here awhile back about possibly getting some wormy chestnut lumber. Well, I haven't seen any updates about this, so I'm...
@John C. Knopf started 12 years ago - replies: 16

Song list for Wartz in Oct

Here's the list so far for the Wartz'n'All fall gathering at the Messenger homestead in Bruceton Mills WV.Notice: there were only 2 songs selected...
@Rob N Lackey started 12 years ago - replies: 11

Cherry and Curly Maple Galax

Thought you folks would like to see the Galax dulcimer I just finished for Ed St. Jean. I made one a few years ago from walnut and Sitka spruce,...
@John C. Knopf started 12 years ago - replies: 11

Cedar Creek Kit

This weekend I ordered a Dulcimer Kit for the "Red Meadow" model from Cedar Creek. I am not very experienced with building instruments, but I...
@Peter W. started 12 years ago - replies: 57

1/2" Walnut Dowel Rod

Does anyone have or can get 1/2" diameter walnut dowel rod? I can't find it here in the UK and I need about 6" of it for a project. I need to...
@Robin Clark started 12 years ago - replies: 8

Shove the Pig's Foot - Galax dulcimer and Fiddle

We had a few friends over for dinner tonight and after a good few bottles of wine were consumedthe instruments came out I've done a lot of...
@Robin Clark started 12 years ago - replies: 14

playing left-handed

Hi all -I'm afraid that this is not the right place to ask this question, but I'm not sure where to ask it.I have a left handed friend who wants to...
@Kay Bolin started 12 years ago - replies: 9

My First Dulcimer

Hello everyone, Ive built many acoustic instruments in the past but am just about to attempt my first dulcimer. So far Im having great difficulty...
@Iain James Craig started 12 years ago - replies: 21

a mic, a pickup, and a di box -- questions from an electro-phobe

When I was sixteen I played "Honkey Tonk Woman" on an electric guitar to impress a girl. It didn't work. She liked the bass player. That was the...
@Dusty Turtle started 12 years ago - replies: 9