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Plug in
What plug ins (?) are used to make a dulcimer acoustic-electric? Where can they be purchased?
@Butterscotch started 9 years ago - replies: 3
Need advice!!!
What gauge of strings do people use for the dulcimer.
@Butterscotch started 9 years ago - replies: 3
Dulcimer build #4
Just wanted to share a pic of my latest dulcimer build. It is made of my favorite combination of a butternut top with walnut back and sides with...
@Lynn austin started 9 years ago - replies: 24
A peek at what im working on.
Here is a peek at what im working on, it is an Eli Presnell repro. I have made a few of these. There were a few makes that directly copied the...
@Kevin Messenger started 9 years ago - replies: 4
Re-glue back of dulcimer?????
I recently noticed my Yocky baritone dulcimer has come unglued in two small places along the back edges. Can something like this be fixed? If so,...
@Outlander-Barb started 10 years ago - replies: 17
New hour glass dulcimer and electric mandolin
Some pics of my newest dulicmer and a solid body electric mandolin I just finished
@Caleb Dan Bennett started 9 years ago - replies: 7
Reverb
Has anyone had any experience creating reverb inside a build? Just read a article about this man in Arkansas who spent the last 30 odd years...
@James Swayne started 9 years ago - replies: 9
Warped Bottom Piece - How to Straighten
I have an old Folkcraft kit I am beginning to assemble. The bottom piece, solid walnut 7x32x2.5mm, is warped from side to side. It's a slight...
@Sheryl St. Clare started 9 years ago - replies: 8
Leonard Glenn Repro.
I recently did some repair work on a L.Glenn dulcimer and made patterns and took measurement. Also just received some Butternut lumber. What to...
@Kevin Messenger started 9 years ago - replies: 6
McSpadden kit question
I recently won a McSpadden kit at an auction and I have a question on it's build...expecting delivery tuesday. I'm anxious to get started and my...
@Rich Labbe started 13 years ago - replies: 7
Just scored some nice Butternut
Today was my 60th birthday and my 92 yr.old mother bought me this piece of Butternut. If I do it right should get a few dulcimers from this....
@Kevin Messenger started 9 years ago - replies: 10
Refretting
Months ago I acquired a very old kit dulcimer that had sat in someone's closet for ~20 years. I began assembling it back in late January and...
@Ed Gaunt started 9 years ago - replies: 11
All-Walnut Thomas Hourglass
Here is my latest dulcimer, finished just minutes ago. Its name is "Meditation". I tried to get it as close as possible to an original Thomas...
@John C. Knopf started 9 years ago - replies: 10
Another dulcimer done!
This one is claro walnut back and sides with maple top. 26.5" VSL tuned DAdd.
@Caleb Dan Bennett started 9 years ago - replies: 9
Ban Jammer Plans Needed
I thought I saw a blueprint for a ban jammer on FOTMD. Am I confusing this with another site? Does anyone else remember seeing it? I have a 1974...
@Sheryl St. Clare started 9 years ago - replies: 31
Prichard #20 ready to finish.
I have just finished getting another Prichard ready to finish. This is #20 , and dulcimer #50. When I built my first dulcimer ,I never thought...
@Kevin Messenger started 9 years ago - replies: 9
First Build in Years....
Awhile back I got the urge to build a dulcimer -- first time in years. I wanted something different, and settled on this Coffin shape similar to...
@Ken Hulme started 9 years ago - replies: 13
Pegheads?
I'm thinking about replacing some Grover friction "patent" violin style tuners on an old Music Traditions instrument. Does anyone here have...
@John Gribble started 9 years ago - replies: 6
Walnut baritone dulcimer
Here are some pics of a all walnut baritone tuned AEAA I just finished.
@Caleb Dan Bennett started 9 years ago - replies: 6