Other Strings – Page 2

Guild of American Luthiers – Sharing Information & Inspiration for Stringed Instrument Makers

Posted on 5 March 2022Updated on 5 March 2022by wm_wp_adminCategories:Associations, eZines, Guitar, Mandolin, Other Strings

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MIMF – Musical Instrument Makers Forum!

Posted on 5 March 2022Updated on 5 March 2022by wm_wp_adminCategories:Associations, Guitar, Lutherie, Mandolin, Other Strings, Techniques and Tips, Tools, Violin

Guitar building: online discussions and interactive courses on acoustic guitar building, electric guitar making, archtop guitar building, bass guitar building, guitar repair, violin making, dulcimer making, mandolin building and all other types of lutherie; pickup winding; flute making; brass instrument repair; drum making and all other types of musical instrument construction and repair. …
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Les Stansell – youtube video “The Top”

Posted on 3 March 2022Updated on 3 March 2022by wm_wp_adminCategories:Guitar, Lutherie, Luthiers, Other Strings, Techniques and Tips

His website (http://www.stansellguitars.com/) includes a link to his youtube channel, the videos there include some stuff on lutherie. This is one that I had kept a copy of, entitled “The Top”.

Podcast 284: Tom Power – Fretboard Journal

Posted on 2 March 2022by wm_wp_adminCategories:Guitar, Other Strings

Tom Power is a Canadian broadcasting great and frontman for folk band, The Dardanelles. He’s also the host of Toy Heart: A Podcast About Bluegrass, which just launched and has quickly become one of our favorite listens. On this week’s FJ Podcast, we talk to Power about growing up in St. John’s, Newfoundland, discovering bluegrass …
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Making Purfling – Doran Violins

Posted on 27 February 2022by wm_wp_adminCategories:Lutherie, Other Strings, Techniques and Tips, Violin

Purfling is decorative inlay. On violins it is the little black and white line that runs around the edge of the top and the back. Purfling is made from three pieces of wood sandwiched together to make a black-white-black pattern. Source: Making Purfling – Doran Violins

ATLANTIC VIOLIN SUPPLIES

Posted on 25 February 2022Updated on 5 March 2022by wm_wp_adminCategories:Other Strings, Suppliers, Tools, Violin

Atlantic Violin Supplies, located in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, is a violin supply business providing value and service since 1993. They carry a large selection of quality violins, violin parts, bows, construction woods, finishes, accessories, technical books, strings, and much more. Source: ATLANTIC VIOLIN SUPPLIES – An eastern Canadian violin company with a large selection …
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GenOne Luthier Services Guitar Plans

Posted on 25 February 2022by wm_wp_adminCategories:Guitar, Lutherie, Mandolin, Other Strings, Suppliers, Tools

Acoustic & classical guitar plans, ukulele plans, electrical guitar plans, mandolin plans and guitar building tool plans are available in digital format for easy printing and direct use on a tablet, computer or smart phone. Plans are drawn full scale and and fully detailed of dozens of instrument styles. Source: GenOne Luthier Services Guitar Plans

Acoustic Concepts

Posted on 19 February 2022Updated on 19 February 2022by wm_wp_adminCategories:Guitar, Lutherie, Luthiers, Mandolin, Other Strings, Techniques and Tips

Daniel Brauchli describes his concepts around the use of carbon-fibre bracing (he calls it “full-phase”) and the theory that supports it. There is also a fair bit of info on the use of fluorocarbon strings. He is of Swiss extraction, grew up in Alaska, then moved to Australia when he was 13 Source: Acoustic Concepts