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It’s amazing just how many people dream about playing a stringed instrument. When they finally do get around to trying out a guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin, or bass, they sometimes find it takes a little more work than they figured to make their dreams come true. If you are one of those people who has… Read More »
The sound of a fiddle is certainly a sum of its parts: the instrument, the bow, and even the person driving it. There is one key item that usually costs between 5 and 10 bucks which can make or break a night of fiddle fun. Rosin. Without it, bow hair just slips over the strings.… Read More »
I’ve recently been reading many newspaper and magazine articles on the greatest inventions of the last 98 years. You tend to see the same things over and over: air travel, nylon, transistors, and even Little Debbie Nutty Bars. My personal favorite is one that few people ever see, though most guitar, banjo, and mandolin players… Read More »
Yes, I was watching TV. A return of an animal show that we all watched as kids only because Walt Disney was on after it. Jim was wrestling with a giant anaconda while Marlin watched from a helicopter. I was wrestling with a decision on this Old-Time Herald’s instrument topic. Then it hit me –… Read More »
By Bob Smakula You walk into a music store to check out the latest in six string guitars that might be suitable for old-time music. You overhear the salesman talking to another customer and they seem to be talking in some cryptic code: “D-35, triple 0-18, M-36, D-28s.” Should you yell “Bingo!?” No, they are… Read More »
Issue # 91- January/February 1985 BUILD YOUR OWN “HAMDOLIN” It’s amazing what you can do with an open mind and a ham can. Wahy, you might even… Wayne Erbsen Before I explain the particulars on how you can build your very own playable, attractive, almost-one-of-a-kind mandolin out of a ham can (I call it a… Read More »
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