Cain Guitar #1: Slide Guitar Music Solo
This is the first project I posted on Lumberjocks. I’d like you to hear the sweet music my Son can play on it. Sleep Walk Solo Slideshow
Handmade Portraits #2: Handmade Portraits: Armor Guitars
James Peters enjoys what he does. Waking up every morning and working in his woodshop in the back of his house is the “bees knees” as James says. Once there, he makes custom acoustic guitars. He is, as it’s called, a luthier based in Springfield, TN. After moving to Nashville in 1989 and having some success in the country music songwriting industry, a friend asked James to repair his guitar. It was after that experience that he realized it would be easier &mdas...
Music in the Shop
Just curious… Do you listen to music in the shop? What do you listen to? On what kind of system? Radio? CD’s? MP3’s? Internet Radio? Records? Eight Track? Tapes? Serius/XM? Live band hired for your shop? Headphones? Theater Surround Sound? Silence? Jazz? Rock? Talk? Hip Hop? Country? Classical? Sports? New Age? Oldies? Yodeling? Blues? NPR? Heavy Metal? Latin? Polka? Opera? Howard Stern? Old School Rap? Techno? Disco? Funk? Acid Jazz? Dixyland? Gregorian Chanting? I...
Harpsichord #1: I started it 10 years ago
Well, this all started 10 years ago. I started my first musical instrument and ended up getting in way over my head. My ego, knowing no bounds, thought if I was going to put so much time into a project it may as well be the best. Well, to make a long story short, my ego got the best of me and I gave up after about 6 months of work. Way over my head! So after 10 years and two other small keyboard instruments I am finally ready to finish my masterwork. This part of this blog will show ...
Bowed Keyboard #1: Wheelharp: my first attempt at trying to simulate bowed strings with a keyboard
This is a little more detailed look at a project I posted a while back, the wheelharp…I am sorry to rehash it, but there were a few folks who inquired about some more details, and I had not had a chance to find my old pictures until today. Sorry to pester everyone else! Have you ever had a thought, and wondered if it has been done before? Several years ago, I was adjusting my hurdy gurdy, which is an instrument invented in the middle ages that uses a rosined wheel to bow the s...
Project overview
Hello All, I am going to end this blog unfinished. Someone saw it and was interested in having me write a book on the subject. I will have to remove what I have done so far. When the book is complete and published I will let you all know. Sorry if there’s any inconvenience. Gary
Music Table
Saw a wild video the other week on MAKE: Magizine’s blog – I’m gonna try to make this at work. So far, this is my plan: I’ve got base built, and next will be creating the removable instrument inserts – I have two maracas, a tambourine and one snare.
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