July

I’ve been curious about sunbursts for some time, but have had a few obstacles in my way.  For starters the guitars that I normally make don’t always seem suitable for sunburst.  Second, since I don’t spray my finishes, I French polish, I’m not really set up to spray a sunburst.  Third, a lot of sunbursts don’t really do it for me. For the most part, the bursts I like are the very early ones, especially early Gibsons, when Orville still […]

I have a love for Italian music, which has become more intense over the past few years.  In addition to collecting Italian 78 rpm records, I’ve been listening to more Italian folk music and my interest in traditional instruments like the friscalettu (cane whistle), zampogna (Italian bagpipes), and the chitarra battente has continued to grow.   Much of what I’ve learned about traditional Italian music has been passed along by my friend David Marker.  David is an Italian American who […]