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Ronnie Retherford
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Blues on the Radio

Started this discussion. Last reply by Ronnie Retherford Jan 11, 2010. 10 Replies

Anyone have a favorite Blues program on radio that you listen to? I have been listening to the inaugural broadcast of a Blues progam on a local radio station. You can listen online here:…Continue

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"Oh-oh!    Ronnie!   Sounds fantastic.  Why did you tease us with no sound demo on the previous vid?   Like it a lot."
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"love those lap steels & yours is mighty fine *****"
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Lap Steel #2

Cherry/Poplar six string lap steel guitar with a red oak fret board. Tele bridge with Tele bridge pickup. This is the second lap steel guitar that I have mad...
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"uploading a video to YouTube now. Will post when it is complete"
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At 9:25pm on April 18, 2011, Uncle John said…

Ronnie,

   Cheapest strings around are Musicians Gear 6 string sets from Musicians Friend.  $2.00.    I use these and like them well.

   John

 

At 9:26pm on April 17, 2011, Bluesheart said…
Thanks, nice job you are doing on your builds.
At 8:36pm on April 17, 2011, Uncle John said…
Ronnie, how do you like the GDGD tuning?  What is it best suited for?
At 9:00pm on January 2, 2011, Furry Johnson said…
how ya doin Ronnie all good here yer mate theres a few cbg,s around now few builders an players
At 4:22pm on January 2, 2011, Dan DeBruler said…

Thanks for adding me as a friend, Ronnie. I play an Oscar Schmidt mandolin. I'm a lifelong guitar player, and my wife surprised me with this last year. Love it! 

 

This one will always be my first mandolin, but it won't be my "only" for long!

At 12:13pm on January 2, 2011, Shawn Shatzer said…
thanks Ronnie
At 5:07pm on September 28, 2010, Tom said…
Thanks Ronnie, New to all this, so just poking around the forum, the pics and viseos trying to learn enough to actually build one or at least try. Lots of VERY NICE instruments being shown. And they sound great as well.
At 7:14pm on September 3, 2010, James Cowhey said…
I think I'll copy the scale length from my Epiphone Dot 335 since that's by far my most comfortable "made by others" git. Your photos gave me a great idea about the tailpiece on my first build. I was wondering how to keep the strings from digging into the wood where the exit the hole. I'll put a piece of fretwire there;that'll be a good way to practice fretwork for my next build.
At 7:35pm on August 23, 2010, James Cowhey said…
Thanks. Not sure when I'll build since need to read up a bit before I start. In particular, I'm not sure I understand yet how to space the frets - some division of the scale length I guess.

But I did pick up some boxes at my local tobacco shop today. I'm thinking that my first project will be a uke, since I've been thinking about buying a Stew-mac kit.
At 10:28pm on August 10, 2010, Tom Z said…
Thanks!
 
 
 

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