Taffy Evans's Blog – July 2016 Archive (3)

A Dulcimer from Way Waaaay Back

Hi, This dulcimer was my first build ever [apart from a mandolin built without plans or one to copy, but from photos]. Anyway built in around 1975 whilst living in Central Australia in the Northern Territory it was the first of many I built during the 70's…

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Added by Taffy Evans on July 19, 2016 at 12:57pm — 1 Comment

Dulcimer from way back

Hi, I hear its Dulcimer week. Here's a photo of one I built some time ago being played by my young granddaughter. She's a young kid there but the manager of a jewellery shop now, phew! how time fly's.

I walked in the room and found that she had picked up the stick dulcimer and found one of my slides and was sliding away. She had also built a biscuit tin banjo, but…

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Added by Taffy Evans on July 19, 2016 at 12:25pm — No Comments

Violin with a difference.

I thought I would add these photos of a violin I built, as I've just seen mention of CB violins. Must have built it about 25 years ago.

Its a solid body so of course its electric, the pickup is under the bridge feet. needs a preamp with an EQ to get a…

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Added by Taffy Evans on July 5, 2016 at 1:21pm — 4 Comments

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