Yes, surprising to the newbee… your violin’s soundpost, the wooden dowel inside your violin body that connects the vibrations of the top and back to make it louder and fuller (hopefully) is NOT glued in place! Sometimes it can become dislodged from it proper positioning and rattle around the inside
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Renegade Repairs – soundpost adjustments
This question came from member Nat, who had recently attained a 100-year-old Italian violin that actually did not sound so good, and wondered about how much soundpost placement can effect the sound of a violin. Short answer… plenty! Here’s my answer. Thanks for sparking this topic Nat! This question came
New Charlie Daniels Tune Lesson!
The iconic “South’s Gonna Do it Again” by the Charlie Daniels Band! I just jammed this tune at a neighborhood Halloween party. It used to be a stale for me back in my more rockin’ bar-band days. I hadn’t thought of it in a while, but then thought
Fiddle Jam Club Newsletter Vol. 3 #1 re: party sit-in gear & phase 3
This is a re-post of a Fiddle Jam Club Newsletter issue (volume 3 issue #1) that dates 11/1/2014. This is a re-post of a Fiddle Jam Club Newsletter issue (volume 3 issue #1) that dates 11/1/2014. Hey Gang, Fanatical Fitzhugh, fiddle-jam-man, Geoffrey Fitzhugh Perry here… Can’t hardly believe it’s November
South’s Gonna Do It Again – Charlie Daniels Band
I reported in the Fiddle Jam Club newsletter that I had played this song recently at a neighborhood party sit-in. It was part of my repertoire back in my bar band days. It is a classic Country Rock fiddle tune example. Looking at it today, I can see how much
Violin Microphone and pick-up comparisons
OK! Long overdue, but as promised. Here’s audio examples of 4 different mics and pickups that I’ve used in recent years. Three of them I reviewed in the YouTube video “My Violin Pickup Explorations” (embedded here again for you). I played the same riff each time and have also supplied
The All Access Pass
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