Marian on Guitar

This is one of my adult students that has been taking guitar lessons for close to a year now. Marian and her husband Dolton both take lessons here and attend our beginner's jam session every other Monday. Marian does a great job with rhythm and with flatpicking, and I am pleased that she allowed me to take this video of her:

In the News!

This is Millie playing at a local fiddle contest with her mother (Rhonda) playing guitar for her. Millie is only 9 years old and is a student of mine. She does a great job! (You can hear her playing Faded Love in a previous post which is also on YouTube.) Millie and Rhonda attend our jam sessions, and she sings as good as she plays!

Stelling Banjo is Here!

The Stelling Red Fox banjo finally came in yesterday! If you are looking for one for Christmas, now is the time to get it.

Bluegrass Shack Gingerbread House!

Just thought I'd share this with everyone. One of my family traditions is to make a gingerbread house each Christmas. Many of my family members and several friends also participate. My mother is an angel to do this for us! We all meet at her house and she actually makes and bakes all the gingerbread and frosting for the houses. She also provides all kinds of candy to decorate the houses with

I made my gingerbread house a small replica of The Bluegrass Shack again this year. The only thing that is not edible is the banjo on the top. Once again this year, students of The Bluegrass Shack will have a chance to take home the gingerbread house. Every student that attends the Christmas party on Saturday can put their name in a drawing. During the party, I will draw one name and that lucky person will get to take the gingerbread house home. Here are pictures for everyone:

Installing Schaller Violin Tuning Pegs

Today I installed some Schaller tuners on a fiddle that we now have for sale in our shop. I happened to notice that the instructions that came along with these tuners were quite laughable. Take a look at this (click on the picture to make it larger):
























I decided that I would do a search on the internet to find some better instructions, and was not able to find any. I even looked on Schaller's website, which is supposed to have instructions on all their tuners. Since there was nothing else to be found (at least I couldn't find it), I decided this would be a good topic upon which to post a how-to video. I took some still pictures and added narration to it and here's what I came up with. Hopefully somebody else out there will find this helpful or at least interesting!

Hammered Zither

There were a few accessories in the zither box that Terry brought by the other day. I didn't know what they were, but I think I figured it out last night. The hammer is really cool!!!!

Stelling Red Fox on its way!

Just wanted to let everyone know that I got a call from Stelling Banjo Company this morning and a Red Fox banjo is on its way here! We generally sell the Stellings as soon as they get here, so if you're interested please give us a call!