"Ian You have a lovely high grade Sp Th. Love the heel carving.  Impossible to navigate with only four unmarked fingerboard positions. Here is one bursting with pearl at every fret. I imagine a pro using it regularly would add…"

"Richard : Thanks for asking. While one often hears that "wood sounds better than pearl", these fancier Stewarts actually sound quite good, perhaps because the marquetry-inlaid rims are heavier than the regular rims. However, the busy…"

"With Ian in mind, here is an 1890's SS Stewart with plenty of stars, moons and what-have-you.  The Cole " Man in the Moon"  has a distinctive look, however,  the Eclipse rim has a weak voice…"

"My CB start was in learning a number  of pieces from the Bill Ball and Peter Labau discs. The Morley pieces really attracted me for their originality, their variety and the intuitive way they fall under the hands. Pieces were…"

"Wonderful performances and a charming video. Bravo. And you got this rather challenging piece under your hands quickly. If you have another FVE recording or two you'd like without the surface noise, let me…"

"Hi Mike : I haven't used Audacity, but instead use another "Aud" programme, Audition. It also allows one to reduce tempo while preserving pitch."

"The software I use for transcriptions allows one to slow down the recording, start and stop at any point. A graphic representation of the sound waves, time markings and a cursor provide a visual reference for where you are in the score. I work…"

"Glad to help. Looking forward to your duet video,  .  . . with all the right notes of course.  In a parallel effort, I'm digitally reducing noise, slowing down and transcribing a couple of early Ossman…"

"Skip, you have an interesting banjo with substantial provenance, giving it character and personality that it otherwise would not have.  Most older banjos have lost their past and we can only imagine, ghost-like as you say, who their…"

"That was brilliant, but I thought line ten could be more like : "My name is Mikemossbanjoist, king of satirists and poets .  .  .""

"Hi Skip. You've really picked up on the fine quality of Consalvi's work and rightly noticed how superior it is to his successor's. Your WL7 is in good hands at last."

"Mike,  Fred Bacon was an accomplished index-wiggling tremolo player, as can be heard on a couple of his recordings. He took lessons from Farland, so one assumes that was also Farland's method. As to the  challenges you are…"

"OH YEAH"

"Hi Bill, Glad you like the Fairbanks pics. If  you check my "Albums", you should find my custom Bacon dragon and Scottish cello pics as well. For those two, there's a bit of history that goes along with the pics."