Recent content by mike vaughn

The best teachers I ever found. Google Murphy Henry. They start off slow, teach you to play by ear. I would learn proper technique especially if you are young, if you don't your fingers will be crooked and you will have carpel tunnel sometime in your forties or fifties.

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I signed up and furnished all the info, got a confirmation email but never got activated. Emailed twice never got a reply. Still waiting.

Hey Rads, I got a flyer from International Violin on their "Jammin' June Sale" today with the Concert model 3/4 Englehardt for the low low price of $775. I personally don't care for the newer Englehardts compared to my 81 m model but hey at that price if you don't you won't lose any money on...

Thanks again. I have been reading through the threads in here for a while and am amazed at the amount of information available right here. Thanks to all of you for sharing your knowledge and expertise.

I appreciate you fellows' replies. I think that since the repaired cracks aren't opening I will move on to putting a little bit of inlay in the fingerboard and repairing some of the dings in the veneer. I have already put a bridge on this bass with the guidance of a friend and mentor who makes...

Hello, I recently found this place and would appreciate some expert advice. I saw in another thread discussion of replacing a neck in a kay. The neck of my kay has been broken off twice, both times about three inches below the nut. It didn't break in the exact same place both times but...