EC-, all metal neck and rim, neck has fluted back and integral frets, chrome plated, 6-3/4" skin head, 13-1/4" scale, 1-1/4" nut width, friction tuners with white buttons, back of headstock marked "PATENT PENDING / MADE IN U.S.A." ($295.00)

EC+, double (maple) bound 9-1/8" body, soft (deep) cutaway, solid spruce top, solid walnut back and sides, "fishbone" top trim and rosette, 12-fret maple neck with walnut peghead overlay and underlay, walnut fretboard, abalone dot inlays, 18 frets, walnut bridge, geared planetary tuners, built in Germany, 17" scale, 1-3/8" nut, with gigbag (SN:AC 210786) ($295.00)

My friend Susan Luks is an amazing artist. She makes beautiful garments using so many techniques I don't know how...

(Prepare to problem solve, friends. Ready to put your thinking caps on? I clearly am not experienced enough to solve...

Hey everybody! Lansing's Rae Blackledge, proprietor of Rae's Yarn Boutique and my sometimes-boss, always-friend, has a design in MagKnits! What's...

How lucky I am. Yarn and working with it makes me really happy. I don't care about diamonds or resorts...

EC, mahogany body and neck, 17-fret ebony fingerboard with pearl diamond inlays at 5th and 9th frets, pearl bowtie inlay at 7th fret and w-b-w-b-w purfling down center of fingerboard, 1-7/16" nut width, 13-5/8" scale, w-b-w nut, mahogany bridge with ivory (?) saddle, ivoroid-bound body with 6-ply top purfling, ivoroid inlay in top below bridge, "C.F. Martin & Co. / Nazareth, PA" hot stamp on back of headstock and inside back, "GROVER PAT. PEND" spring loaded mechanical friction pegs with ivoroid buttons (we believe these tuners were added later), with OHSC ($3,750.00)

VG-EC except could use some work (heat press back bowed neck, reseat and dress frets, restring and set up, etc. - sold AS-IS), rounded cutaway, solid spruce top, solid walnut back and sides, maple body binding, wood top purfling, natural satin finish, 9-1/8" lower bout, 2-3/8" to 2-7/8" body depth, 12-fret maple neck with walnut peghead overlay and underlay, 18-fret walnut fingerboard with abalone dot inlays, walnut bridge, 17" scale, 1-3/8" nut width, built in Germany, with gigbag (SN:AC240550) ($265.00)

I had a lazy Sunday. I have recently needed a lot more sleep than usual, and so I slept till...

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When we were at Magdalena's Teahouse last Saturday, one of the performers was Seth Bernard. Brian knew who he was...

All solid wood construction, hand selected Brazilian mahogany top, back & sides, maple neck, rosewood fingerboard with abalone dots, top & back are bound in white, top has faux abalone purfling, high gloss finish. ($299.50)

The Fabulous Heftones (Brian and I) have some big excitement coming up this year. Some of this will have more...

OK, this is the re-constructed post I lost the other day. Sigh... I taught Bloom Shawl at Threadbear, to Crystal...

I got two emails Monday regarding healthy, organic foods. The first came from Miko Fossum of Magdalena's Tea House on...

"A Splenderific Ukulele Extravaganza Bonanza That Will Assail Your Senses! Songs for Spooning, Swooning, Crooning... Exactly as Sung & Played by the Authors! Now with 33% more ukulele!" 25 songs from this freewheeling foursome, with melody in standard notation, lyrics, uke chords, and tablature for many of the tunes. GCEA tuning; 47 pp. ($11.40)

2004 -- Freewheeling acoustic madness with this virtuosic Colorado foursome. Seven original tunes plus "Dinah," "Nola" and "Black Mountain Rag!" Marimba, ukes, guitar, violin, double bass, cornet and more -- in a flat cardboard sleeve. ($14.95)

Wildly eclectic, hard-to-classify acoustic quartet from Colorado! Ukulele, guitar, banjo, bass, fiddle, mandolin, marimba and more. Lots of original tunes plus "I'm Satisfied with My Gal," "Waltz in Ragtime;" with guests Darol Anger, Greg Schochet, Sally van Meter and more. ($14.95)

2006 -- Lots of traditional songs and tunes, plus "For All We Know," "Draft Dodger Rag," Stephen Foster's "Hard Times" and Keim's own "Ruby's Rag," from uke player and multi-instrumentalist Aaron of Boulder Acoustic Society and singer Nicole. With guests Chris McGerry on guitar and Society violinist Kailin Young. In a flat cardboard sleeve. ($14.95)

I just hit Ctrl-W (close window) by mistake and lost my lovely post about my recent classes at three shops....