Check out these 2 versions of playing solo! Very interesting to me because they are very very different in there approach. Ted's is always a laid back approach and he has some great dampening technique down that he uses quite effortlessly. Patrice is a great classical player that does a great job crossing over into jazz. He's got some serious chops happening and his approach is really great.

I dug so much listening to both these guys back to back. They're both really worth studying and listening and watching.

Great stuff guys!

Pay no attention to the bald guy in front of the vibe. -- Just a computer nerd who likes to build stuff from time to time. Enjoy the pictures.

By the way keep playing.. The world needs more music.

He's smiling :)

I didn't take any pictures of the process of building the rails. Mostly because I have a proprietary way of making them so they work, in my opinion, better than the original.

This is actually the scary part. One slip or a wrong measurement and it's back to the wood store.

After painting I kept it upside-down for a few days. That way if there were any bad notes from previous play, they could drain out.

Stripped and primed resonators

Cutting assembly. It's finally starting to look like something real.

Turning the end rails on a wood lathe.

So I go to my local exotic wood store spend some serious $$ and honk off the sales guy because I picked through a LOT of wood. A few splinters and a sore toe, and this is what I brought home. A little water gives an idea of what it will look like finished.