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I have just started and am working on two of the Scottish tunes with Hanneke. I am finding the techniques to make the tunes sound authentic to be great. What would be nice would be a complete run-through at the end of each video (easy and advanced) of the A and B sections as an entire song. I know that I can go back to the beginning of the video…[Read more]

Peter,

Thanks for the feedback and good suggestion, sir! Keep up the good work on your technique! You can download audio tracks to practice with…we don’t currently have the site set up to be able to download the video tutorials. If you need assistance downloading the MP3 audio tracks, just let me know.

Also, I’ve checked out the Air and…[Read more]

Hi Amparo, Roland White Fiddler and Forum moderator here. Sorry I missed your recent post. I agree wholeheartedly with Casey Willis that Cassey Dreissen has gone way beyond the basic Chop that Darol Anger started with. He is by far the most inventive Chop master I’ve ever heard or seen and I don’t think he is even close to finishing inventing new…[Read more]

Hi Ron, Roland White Fiddler and Forum Moderator here,
I have used Vision strings and have had really good results from them. They are much more durable with exceptional tuning stability than the Dr Thomastik’s are. They have a full robust sound with a lot of tone color that I can’t get out of steel strings. They are also an exceptionally good…[Read more]

Awesome, Ron. Good feedback, both on strings as well as the site. That is a good point regarding your bridge/nut setup when you change string gauges. And as always, yes; leave that kind of work to a qualified pro…unless you are one, of course! Let us know how the Thomastiks last – how do they sound in 3 months…

Keep up the good work, sir!

I recently attended a string clinic by Tomastik, where they explained how strings are made and what kind of sound they produce. So after consulting the rep and my luthier who is also an outstanding fiddler I decided to try tomastik vision solos.
So far I love them. I also learned that if you change strings to a string that is a different diameter…[Read more]

Good info, Ron. Thanks for adding in. Casey D has taken the application to a whole new place. I saw some things about his Fiddlesticks project a while back. There are a couple of neat vids out there on that as well.

Yup. Also Darold Anger has a really good instructional video in chopping that features Cassey Dreissen.

Thanks, Casey! Cassey Dreissen is really amazing ☺

Good request, Amparo. Hanneke does a great job with chops and the next time we have her in the studio, we’ll try to get some chop technique videos down. Cassey Dreissen is the master at this, as far as I am concerned. You should check out this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfvVyKiiFGE

Good request, Amparo. Hanneke does a great job with chops and the next time we have her in the studio, we’ll try to get some chop technique videos down. Cassey Dreissen is the master at this, as far as I am concerned. You should check out this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfvVyKiiFGE

You bet, Ron. More to follow!! Hope you have good luck with the Helicore…if you end up trying a new brand, let us know how they work out.

Thanks Roland, I’ll check that out.

P.S. Thank you Casey for the new Jay & Molly Lessons, three of my favorites.