Dusty Strings Music

Join us for a workshop with Lily Neill that covers an array of techniques and fun “brain teasers” which can be applied as arrangement tools to help develop a free-flowing style all your own. Using a couple of simple melodies in contrasting time signatures from various music traditions, we’ll explore various ways to use these tools to build arrangements and personalize our interpretations. The workshop will be taught both by ear and using sheet music. Link for more info and to register in the comments!

For a lot of folks, McAlister Guitars are inextricably (and understandably) linked with David Crosby. It’s definitely easy to imagine David vibing on the McAlister instruments we have in the shop now (especially that 12-fret 12-string Concert model) — these guitars are supremely playable, impeccably built, adorned with elegant details, and they sound great. Crosby-philes really owe it to themselves to check these things out…

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The WL-S we put out on Tuesday sold in less than an hour, before we had a chance to share any photos, so we’re getting this just-arrived WL-14X Scissortail up before we open the doors today. It’s yet another stunner from our friends in Austin, super-lightweight, with a powerful, balanced voice, beautifully figured maple for the back and sides delivering an oomph nicely compressed by a not-too-stiff, X-braced spruce top. Hoo-boy. Don’t sleep on this one…

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You’ve got your rope binding, and then you’ve got your rope binding, and this custom, deep body M-1 Tricone from National Reso-Phonic Guitars, Inc. has got some rope binding, and then some. Some being some gorgeously figured maple from top to tail, an all brass cover plate and tailpiece, plus the warmest satin sunburst finish you ever did see. 

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After a visit to the repair shop for a fresh neck reset and re-fret, our 1948 Martin 000-28 is back on the floor and absolutely dialed in! This is a gorgeous guitar with a Goldilocks neck that plays and sounds just the way you want it to…

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Next week we have five great workshops! How to Practice with Jonathan Shue, two on fingerstyle guitar with Grammy winner, Mark Hanson, and two on clawhammer banjo with Molly Tenenbaum. Start your summer with some new skills or sharpen the ones you already have! Links for more info and to register in the comments.

Join us this weekend for two workshops with Scotland's own Rachel Hair and Ron Jappy! Rachel will guide harpists through some much-loved tunes from the Scottish tradition while Ron will help guitarists explore new ways to accompany other instruments. Links to register in the comments!

Time to revisit ! We are chock full o’ so many different styles of whammy bars/vibratos/tremolos/wiggle sticks, if moving in and around pitch is your thing, we got you covered…