mpg

joined 1 year ago
[–] mpg@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Thanks so much!

[–] mpg@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

That’s so sweet, thank you! But we are just playing local bars, nothing too fancy and no internet presence (yet?). It’s bluegrass, and I play banjo in it.

[–] mpg@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

A few process shots:

 

I built a pedal board to use in my band (lake effect is in the band name); it’s basically a box with a slot to route power out of, and to the velcro’d down pedals on top.

It was my first time using a dremel to engrave, and I’m happy with how that turned out! I traced the characters from a print out, then engraved the outline, then the fill, then painted the inside.

The wood is stained cedar with a couple of coats of poly. The main body was put together with pocket hole joinery.

[–] mpg@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I think playing the melody with harmony is such a great trick! It sounds really nice, and gives the melody tons of body, plus if it’s well executed it can demonstrate an impressive mind-meld between the performers. I don’t do it enough in my band, but we do a run through blackberry blossom’s A section with harmony and it’s slick!