Once you learn to build, repair, or modify musical instruments none of your instruments stay the same. I have two other posts about an old guitar I brought back to life, but I realized  I changed it more since then.

It’s finished. And it actually works.

Some months ago, I purchased a cheap, old archtop guitar. It’s a 1957 Harmony.

When I was a younger film student, I made a short documentary titled “Il Contrabasso.” It’s about Brady Ward, an acoustic bass player, and his thoughts about the instrument. Here’s the film (about 4 minutes long): As Brady mentions in the film, the acoustic bass, and really all acoustic instruments, have a quality that is soothing and natural, almost healing.

My daughter Lucy is learning to play the harp. She is, after all, a princess.