Kevin has finished the new bracing on “Benny”, the Venezuelan Cuatro that he bought from César Salazar Tovar (“imcesar”on eBay). Plans for the new fingerboard, nut, frets, tap plate and bridge plus some comments about Cedrela.
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Venezuelan Cuatro Rebuild by Kevin Parsons – Part 4
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Posted in Kevin Parsons Makes and Mends, Tips
Venezuelan Cuatro Rebuild by Kevin Parsons – Part 3
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Posted in Kevin Parsons Makes and Mends, Tips, Uke DIY
Venezuelan Cuatro Rebuild by Kevin Parsons – Part 2
The crack in the back is repaired and reinforced. New kerf lining, plans for new bracing – and a LOT of clothes pegs!
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Posted in Kevin Parsons Makes and Mends
Venezuelan Cuatro Rebuild by Kevin Parsons – Part 1
First in a series of articles about Kevin Parsons’ progress rebuilding a Venezuelan Cuatro in 2017.
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Posted in Kevin Parsons Makes and Mends
Seven Kisses (Original Song) Cuatro GCEA
A Winter Song in memory of Mickey McGonegal 12/03/1958 – 08/05/2008.
Some people hear this as a “sad song”. It is not meant to be sad but I can’t tell you how to hear it. It is more a song for when the sadness has receded and there is consolation in happy memories. No regrets.
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Songsheet Generator chord grids for different tunings
Songsheet Generator and ChordPro I use Songsheet Generator to make my song sheets: “Songsheet Generator is an application which prints songsheets and songbooks for home, small group, or large group overhead use. The program runs on Microsoft® Windows™ (native .exe), Mac…
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