Kyle Tuttle is a talented picker out of Nashville who recently picked up one of my electric banjos. Here's a testimonial from his blog along with a cool compilation video of him playing it with his band, FrazierBand. Thanks Kyle!
IDI Workshop
Images, thoughts and sounds from the workshop of Ian Davidson Instruments
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Monday, March 4, 2013
Making Wood Sing
I got a nice little shout-out recently when I was included in an article about Humboldt County luthiers in The North Coast Journal. Make sure you check out everybody featured in the article... there're a few of us up here.
http://www.northcoastjournal.com/news/2013/02/07/making-wood-sing-humboldt-luthiers/6/
http://www.northcoastjournal.com/news/2013/02/07/making-wood-sing-humboldt-luthiers/6/
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Monday, August 20, 2012
Andy !!!
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
The Next Generation
Here are a couple of pictures of the latest banjo to emerge from the IDI workshop. There are 3 new features on this one that I'm really excited about, and will be including as standard features on the next few stock banjos I make. Serious acoustic and electric tonal improvements!
#1 - Alder body with a hard(er) wood top (in this case, Tigerwood). This also means that the carved, integral tone ring is made of Alder/Tigerwood.
#2 - Custom, cast bronze tension hoop. Locally cast for IDI, nice and heavy for great tone!
#3 - Circuitry includes the "Fat Knob" (or SPC), this is a powered EQ unit made by EMG which boosts mid frequencies, while cutting lows and highs. This makes the single coil pickup feel a little more like a humbucker and really helps the banjo cut through the mix. Use the knob to dial in just the right amount (or none at all!).
For more pictures and details visit the website at iandavidsoninstruments.com
#1 - Alder body with a hard(er) wood top (in this case, Tigerwood). This also means that the carved, integral tone ring is made of Alder/Tigerwood.
#2 - Custom, cast bronze tension hoop. Locally cast for IDI, nice and heavy for great tone!
#3 - Circuitry includes the "Fat Knob" (or SPC), this is a powered EQ unit made by EMG which boosts mid frequencies, while cutting lows and highs. This makes the single coil pickup feel a little more like a humbucker and really helps the banjo cut through the mix. Use the knob to dial in just the right amount (or none at all!).
For more pictures and details visit the website at iandavidsoninstruments.com
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Post #1 : Oumou Sangare & Bela Fleck
Well, we're half way through 2012 and I figured it's time to start a blog for the purpose of sharing more frequent happenings in the world of Ian Davidson Instruments. There's a lot going on right now, but the most exciting has to be that Béla Fleck is currently playing one of my electric banjos while on on tour in Europe with Oumou Sangare!
Pictures and YouTube clips are starting to roll in and I can't think of a better first post than this clip of the two of them. Its a beautiful song and you can hear the banjo loud and clear.
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