Chuck and his new best friend, Dakota! Bred by Brenda of Brenrich Newfoundlands. Brenda has a new web site although she in not new to the Newfy world at large. His original owner has terminal health problems and she could no longer keep him. Dakota was ferried to Texas from […]
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“Christmas Time’s a Comin”by Connie Garrett “Christmas Time’s a Comin’!” is the song… Well it came early at the Garrett household. November 12th to be exact! That’s the day my Custom Chuck Lee Banjo arrived in Nashville, Tennessee all the way from Ovilla, Texas! Rewind to the beginning of this […]
Meet the Bumpass One Boot Connection, of Bumpass Virginia. They’re an awesome, dynamic mother/son duo and lots of fun! They both play Chuck Lee banjos…..An Ovilla and a Rose Hill. These glowing words from Linda helped us walk a little taller: ” Chuck, I am still just stunned with the […]
Dan Gibson is a popular Texas storyteller. He has studied and prepared himself to be an excellent entertainer for schools, libraries, festivals and more. We were so delighted to build him a banjo recently! One unique feature is the large star in the peghead, made from Dogwood, at his request. […]
These two curly walnut beauties are just as close to the same as we can get ’em. Custom built for Craig Evans of Singleton Street, he requested only one difference…an “alpha” is inlaid in the fingerboard of one, and an “omega” in the fingerboard of the other. Details? Select curly […]
Here Chuck is bending brass for a brass hoop to go under our Dobson style tone ring. The gadget he’s using is called a Ring Roller. We do as many steps in-house that we can. The building process includes what seems like thousands of individual steps! Chuck is pretty good […]
This cool three-day event is coming up soon! Acoustic Music Camp, here in the Dallas area, begins August 7th. There are workshops in many instruments and also one in songwriting. This is ACM’s second year. It is well organized and non-stress. Gerald Jones, director, has included a great line-up of […]
…..There are jigs for gluing dowel sticks in the shop bathroom…..Children wander in and out of the shop on various missions…..Family secrets and trade secrets are one and the same…..When you need a model for a special inlay project, the kids come to mind first…..When there’s a Star Wars action […]
My favorite inlays are the Ovilla ones—both of them. Shown here is our vintage Ovilla inlay, showing moon and stars. You may have seen our other inlay–a lady sitting in the moon, still available in the “Original” model. Both make me smile! Our Ovilla, wooden tone ring, model is named […]
Our Nate is selling his Red Diamond Mandolin–reluctantly. In case you’ve never seen one of these beauties built by Don MacRostie, here are the photos. His new custom five string fiddle has taken top spot and the mandolin has to go. If you know of someone in the market, this […]