Show at the Liberty Theater

Recently we sponsored a Bluegrass show (Bankesters cd release party with Nu-Blue) at the Liberty Theater in Murphysboro, Illinois.

Here are some photos of the event.

Infinity Luthiers presents The Bankesters cd release party with special guests Nu-Blu.

The historic Liberty Theater in Murphysboro, Illinois

Infinity Guitars and mandolin

The show table with restored 1949 Martin D-28, Infinity Luthiers' 'Cocozilla', Infinity Luthiers D-28 Honduras Rosewood, RTL OM Sapele and Infinity Luthiers A model mandolin

Kyle Triplett and Cocozilla

Kyle Triplett giving Cocozilla a test drive.

Kyle Triplett at it again with the Infinity A model mandolin.

Kyle Triplett at it again with the Infinity A model mandolin.

My buddy Daniel Routh and his band Nu-Blue!

My buddy Daniel Routh and his Bluegrass band Nu-Blue!

The Bankesters

The Bankesters

Kyle Triplett playing the Infinity Luthiers Honduras rosewood D-28.

Kyle Triplett playing the Infinity Luthiers Honduras rosewood D-28.

Kyle Triplett playing the Infinity Luthiers Honduras rosewood D-28.

Daniel and Levi are still pumped up after their set but they might be losing Austin!

Daniel and Levi are still pumped up after their set but they might be losing Austin!

 

Levi Austin and Austin Korerner jamming Infinity guitar and mandolin.

Just put a mandolin in Austin's hands and he comes back to life! Here's Austin and Levi jamming on some Infinity Luthiers instruments.

Infinity Luthiers presents The Bankesters cd release party with special guests Nu-Blu.

Phil Bankester must have heard the excellent jam going on out in the lobby. He invited Nu-Blu back up on stage for a roof raising jam of Lost Indian.

Infinity Luthiers presents The Bankesters cd release party with special guests Nu-Blu.

Just when you think the night is over this young man grabs Cocozilla and throws down some hot licks. I have a feeling we'll be seeing more of this lad in the future.

 

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Infinity Luthiers Presents The Bankesters with Nu-Blu at the Liberty Theater

Just wanted to let all you folks down in the Southern Illinois area (and those willing to travel), we are sponsoring The Bankester’s with special guests Nu-Blu at the historic Liberty Theater in Murphysboro, Illinois. This is also the Bankester’s CD release part for the new cd, “Looking Forward”.

The event is this coming this Saturday, May 12th; show starting at 7:00 p.m. We’ll be set up with some guitars and mandolins. We’ll also have with us two consignment instruments. The 1949 Martin D-28 and a new consignment from JTL Guitars. Check the JTL guitar out here.

Please forward this information on to anyone who loves Bluegrass.

Liberty Theater
1333 Walnut Street
Murphysboro, Illinois
Google Map

Infinity Luthiers Bankesters Nu-Blu Poster

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New Infinity Octave Mandolin / Bouzouki … sort of…

Ha! At least that is what the tag shows. For a several years now I have been getting calls and emails concerning the elusive ‘Infinity Instruments’ brand out there. I had personally never seen one nor met anyone else who had come across one.

Oddly enough, I found an ‘Infinity Instruments’ octave mandolin on ebay recently. I went ahead and placed my bid on this one day auction and won. The instrument was auctioned by Howard Yearwood. Howard had used this instrument in some session work.

(Howard has been a Bluegrass, rock and country guitarist. He is now doing session work in Nashville. Sometime this month Howard will begin lessons on the B-bender Tele via Skype.   Check out ‘Whistlestop‘ on Howard’s reverbnation page.)

Anyway, he got the instrument shipped promptly and I received it in this box.

octave mando

Uh Oh!

Once I saw the condition of the box, I was worried that the neck or headstock would be broke but it turned out fine.

octave mandooctave mando

And here it is… the ‘Infinity’ tag.

octave mandolin I thought for sure that the tag might have some information as to who is building them, but no. I have looked for these folks online but found nothing but more questions. My guess is that they are produced in a Pacific rim country and are tagged infinity or some other name depending on where they go.

If you have more info, let me know…

BTW… for a plywood top instrument and after a good setup, it sounds and plays pretty good.

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Kevin’s Eastman Bridge Replacement

Recently Kevin brought his Eastman over for a bridge repair. Here are a few pics of the process.

Kevin's Eastman

Ouch! Cracked bridge.

Kevin's Bridge

Oh yeah... really cracked.

Kevin's Bridge Repair

Fitting the bridge to the manolin top.

Kevin's Bridge Repair

You can see that the feet are fully engaged.

Kevin's Bridge Repair

Looking good.

Kevin's Bridge Repair

Saddle Setup

Kevin’s fretboard is radiused, so the saddle got a radius sanded into it as well. Here the string spacing is cut based on Kevin’s preference. Thanks to Gary for tracing his string spacing.

Kevin's Bridge Repair

String spacing cut in the saddle vise.

Kevin's Bridge Repair

Placing the bridge and setting intonation.

Kevin's Bridge Repair

Checking the string spacing one more time.

Kevin's Bridge Repair

Ready to go pick!

 

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Musicians and Revenue

Have you ever wondered how much an artist is making on the music you purchase?

If you are simply copying it from your buddies… they make $0. Now that we have that out of the way. This chart shows average revenue to the musician for differing types of hard copy and digital download and how much they must sell to make minimum wage.

Note: these figures do not include publishing royalties (paid to composers of songs). The full spreadsheet of data does though. You can see all the numbers and sources here: http://bit.ly/DigitalRoyalty

Here is the website containing the original information: http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/how-much-do-music-artists-earn-online/

Please do reply….


 

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