Roland White

Casey Willis replied to the topic Arthritis Tips in the forum Fiddling Techniques and Playing Advice 6 years, 3 months ago

Hi, Jim. I don’t have any advice specific to arthritis…perhaps @roland does??

The only thing I might suggest is stretching your hands/thumbs for 5 minutes before & after playing…I know that is a good idea in general, and I would think it would at least help some??

I feel your pain, sir…I’m a week out from having my left thumb ope…[Read more]
Wafflestomper replied to the topic Violin make and strings? in the forum Fiddle Setup and Repair 8 years, 6 months ago

@Roland
How often do you have to change those? Are they pretty resilient?

That fiddle I bought had a set of Infelds, not sure which version. Even though they were pretty old.. I kinda liked the way they sounded.

I put a set of Helicores from another instrument, and they were way way too bright.. its a pretty loud fiddle.
Obligato’s warm it up…[Read more]