Art Fair

[fotografr]

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For those who like art and don't mind huge crowds, our annual Art Fair on the Square was the place to be this past weekend. The first thing I saw after parking my bike was a local news reporter doing a "selfie stand-up" for the evening news. Things are so tight they don't even send a camera person along with the reporters now. They have to set up the camera and record their own comments. There was some interesting art, including the large oil being checked out by a couple. It was priced at $13,000. One of the best bargains was the beautiful hand made 3-string "strumsticks"  that sold from $90 to $150 and actually sounded very good. He demonstrated while his wife took care of the credit card sales.

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Edited July 10, 2023 by fotografr

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[Lelmer]

Nice series, Brent. This Art Fair seems to be very popular.

[stuny]

Lovely, and super pieces in #1 & 3.  The strum stick looks a lot like a 3-string version of the six-string backpacker guitar, which Martin bought the rights to a few years ago.  This is from the martin website:

"Martin started making Backpackers in 1992/93 after Chris Martin spotted one at Luthier Robert McAnally's Booth at the Philadelphia Folk Festival. Martin received 5,000 orders at the 1993 NAAM Show. My wife and kids got me one with a thinline pickup for Christmas in 1995 to take camping, hiking, boating, etc. Mine is the smaller body size and they made it slightly larger in 2002 to enhance the tone and volume plus make it easier to balance and hold. They also added a classical nylon string, mandolin and ukelele Backpacker along the way."

The same Robert McNally makes the strum stick.  I suspect he gave up rights to produce four and six sting models when he sold his six-string model to Martin.  Here's what one looks like via amazon:  Amazon.com: Martin Steel String Backpacker Travel Guitar with Bag : Musical Instruments

[fotografr]

4 hours ago, stuny said:

Lovely, and super pieces in #1 & 3.  The strum stick looks a lot like a 3-string version of the six-string backpacker guitar, which Martin bought the rights to a few years ago.  This is from the martin website:

"Martin started making Backpackers in 1992/93 after Chris Martin spotted one at Luthier Robert McAnally's Booth at the Philadelphia Folk Festival. Martin received 5,000 orders at the 1993 NAAM Show. My wife and kids got me one with a thinline pickup for Christmas in 1995 to take camping, hiking, boating, etc. Mine is the smaller body size and they made it slightly larger in 2002 to enhance the tone and volume plus make it easier to balance and hold. They also added a classical nylon string, mandolin and ukelele Backpacker along the way."

The same Robert McNally makes the strum stick.  I suspect he gave up rights to produce four and six sting models when he sold his six-string model to Martin.  Here's what one looks like via amazon:  Amazon.com: Martin Steel String Backpacker Travel Guitar with Bag : Musical Instruments

They are really beautiful and quite reasonably priced. I was impressed with the sound when this guy demonstrated his