Probably the best-known fiddle with a “Bearded Man” finial (i.e. scroll) of this type is the customized antique fiddle played by Vassar Clements, one of the fiddlers who played with Bill Monroe’s Bluegrass Boys (the grou..

Shell or mother of pearl (MOP) inlay in lieu of regular purfling has its roots in the late 1600s with a particular custom instrument made by Antonio Stradivari known as the “Hellier Strad”. Strad copies in general have always ..