The Earnest Tube

The Earnest Tube Bristol’s ONLY historically based audio studio and creative space. Cut your music direct to a record!

Before 1950 almost all music was recorded directly to a wax or lacquer disc or cylinder. Special "cutting machines" were employed called cutting lathes to carve grooves into the medium which could then be played by a stylus. The Earnest Tube uses several vintage cutting lathes to recreate the experience of recording live to disc. No overdubs, no fixing it in the mix...Can you "cut the mustard" at The Earnest Tube?

- We are having fun with this vintage Presto 8N cutting lathe. We are able to adapt modern styli to an old Presto cutter...
03/23/2025

- We are having fun with this vintage Presto 8N cutting lathe. We are able to adapt modern styli to an old Presto cutter head thanks to

We were able to run an entire session with this machine earlier this week.

Getting an old Presto system up and running.
02/21/2025

Getting an old Presto system up and running.

Grooves.
02/18/2025

Grooves.

- A great night at ! Two sets of great music from and a very enthusiastic crowd.
02/16/2025

- A great night at ! Two sets of great music from and a very enthusiastic crowd.

- A wonderful turntable plinth built for The Tube by a good friend. Keeping those blues away on these cold days. ...
01/20/2025

- A wonderful turntable plinth built for The Tube by a good friend. Keeping those blues away on these cold days.

A good write up of Well Made Music in The Bluegrass Standard magazine!Thanks!
10/02/2024

A good write up of Well Made Music in The Bluegrass Standard magazine!

Thanks!

Clint Holley has always had a thing for vinyl. “I bought my first record around 1979 or 1980,” he recalls. It seems you always remember your first. “It was Michael Jackson’s Off the Wall album.”Clint says his parents were big flea market people. “They used to get my sister and me out of ...

09/29/2024

Please follow United Way of Southwest Virginia for updates on the needs for donations in Damascus.

They will accept volunteers all week from 10am to 5pm.

09/29/2024

Anybody interested in going to Damascus today to volunteer, my friend Jessica Barnett and I are heading that way at noon today (Sunday). Meet us at The Earnest Tube (152 Lee Street) in order to leave at noon.

“Kenny Baker Has Left the Building” That’s right, all US Wax Mage orders have shipped out! If you ordered a copy, you sh...
09/11/2024

“Kenny Baker Has Left the Building” That’s right, all US Wax Mage orders have shipped out! If you ordered a copy, you should have received an email with tracking info. Can’t wait to see these land out in the wild!
Wishing you grabbed a copy? Good news! There are still several Wax Mage copies and standard black vinyl copies available for purchase on the Earnest Tube site. Check it and THANKS EVERYBODY!

06/21/2024

Meta has disabled the Well Made Music accounts for both IG and Facebook. We don’t know why and are pretty upset. Of anybody has any experience with this process, please share your story. Thanks.

As a board member of the Birthplace of Country Music, I offer you the opportunity to win some great prizes and help a gr...
06/20/2024

As a board member of the Birthplace of Country Music, I offer you the opportunity to win some great prizes and help a great cause. The Super Raffle has become one of the most anticipated events of the year and tix go on sale today. Tell em Clint sent us.

https://bristolsessionssuperraffle.org/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1-Qh1gAc9FzjPLfDdm38NKKLRJHM3uyv74amK415MxGv0qgoXRQnB_nmE_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw

$250,000 in raffle prizes, only $100 a ticket, AND only 5,000 tickets sold. Plus, all proceeds benefit the Birthplace of Country Music.

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