I posted a link recently in the tech forum about a new tuning DVD being released by George Ryals, and I'm not even close to being done with it but I've got to take the time to give it some major props.

I thought LeEarl's was good, and -- for the price -- it was definitely worth the money. However, as we don't exactly have a plethora of highly skilled technicians around here to learn from when it comes to the little things, I'm REALLY enjoying GRIV's video.

Just for an example... I've never had the privilege of anyone showing me how to really properly tie in nock sets, or how to serve in peeps correctly. I've perused a ton of websites, and found all sorts of different ways. I started using LeEarl's method after watching his DVD, which is essentially a series of half-hitches. That was OK, but left a bit of excessive "knottage" on one side of the serving...

I've been watching GRIV now for a few times via the rewind button, and I just completed some on my own ... SUCH a cleaner look! He shows how to back-tie and pull the strands back into the first part (I'm not even going to try to explain; just watch the video! ) and his tied-in nock sets are amazingly simple and produce an awesomely clean knot. He uses a loop of dental floss to bring the tag end of the knot back through under the servings and tightens the nock down on its own self.. No knots, and it looks perfect.

I can't wait to actually get to the tuning part!