Sweet, if very quiet, the recording I suspect. I guess I'm forced to agree and confess ~I think it seems to have turned out very nicely indeed... I'm jealous...
Yeah I got it as a kit. The bulk of the carving was done on the body, and the scroll was pretty much finished except for the peg holes. All I really did was thin the body, sand it stick it together.
Then I did a relief carving on the front and back, and brought it out to a luthier Michael Allen to set it up. He reamed the peg holes and set up the sound post and bridge etc.
Thanks Ceolachan. I have a long road to go yet. But i doubt I'll ever be truely happy with my playing
I read a suggestion somewhere that we could try to be happy about our progress at each stage of our musical learning, after all we are doing it for pleasure and most of us will never achieve virtuoso status. This makes good sense to me, I wish somebody had said it to me years ago. Making your own fiddle and learning to play it like you can is an achievement, you can be happy about that, even if you know you still have a way to go.
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I while back I looked for help on techniques to decorate a fiddle I was putting together. During the discussion some of you asked what it would sound like, well you can hear for yourselves here http://www.soundlantern.com/UpdatedSoundPage.do?ToId=6089&Path=Theebbetide.mp3
Bear in mind I'm still learning so my playing isnt the best but i think its good enough for you to hear my fiddle.
I am interested in your opinions on the fiddle's sound. I think it turned out pretty ok.
# Posted on August 1st 2008 by session savage
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Sweet, if very quiet, the recording I suspect. I guess I'm forced to agree and confess ~I think it seems to have turned out very nicely indeed... I'm jealous...
# Posted on August 1st 2008 by ceolachan
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Thanks Ceolachan. Yeah I'm quite surprised with the result. Considering it cost me under €200. Sorry about the quiet recording.
# Posted on August 1st 2008 by session savage
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Was this a kit or did you start all raw? Tell us more. Any I forgot to say ~ your fiddling is coming along nicely too...
# Posted on August 1st 2008 by ceolachan
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Yeah I got it as a kit. The bulk of the carving was done on the body, and the scroll was pretty much finished except for the peg holes. All I really did was thin the body, sand it stick it together.
Then I did a relief carving on the front and back, and brought it out to a luthier Michael Allen to set it up. He reamed the peg holes and set up the sound post and bridge etc.
Thanks Ceolachan. I have a long road to go yet. But i doubt I'll ever be truely happy with my playing
# Posted on August 1st 2008 by session savage
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I read a suggestion somewhere that we could try to be happy about our progress at each stage of our musical learning, after all we are doing it for pleasure and most of us will never achieve virtuoso status. This makes good sense to me, I wish somebody had said it to me years ago. Making your own fiddle and learning to play it like you can is an achievement, you can be happy about that, even if you know you still have a way to go.
# Posted on August 1st 2008 by Bernie 29
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Sounds good! Can we see some pictures of it?
# Posted on August 1st 2008 by Marklar
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http://www.myspace.com/sessionsavage
# Posted on August 1st 2008 by ceolachan
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Nice work, I love the back.
# Posted on August 2nd 2008 by Marklar
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Your fiddle is very beautiful and it sounds lovely too. Thanks for sharing.
# Posted on August 2nd 2008 by Clear Drops
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Isn't that tune you are playing,
the mushroom tune?
Sean Ryan's or
Trip to Portobello?
# Posted on August 3rd 2008 by dogmageek
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Dunno dogmageek, my teacher taught it to me as the Ebbe tide.
# Posted on August 5th 2008 by session savage