@voyagermb Apologies, I just remembered that I bumped the tune up a semitone and so I play it in A. The original recording by James Bryan is in G# (I think!) which I can't play in! The tuning is still the standard GDAE
Thanks for doing that. Glad James approved. Love his playing but haven't been able to find any other cd's of him, just that one track off a compilation. Please say Hi to him from me and let him know he can get in touch if he wants.
Thanks for doing that. Glad James approved. Love his playing but haven't been able to find any other cd's of him, just that one track off a compilation. Please say Hi to him from me and let him know he can get in touch if he wants.
What the f*@k is that thing ! It's fantastic ! I've seen something I think called a stravile(or something like that)but that only has one string ? Great stuff!
He's playing a STROE or STRO FIDDLE - they were quite common many years ago. In fact I played with the late, great Irish fiddler Julia Clifford a couple of times, and she was very fond of the Stroe !
Ahhh well, now you're only half right. It's BASED on the Strohviol principle but it's not a Stroh. Stroh's have aluminium horns (or brass) This baby was made by a wonderful guy in Finalnd, called Olavi Linden and he based it on a Stroh. If you search for him here, theres a little video of him. Amazing guy. The horn of his 'Lindenstroh' is made of Kevlar. Subsequently, the tone is much more mellow and sonorous than a standard Stroh which sounds a little 'metallic' by comparison.
what tuning did you use on this violin???
voyagermb 1 month ago
@voyagermb Just the standard GDAE. I never use any other tuning.
nemesisguy 1 month ago
@voyagermb Apologies, I just remembered that I bumped the tune up a semitone and so I play it in A. The original recording by James Bryan is in G# (I think!) which I can't play in! The tuning is still the standard GDAE
nemesisguy 1 month ago
We just played this video for James Bryan, and he loved it.
ReCombs 1 year ago
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Thanks for doing that. Glad James approved. Love his playing but haven't been able to find any other cd's of him, just that one track off a compilation. Please say Hi to him from me and let him know he can get in touch if he wants.
nemesisguy 1 year ago
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Thanks for doing that. Glad James approved. Love his playing but haven't been able to find any other cd's of him, just that one track off a compilation. Please say Hi to him from me and let him know he can get in touch if he wants.
nemesisguy 1 year ago
BRILLIANT .. i just love it :).... makes you want to tap you foot and dance and prance about lol preferably with a fire blaring ... brilliant
jillijude1 2 years ago
how does he get that thing into the case?
look4light 3 years ago
Easy. Reason being it doesn't live in a standard fiddle case, but a 'customised' trombone case. The guy that made the fiddle thought of everything...
nemesisguy 3 years ago
What the f*@k is that thing ! It's fantastic ! I've seen something I think called a stravile(or something like that)but that only has one string ? Great stuff!
Justinewton66 3 years ago
He's playing a STROE or STRO FIDDLE - they were quite common many years ago. In fact I played with the late, great Irish fiddler Julia Clifford a couple of times, and she was very fond of the Stroe !
An amazingly strong sound !!!
tomoole 2 years ago
Ahhh well, now you're only half right. It's BASED on the Strohviol principle but it's not a Stroh. Stroh's have aluminium horns (or brass) This baby was made by a wonderful guy in Finalnd, called Olavi Linden and he based it on a Stroh. If you search for him here, theres a little video of him. Amazing guy. The horn of his 'Lindenstroh' is made of Kevlar. Subsequently, the tone is much more mellow and sonorous than a standard Stroh which sounds a little 'metallic' by comparison.
nemesisguy 2 years ago
A dream-come-true: fiddle and horn, all in one!
Well done.
RJ4960 3 years ago