Fantastic hour had with a single malt guitar from Fylde
update, apparently Phil is not the only person with this great guitar. KT Tunstall also given an identicla guitar when she played on Skye last Summer. follow this link :http://www.whisky-pages.com/stories/news-07-2007.htm
I had an amazing lunch time on Sunday Afternoon. We went to visit friends for lunch. It was very mellow. Good food, good chat, Friends. Petra and Phil’s daughter of 3 was occupying our wains too. We were all sitting having a happy time when Phil said he had won something in a raffle at celtic connection and wanted to show me.
He pulled out this :
A 12 fret parlour made by Fylde. That was fine enough but this was made from the wash backs of old Talisker and Lagavulin whisky barrels!!!
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I had a wonderful time trying it out.
If you buy a good off the shelf guitar (as I have done) like Norman, Simon and Patrick, Takemine or even splash out on a Taylor the purchase is always linked to what you can stretch to financially. These are all good guitars. Oohhhh but The premier league hand built ones really are incredible instruments. It’s a tone wood thing. It’s a level of finish thing. It’s the volume and sustain. This guitar is one of those.
Many might say because of its humble origins in terms of tone woods that it will not have the Sitka or redwood brightness. This guitar is a Fylde guitar. A Fylde guitar is a very good guitar in anybody’s estimation. This is no exception.
Unfortunately the wonderful aroma of whisky has been dulled over the first 2-3 years. And it is in desperate need to be played. But for the hour I got to play I was in heaven. It takes a little to drive it out of first gear. Because it is a 12 fret Parlour you don’t get the volume you get from a similar quality Dreadnought or 00. However it is still has plenty of oomph. If we sit and listen to Doug’s Maccaferre when he is playing his superlative best you get great tone out of that guitar. Doug revs that guitar quite hard. And this Fylde is similar. It has to be played up a bit. The top notes were clear. Harmonics were like a bell. The bass was more than adequate. This is beginning to sound like a malt whisky review….
I spent a couple of hours trying some of Fylde’s wares in Ullapool in October at the guitar festival. I think I enjoyed the playability of this Single malt guitar more than some that were priced at twice as much. But then maybe it was the company, the wine and the state of mind…..
There are loads of reviews on the web about this guitar.
Here is probably the best :
http://www.fyldeguitars.com/index1.html it’s a very honest assessment on the fylde website itself or here
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Phil thank you ever so much for letting me enjoy the guitar. If you feel comfortable enough with the thought, please bring the guitar to fish some night. We will look after it….
Paul
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