Tickets are selling fast for the Unicorn gig. 12 days to go.
Artists : National Centre of Excellence in Traditional Music S6 pupils with the Tayside Young Fiddlers
Place : the frigate UnicornDate : Wednesday 16th April
Time : 7:30
Tickets £7:50, Concession : £3 Family (2+2)
Box office 01382 738486
Comments (0) 04.04.2008. 07:55
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
Comments (0) 10.03.2008. 18:21
gigs past this week and gigs in the future...
Well its been a busy old week.Tuesday night at the Tayside Young Fiddlers.
Wednesday at Blazing Fiddles. Fantastic. Their latest album Live is worth getting for the slow air Smirisary by Allan Maconald. The rest of the album is fantastic too.
Thursday Night down the fish.
By the way I came away early because of a cold. As I was leaving the whole company casually mentioned that they were not working on Friday. This kind of underhand gloating is not called for. I for one would never stoop to such a tactic. The Tshirt I have been seen in …, the one that says “by the way I’m off tomorrow” has obviously been misunderstood. It is merely relaying a message to my colleague that I will not be able to give them a lift in the morning. What I was subjected to on Thursday was completely uncalled for. I will be writing to their parents presently.
Friday Night off to the Perth Concert hall for Session a9 Jim Malcolm and Trilok Gurtu . I have to be honest and say that I was really their to hear session a9. They were brilliant. As was Jim Malcolm. Trilok Gurtu turned in a great performance. I really did not know what to expect. As a percussionist he is second to none. He had won me over completely during the encore. I would go and see him again .
More nights out to come.
Once you have all bought your tickets for the Tayside young fiddlers concert in the Wellbank hall on Saturday 15th March and the joint gig with the National school of excellence in traditional music on the Unicorn on 16th April you can save up your money to go and see Braebach (with Patsy Reid and Callam Mcrimmon) playing with Luva Anna in the Fort Bar, yes the Fort bar, on Thursday the 20th of March. Don’t miss it.
Paul
Right where's my writing paper... I've got parents to write to
Comments (2) 02.03.2008. 16:03
Tayside Young Fiddlers concert Saturday 15th March Welbank Hall
Our own Fishermans Friends are supporting the Tayside Young Fiddlers in the Wellbank Hall on Saturday 15th March. We are anticipating a great night if last year was anything to go by. There is stovies tooo!! It has been 18 months of personnel changes at the fiddlers this year, as many seniors have moved on to college and university . It is a great achievement by Karen, Kevin and Derek that we have totally refreshed the concert material this year. A huge amount of work by the tutors and the players themselves. When I listen on Tuesday night there has been such an amount of progress by the kids.
let us know if you need tickets
Paul
check out the TYF website : Comments (0) 17.02.2008. 10:41