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Post by stringdriventhing on Feb 23, 2015 12:34:27 GMT
Played one of these at the weekend. Great fun  Thinking about getting one as they are dirt cheap! |
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Post by Martin on Feb 23, 2015 12:53:04 GMT
Looks and sounds very cool. If you get one you must report back  |
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Post by ocarolan on Feb 23, 2015 13:21:23 GMT
...and you could play cricket with it too!  Like the look of the mahogany top version especially. Keith |
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Post by stringdriventhing on Feb 23, 2015 14:31:41 GMT
I'm sorely tempted as they are only about 120 quid.
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Post by brianr2 on Feb 23, 2015 14:52:10 GMT
Goowoooon, you know you want to...
When Oscar Wilde said "I can resist anything except temptation", I am sure he had GAS (or SMDTD, in this case) in mind.
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Post by stringdriventhing on Feb 23, 2015 15:28:47 GMT
They apparently have them in a guitar shop in Glasgow, so I'll check 'em out more fully next time I'm over. I only had a brief go on one at the weekend, but the diatonic scale is pretty nice. You can more or less play anything and it sounds ok |
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Post by scorpiodog on Mar 14, 2015 12:09:25 GMT
I got one yesterday. Can't put the little bugger down. Twangy little piece of delight it is! Only enough frets for one octave, so all sorts of transpositions going on. £119 from GAK in Brighton, free next day delivery. Bargain!
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Post by vikingblues on Dec 1, 2015 12:50:52 GMT
My better half got one of these Merlins a couple of weeks ago. Much easier to play than the trad dulcimer, although not as long in scale / fret numbers. Good quality of sound for what it is and fun for a bit of impromptu acoustic jamming in D - nice having no wrong notes to hit! I'd certainly say better value than one of the cheaper starter type dulcimers. Mark |
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Post by Martin on Dec 1, 2015 14:01:47 GMT
They're even cheaper now, at just a shade over £100. Might be worth penning a revised missive to Santa.... So, does anyone have the mahogany topped one? I wonder which is best  |
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Post by martinrowe on Dec 1, 2015 18:47:10 GMT
...and you could play cricket with it too! Like the look of the mahogany top version especially. Keith OK so now I'm thinking Kevin Peterson at a jam session. What would he play? Six Days on the Road? Sweet Little Sixteen? no, no, no Sorry folks, probably a weird day at work. |
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Post by vikingblues on Dec 2, 2015 7:32:21 GMT
They're even cheaper now, at just a shade over £100. Might be worth penning a revised missive to Santa.... So, does anyone have the mahogany topped one? I wonder which is best It's the mahogany top version that my better half has - but not having heard the other one for real it's difficult to say which is best. There is both on show in the video below, but nearly all the video has the sound of the instrument masked by the talking. The bit at the beginning allows hearing just the spruce top and no talking and the bit right at the end the same with the mahogany. Mark |
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Post by Martin on Dec 2, 2015 9:33:08 GMT
Thanks, Mark! Both sound great to me.
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Post by ocarolan on Dec 2, 2015 9:49:16 GMT
... you'd better get one of each then Martin.... Keith |
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Post by Martin on Dec 2, 2015 10:14:29 GMT
... you'd better get one of each then Martin .... Keith I don't think Santa's Little Helper would allow that! Why don't you get them both and tell me which is best?  |
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Post by ocarolan on Dec 2, 2015 11:04:53 GMT
... you'd better get one of each then Martin .... Keith I don't think Santa's Little Helper would allow that! Why don't you get them both and tell me which is best? .... if I were to get both I think I'd have to rebrand the pair as My First Guitar Conkers Set. Then, after a game we'd know which was best.  Keith |
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Thinking about getting one as they are dirt cheap!
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