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Post by davewhite on Jan 5, 2018 11:55:22 GMT
I've managed to arrange the first section of this Road Trip and it gets underway on 13th January. Each participant will have "An Féa Caol" for at least a two week segment which I have defined as Sunday to Friday but this is obviously flexible with participants to allow mutually convenient handovers. I'm aiming for the minimum possible "shippings" but if participants need to ship "An Féa Caol" to the next in the chain then I'll agree suitable shipping and packing details with them. Each participant is responsible for getting in and fitting new strings for their time with "An Féa Caol" and I'll supply suggestions based on the tunings they plan to use. The main element of these Road Trips for me is the music created and friendships made so I'd be delighted if participants can do some recordings and share them on the Forum. Here's the first section schedule (don't panic if you are not on the list I'll be arranging the other sections of the Road Trip as soon as I can): 13th - 26th January: Joe ( Mike Floorstand), London 27th January - 9th February: Paul ( scorpiodog), Dorset 10th - 23rd February: Andrew ( andrewjw), Devon 24th February - 16th March: Keith ( ocarolan), Somerset 17th - 30th March: Dale ( earthbalm), Caerphilly 31st March - 13th April: John ( sweyne1), Swansea Let the music commence
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Post by scorpiodog on Jan 5, 2018 12:10:47 GMT
Whoop de doo!!!
I usually hate the end of January, but I'm really looking forward to the 27th now.
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Post by earthbalm on Jan 5, 2018 12:26:42 GMT
Thank you most kindle Dave. Looking forward to playing the guitar and also to meeting some other forum members (a first for me).
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Post by ocarolan on Jan 5, 2018 12:49:05 GMT
Looks great, Dave - a great opportunity to meet up with Andrew again and to meet Dale for the first time! Keith
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Post by sweyne1 on Jan 5, 2018 14:10:37 GMT
Thank you most kindle Dave. Looking forward to playing the guitar and also to meeting some other forum members (a first for me). Well, you'll certainly enjoy meeting Keith. He's a real gentleman. Then there's me ................ Never mind. John
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Post by earthbalm on Jan 5, 2018 15:30:06 GMT
Looking forward to it John, very much.
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Post by andrewjw on Jan 5, 2018 16:50:37 GMT
Thanks Dave ...that's perfect! Will also be a great chance to catch up with Paul scorpiodog and Keith ocarolan once again... Already thinking about what to record given "An Fea Caol" is tuned three semitones higher than normal...
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Post by davewhite on Jan 13, 2018 17:11:52 GMT
Well the Road Trip is underway. Joe ( Mike Floorstand) picked "An Féa Caol" up this morning: I was well impressed with the "green" start to "An Féa Caol"'s journey - she travelled by bike and train Looking forwards to the music.
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Post by Mike Floorstand on Jan 14, 2018 10:30:31 GMT
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Post by earthbalm on Jan 14, 2018 12:21:13 GMT
Great! Now I'm all excited waiting for my turn.
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Post by davewhite on Jan 20, 2018 10:52:30 GMT
Apart from one to be confirmed I think I have the Road Trip sorted: 13th - 26th January: Joe ( Mike Floorstand), London 27th January - 9th February: Paul ( scorpiodog), Dorset 10th - 23rd February: Andrew ( andrewjw), Devon 24th February - 16th March: Keith ( ocarolan), Somerset 17th - 30th March: Dale ( earthbalm), Caerphilly 31st March - 13th April: John ( sweyne1), Swansea 21st April – 4th May: Leo ( leoroberts), Eccles 5th – 18th May: Greg ( K Tresp), Didsbury 19th May – 1st June: Gav ( gavdav), Liverpool (tbc) 2nd – 15th June: Iain ( lavaman), West Kirkby 16th – 29th June: Andy ( andyhowell), Birmingham 14th – 27th July: Mark ( vikingblues), North Berwick 28th July – 10th August: Martin ( Martin), Hamilton 11th – 24th August: Cams ( Cams), Arran 25th August – 7th September: Gordon ( stringdriventhing), Penicuik 22nd September – 5th October: Rob ( robmc), Norwich 6th – 19th October: James ( jubbo), Braintree Withe the generous help of Martin and Leo acting as "hubs/carriers" I'm hoping that the whole trip can be done with handovers rather than having to post/ship the guitar. For participants playing instrumentals the Terz tuning isn't a problem but for those wanting to use it as song accompaniment it's a bit trickier so I've worked out a key converter that might help. The first column is the key you normally play the song in and the second column shows the key you'll have to play in in Terz tuning to stay in the same place: C A D B E C# F D G E A F# Some of those aren't too friendly but the Capo will be your friend: C A D A Capo 2 E C Capo 1 F D G E A F Capo 1 or E Capo 2 As for strings, if you are using sets of strings then extra lights will work - usually something like 11-47 but it varies by brand. I can give advice on custom sets for particular tunings.
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Post by stringdriventhing on Jan 20, 2018 11:41:54 GMT
Brilliant! But who's this Andrew character? 😉
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Post by davewhite on Jan 20, 2018 12:04:48 GMT
Brilliant! But who's this Andrew character? 😉
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Post by K Tresp on Jan 20, 2018 13:47:07 GMT
Thanks Dave. Looking forward to it. leoroberts gavdav sure we can work out arrangements. Leo - easy for me to get to yours from work.
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Post by andrewjw on Jan 20, 2018 17:26:33 GMT
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