i've been thinking pretty seriously about getting a hurdy gurdy.
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i've been thinking pretty seriously about getting a hurdy gurdy. been considering doing a kit. i have built a guitar, a mandolin, and a banjo from scratch, and did a short apprenticeship in instrument repair, so i don't need a beginner kit.
anyone have any experience with someone doing high quality hurdy gurdy kits?
@paul_ipv6 Not I clue, but I LOVE that this is the type of content that there is on Mastodon.
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@paul_ipv6 Not I clue, but I LOVE that this is the type of content that there is on Mastodon.
@paul_ipv6 Now I'm back to listening to one of my fave songs. https://youtu.be/jkQyFrfJaqs
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@paul_ipv6 Now I'm back to listening to one of my fave songs. https://youtu.be/jkQyFrfJaqs
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@paul_ipv6 *commenting to follow thread...
Is Lark in the Morning still around? I have found that applying some earnest luthiery skills to their wares can make some pretty decent things and pretty low prices.
it's been a long while, but i found their kit materials to be beginner quality. i actually gave up on a mandolin kit from them and just got my own materials.
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it's been a long while, but i found their kit materials to be beginner quality. i actually gave up on a mandolin kit from them and just got my own materials.
@paul_ipv6 Oops, I should have said apply to their finished instruments. The kits were pretty rough. *Some* of the full instruments were decent.
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@paul_ipv6 Oops, I should have said apply to their finished instruments. The kits were pretty rough. *Some* of the full instruments were decent.
yes, they had a wide range of quality of finished instruments. i have a hankering for a project. if i were more familiar with the innards, i'd get a fix up project hurdy gurdy but for a first surgery, i'd rather start with building one. easier to build than restore.
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yes, they had a wide range of quality of finished instruments. i have a hankering for a project. if i were more familiar with the innards, i'd get a fix up project hurdy gurdy but for a first surgery, i'd rather start with building one. easier to build than restore.
@paul_ipv6 I had a customer who built something from Nerdy Gurdy that was quite nice. I think they're in England, not sure if they deal with us morons over here any longer. Prices appear to be not-in-the-beginner realm.
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@paul_ipv6 I had a customer who built something from Nerdy Gurdy that was quite nice. I think they're in England, not sure if they deal with us morons over here any longer. Prices appear to be not-in-the-beginner realm.
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yes, they had a wide range of quality of finished instruments. i have a hankering for a project. if i were more familiar with the innards, i'd get a fix up project hurdy gurdy but for a first surgery, i'd rather start with building one. easier to build than restore.
As the guy who's had to deal with mic'ing hurdygurdies at festivals, I ask one thing:
Please put a contact mic and/or small condenser inside while building it.The sound from a hurdy comes from everywhere and the best mic arrangement is a halo of 3-6 mics.
Feedback increases at roughly the square of open mics on stage. -
@paul_ipv6 Fair warning; I have never put my hands on one personally, but I am liking what I'm seeing on their site.
I've always wanted to get a hurdy gurdy, but I have so many instruments that I "sort of" play that I should put my hours into, I manage to stay away. SO much of what I know for smallpipes (I play a set of my own making) would sit very well on a hurdy.
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As the guy who's had to deal with mic'ing hurdygurdies at festivals, I ask one thing:
Please put a contact mic and/or small condenser inside while building it.The sound from a hurdy comes from everywhere and the best mic arrangement is a halo of 3-6 mics.
Feedback increases at roughly the square of open mics on stage.@johntimaeus @paul_ipv6 A so-so pickup that is easy on the sound man will always sound better live than trying to chase a studio-quality sound.
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As the guy who's had to deal with mic'ing hurdygurdies at festivals, I ask one thing:
Please put a contact mic and/or small condenser inside while building it.The sound from a hurdy comes from everywhere and the best mic arrangement is a halo of 3-6 mics.
Feedback increases at roughly the square of open mics on stage.from my experience with a mandolin company, we found a small piezo glued inside the soundboard where a violin sound post would go was a good compromise. didn't feed back, had reasonable signal with a DI box, had a decent acoustic sound.
i suspect finding the right resonant spot on the HG resonating soundboard should work.
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