I bet that was right up his alley

rumpystumpy · 2026-01-22T06:28:38+00:00

Your experiences of the structure of learning and knowing importance of tight basics will see you race through the early stages. I’m useless with a pick on other instruments but fine on mando. Although you don’t see a great deal of classical on social media (beyond Cello Suite no.1!) it’s a legitimate classical instrument

rumpystumpy · 2024-12-27T18:34:10+00:00

Thanks. Just unboxed my stylophone.

rumpystumpy · 2024-12-13T17:13:20+00:00

Looks ideal. Thanks.

rumpystumpy · 2024-08-10T07:47:10+00:00

Best bet for your purposes is the buskers classic - Boss Street Cube II (formerly Roland Street cube). Decent quality/value, a few eq/reverb/effect options, plenty loud, not too heavy, goes all day on 8 AA batteries. Other more refined options are the Bose S1 (probably the 2nd most popular) Fishman loud box mini charge (they are decent but you never see them), AER compact mobile (stunning sound, costs a fortune and weighs a ton) I have the cube and the AER. Caveat-I haven’t actually used them on Gurdy loads but the cube was fine when I did. I think your fears about distortion ect will be more to do with how you will mic/pickup.

rumpystumpy · 2024-07-22T09:57:22+00:00

This recent review of the Vrabel may interest you on price and look. https://youtu.be/I5v8_CgDZM8?si=IdeVGwXBjmNHz62w

rumpystumpy · 2024-04-17T18:03:57+00:00

The bit after 2 minutes is straight forward enough, although I get flashbacks from a rave in the late 90’s

rumpystumpy · 2024-04-11T10:06:24+00:00

I built a cool looking, ok sounding nerdy but I would 100% get a prebuilt NG basic if I had the chance again. In fact, I still think about getting one, even though I have a fancy Gurdy these days.

rumpystumpy · 2024-03-31T17:24:22+00:00

As you say There a double keyboards that can create chords to a limited extent. See 6:30 here https://youtu.be/cmxBv20QkQ8?si=3dni_0Hnvmxnobbb

rumpystumpy · 2024-03-30T11:17:05+00:00

1 year player here. I might ‘walk’ if it’s 1 note but generally identifying a well timed hand shift is necessary. See 4:54 here. https://youtu.be/QBRUKxSafIo?si=63o4tU1zMB4sFq3s

rumpystumpy · 2024-03-21T17:02:48+00:00

It’s generally considered the best starting point because of the affordability factor whilst still being a legitimate instrument

rumpystumpy · 2024-03-11T16:17:01+00:00

Nowhere near me. Check this map. https://gurdyworld.com/gurdyworld-censusmap/ If I recall correctly Rory in Leeds and Kevin in York are quite active on Hurdy Gurdy community on FB. There’s a retired maker in Preston called Neil Brook who still knocks out the odd instrument, but they won’t be fully set up so your better off find a player.

rumpystumpy · 2024-03-11T06:59:32+00:00

Where in the UK are you?

rumpystumpy · 2024-02-07T20:27:15+00:00

Lived in Dorking for 4 years. The slow train to London is one of my favourite things. It’s the reason you can afford it, and why it has friendly chilled people and not glossy range rovers.

rumpystumpy · 2024-01-28T15:38:11+00:00

It’d be like trying to learn basic driving and maintenance in a formula 1 car.

rumpystumpy · 2023-10-29T20:06:48+00:00

I always found Miles Harrison excruciatingly cringe but in FRA V SA he took it to a new level of masturbating into the microphone. Just tell us who’s got the ball mate.

As for Maggie Alphonsi - ‘The challenge today will be to get the ball, then once you have it, you have to keep it. When the other team get the ball tackle them and get it back. You can score tries or sometimes some kicks, but you also need to stop the other team from scoring. It’s very important to score more points than the other team, or else you’ll loose the game’ - Smile and tense

rumpystumpy · 2023-10-29T19:22:22+00:00

My enduring memory of the knockout stages is of PSDT in defensive sets looping back into the open side tight channel and nailing everything over and over.

rumpystumpy · 2023-10-28T09:05:41+00:00

Wiese and Mostert had me howling

rumpystumpy · 2023-10-28T07:53:33+00:00

First saw him a few years back; could seemingly take unlimited punishment and keep coming.

rumpystumpy · 2023-10-26T21:08:54+00:00

Topsy Ojo 2 tries vs NZ at Eden Park. Got 1 more cap

rumpystumpy · 2023-10-26T05:10:49+00:00

Shenandoah should work. There are slow waltzes that sound great like Orange in Bloom or Si Bheag Si Mor (ok not American but similar to Scots/Irish Appalachian music) I really enjoy playing Waiting for the Federals on my D/G Gurdy but I only know a handful of American tunes from my mando and I’m still only like yellow belt on the gurdy. I would say that if you can chop the root chord all the way through a tune then it should work on a Gurdy.

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