Howdy ho my peoples. My last post from yesterday was short and sweet so this one is long and sour, maybe? My Selbie bass has a bridle so loose I would not be surprised if it is sliding during playing. So, I figured I’d putter around with some other bass drone reeds. Leave a comment if you’d like indicating your favorite or what you thought didn’t sound so good. I think the Selbie is still the best. Colin Kyo was good though, my only quibble is it being high on the pin. The regular ole Ezeedrone just didn’t seem to settle. The Henderson Harmonic Deluxe didn’t work at all so there is no recording. The Crozier glass was really buzzy. The Crozier carbon quiet, as usual. The Rocket that makes my MacPherson bass sing, sucks air in this pipe like no other. So, Selbie it is! Selbie tenors in all the recordings below, and I forgot to mention that’s a Colin Kyo chanter and Husk reed, same for the previous post. Presented in chronological order and I’m going to be really lazy today, given the volume of recordings, and not beautify the track lists. Recorded in the bedroom today so you get to hear them from many angles.<\/p>\n
Selbie bass:<\/p>\n
01-74ths_farewell_to_edinburgh<\/a>\u00a0(I still suck at B taorluaths)<\/p>\n 02-donald_macleans_farewell_to_oban<\/a>\u00a0(I still round off the quarter C doublings)<\/p>\n 03-74ths_slow_march-some_march-pipers_prelude<\/a>\u00a0(E grace notes on D are killing me)<\/p>\n 04-humours_of_ballyloughlin<\/a>\u00a0(this tune has been trying to get on the blog forever, so I finally caved)<\/p>\n Colin Kyo bass:\u00a005-highland_wedding-susan_macleod-bessie_mcintyre<\/a>\u00a0(meh)<\/p>\n Crozier Glass:\u00a006-kalabakan-famous_bridge-big_yin-donald_macleod<\/a>\u00a0(buzzzzzzz)<\/p>\n Ezeedrone:\u00a007-going_home-sleepy_maggie_x2-dick_gossips-dancing_feet<\/a>\u00a0(yeah, I dunno)<\/p>\n Crozier Carbon:\u00a008-scarce_o_tatties-queen_of_the_rushes-frahers_jig<\/a>\u00a0(no I didn’t barf)<\/p>\n Rocket:\u00a009-waltz-gravel_walk-korgi<\/a>\u00a0(guess I didn’t remember that one tune eh?)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Howdy ho my peoples. My last post from yesterday was short and sweet so this one is long and sour, maybe? My Selbie bass has a bridle so loose I would not be surprised if it is sliding during playing. So, I figured I’d putter around with some other bass drone reeds. Leave a comment … Continue reading Jeffers Bagpipe – playing with bass drone reeds<\/span>