Audio

Audio samples


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Slide Guitars

Recorded with RodeNT1a (a very flat basic condenser mike)

Blackwood top fixed bridge

Cedar top fixed bridge sample 1 sample 2

Blackwood top Floating bridge

Long scale Cedar fixed bridge

Long scale Blackwood fixed bridge

Studio recording using fixed bridge Cedar top on Patrick Gambles' new album
recorded with Rode NT2a

Various recordings through K&K FantaStick pickup

Blackwood top Floating bridge - live

Cedar top fixed bridge - live (More in live section below)

Blackwood fixed bridge through pickup into FX pedal and into computer

Acoustic guitars (Rode NT1a)

Full size acoustic guitar

Short scale acoustic guitar

Short scale Backwood top version (more in live section below)

Mandolins

Studio recording using short scale on Patrick Gambles' album (RodeNT2a)

Oval hole mandolins playing a Jig and a Waltz

Double hole mandolin playing Redwing

Carl Bludts from Belgium playing an oval hole mandolin on youtube

Tony and Leslie Rees from Tasmania play a Blackood oval hole, and then add a Cedar double hole, on this excerpt from a recent album.

Others

The Talamar is an original teardrop shaped instrument being a cross between a bouzouki and a sitar. It is shown in this gallery.

Live Performances

Here are some pieces from Kate and I performing at the 2009 Cygnet Folk Festival.
I am using K&K pickups on the new Blackwood top short scale guitar (see guitar page) and a Cedar top fixed bridge slide.

Get along little doggies

Star of the County Down

I've forgotten more than you'll ever know

Some Days

2004 lullaby

There are also some music clips on my youtube site