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The Hurdy Gurdy, Man! Feb 10, 2018 19:39:06 GMT -5

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The Hurdy Gurdy, Man! Feb 10, 2018 19:49:27 GMT -5

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Martin GPCPA5K Stika Spruce/Koa HDL/Birch Stratabond/Morado Fretboard (2015)
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The Hurdy Gurdy, Man! Feb 11, 2018 16:42:16 GMT -5

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I think I could make music with one of these..except direction of kb is backwards

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Martin GPCPA5K Stika Spruce/Koa HDL/Birch Stratabond/Morado Fretboard (2015)
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CTGull Global Moderator MOD/ADMIN Posts: 4,634 Location: Connecticut Playing guitar since: Early 80's & 2011	The Hurdy Gurdy, Man! Feb 11, 2018 18:53:31 GMT -5 Derick likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by CTGull on Feb 11, 2018 18:53:31 GMT -5 I could see that instrument in the next Adam's Family movie. It also would be great to put thru a 10,000 watt Marshall stack and annoy your neighbors.
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The Hurdy Gurdy, Man! Feb 11, 2018 20:41:01 GMT -5

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Post by Jim on Feb 11, 2018 20:41:01 GMT -5

My friend Saskia Tomkins plays nykelharpa in a duo with a hurdy gurdy man, Brandon Scott Besharah.
She also plays fiddle in our jug band, The Maple Leaf Champions.
She also is the principal violist in the Northumberland Orchestra & Choir where I sing bass and my wife Maggie sings soprano.
In fact she plays with anyone lucky enough to get her.

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-1958 Goya M-26
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-A number of banjos, mandolins, Autoharps, ukuleles, dulcimers, mouth harps, a Tele clone and various other stuff.
-I own a fiddle, but only play it when Maggie and the cats are all out of the house.

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The Hurdy Gurdy, Man! Feb 12, 2018 6:39:18 GMT -5

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Feb 11, 2018 18:53:31 GMT -5 CTGull said:

I could see that instrument in the next Adam's Family movie.

It also would be great to put thru a 10,000 watt Marshall stack and annoy your neighbors.

CTGull,

Think this maybe even better.
Connect a 1,500 RPM Electric motor to the spindle of the drone handle, prior to putting through a 10,000 watt Marshall stack, that really should annoy your neighbors. 😀

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The Hurdy Gurdy, Man! Feb 12, 2018 10:08:48 GMT -5

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Post by TonyKgull on Feb 12, 2018 10:08:48 GMT -5

Don't have time to watch all the vids, but I did listen to the short Gurdy Woman one. I love the sound of these things. Love the Celtic/Medieval sound they produce. Would love to write some songs with that sound in there. Great stuff, thanks for sharing. Will watch all the other vids when I get home from work.

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The Hurdy Gurdy, Man! Feb 12, 2018 10:32:02 GMT -5

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RobertW,CTGull,Jim,Derick,TonyKgull,

This YouTube video, reminded me of this thread, don't know why. 😀

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The Hurdy Gurdy, Man! Feb 12, 2018 10:43:48 GMT -5 Derick likes this

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Feb 12, 2018 10:32:02 GMT -5 Derick said:

RobertW ,CTGull ,Jim ,Derick ,TonyKgull ,

This YouTube video, reminded me of this thread, don't know why. 😀

It is now the theme song of the great fantasy series Britannia from Sky/Amazon..
I actually never knew it was an instrument. I thought Donovan's song used sitar like all the other hippie/folkies back then

I got a nice shock when first, I discovered it was a medieval instrument, and again when saw the videos of it in modern usage.
The Paddy Gurdy song is actually a solo acoustic version of a heavy metal tune! Look up Stormseeker's version of it. She also did a duet of same tune with the Cello player from the band. (so much hair in that band )

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Martin GPCPA5K Stika Spruce/Koa HDL/Birch Stratabond/Morado Fretboard (2015)
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The Hurdy Gurdy, Man! Feb 12, 2018 10:45:05 GMT -5 Derick likes this

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Feb 12, 2018 6:39:18 GMT -5 Derick said:

Feb 11, 2018 18:53:31 GMT -5 CTGull said:

I could see that instrument in the next Adam's Family movie.

It also would be great to put thru a 10,000 watt Marshall stack and annoy your neighbors.

CTGull ,

Think this maybe even better.
Connect a 1,500 RPM Electric motor to the spindle of the drone handle, prior to putting through a 10,000 watt Marshall stack, that really should annoy your neighbors. 😀

-1962 Martin D-21
-1950 Gibson LG1
-1958 Goya M-26
-1974 Yamaha FG75 high strung
-A number of banjos, mandolins, Autoharps, ukuleles, dulcimers, mouth harps, a Tele clone and various other stuff.
-I own a fiddle, but only play it when Maggie and the cats are all out of the house.

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