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Ha! He pulled a Ted Greene on 'em!

I agree completely. You get what you pay for. You've taken it much further than I ever did. Really, I just used the bare-bones product to play Alf's files and work on getting my session tunes up to speed. The result sounded pretty much like cr*p at home, but prepared me well for session rhythms and ...

That's the one. Run it through a decent stereo system, and you'll be very impressed. Your family may never see you again.

Right. Really, really good for jazz, blues and rock players, too. Great for learning to improvise over changes.

A bit, but it was a few years ago, and I didn't really pursue it. BIAB was always very secondary to my weekly live session. Even the old styles are very usable for practice purposes, though.

Listening, playing and collecting are three entirely different disciplines. I prefer them in that order.

If you opt for BIAB, (which I highly recommend), you can get hundreds of pre-programmed ITM tunes for free here: http://www.alfwarnock.info/alfs/biab.php I've spent many hours with them, and it got me up to session speed.

This is a 30-key Morse 'Ceili' model, tuned C/G, satin black finish, with Jeffries-style fingering layout. Serial# 1162. It has been gently played in, but is in basically "as-new" condition. Includes the fitted hardshell case and papers, (I assume the five-year warrantee will transfer with...

https://app.box.com/s/m4v2yy2adn394fibq7vc This was offered up a couple of months ago, and didn't sell. It's really a lovely flute, but I'm no longer able to play, and everything must go. I'll give it a few days here, and then off to eBay with it. Here's the scoop: Keyless blackwood flute in Eb. Mar...

I had a brief fling years ago with a 10-hole fife (Cooperman), and really could never get the hang of it. I'm with MTGuru on this one. A keyless irish flute can do just about everything you need for Irish trad. A keyed Irish flute is useful if you're branching out within the trad world, and a contem...

Very nice. What provided the drone?

And what was the awesome piping that followed next in the queue? Please don't tell me that was you?!!!

The best advice I think you'll get is to go down to your pub on Thursday nights, and just listen. Maybe record, if they're amenable. Then you can choose to learn tunes you like that you know will be getting play in your session. Don't rush it --- just enjoy the journey!

That's an outstanding price for a solid-top instrument from a reliable company. I'm aggressively downsizing my instrument collection due to health issues. Otherwise, I'd be all over this.

I've wondered the same, and don't have a clear answer for you. You can play Irish trad on either just fine. I'm not too into the tremolo sound, so my only solo-tuned harmonica is a chromatic. It's fine for playing Irish music. But I've really come to love the Seydel harps in Paddy Richter tuning bet...

Seven days from order to doorstep. I, too, had many of these recordings, and almost didn't jump on this set. What a mistake that would have been!