Whistles to start with..
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Whistles to start with..
Hi people, I am new to this forum and I think this website is absolutly wicked.
Anyway, I am getting my first whistle real soon, and I narrowed down to these four models: Clarke Sweetone, Clarke Classic, Susato V series one piece model, and Feadog Original. Could you guys give me some suggestions so I can choose from these four??
Anything will be greatly appreciated.
Anyway, I am getting my first whistle real soon, and I narrowed down to these four models: Clarke Sweetone, Clarke Classic, Susato V series one piece model, and Feadog Original. Could you guys give me some suggestions so I can choose from these four??
Anything will be greatly appreciated.
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The Clark original is a very nice whistle although it does take a lot of air to keep it going. You can tweek this out though if you're careful.
I also have a Feadog that i tweaked and that's a good whistle as well. I use it as my slumming whistle to take to places i wouldn't take an expensive one.
I tried some susatos in Hobgoblin just after i started playing and i really didn't like their tone.
Never tried a Sweetone.
I also have a Feadog that i tweaked and that's a good whistle as well. I use it as my slumming whistle to take to places i wouldn't take an expensive one.
I tried some susatos in Hobgoblin just after i started playing and i really didn't like their tone.
Never tried a Sweetone.
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Of the four, the Feadog seems to get the best press, followed by the tweaked Clark.
Jerry Freeman sells a tweaked Sweetone on eBay for about $15 if you can go that high. He is well regarded for his tweaking, on wistles that is!
Jerry Freeman sells a tweaked Sweetone on eBay for about $15 if you can go that high. He is well regarded for his tweaking, on wistles that is!
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If I was you I would stay away from a Clarke Meg like it was the black death! Hah hah hah hah! I'm not that far behind you mate. A Meg was my first and as soon as my Feadog arrives in a couple of days I'm going to flatten the end of my Meg and make a crook on it and use it as a back scratcher--to prevent it from be a total waste of my money! Alternatively, I've considered using my Meg as paint stirring stick or flattening out the wide end and using it as a camp spoon. I didn't want to try a Sweet Tone because it is so similar to a Meg.
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My first whistle was a Clarke original tweaked by The Whistle Shop. It is still one of my favourites. Also, out of the four, I would choose the Susato but would change it to an S bore. As you can see, everyone has a different opinion. The best option, and I'm not kidding, would be to get all four of the ones you mentioned. They're very cheap, you will quickly pick a favourite and you will better understand what you want in a whistle.
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I'm brand new to whistles myself (no wind experience at all). Just last week I got a Sweetone and a Feadog from the The Whistle Shop - both in D.
I like them both, but I think I like the Sweetone a little more. It's a little softer in tone, as well as a little easier in the second octave for me.
The Feadog has a little more metallic sound with noticeably more bite, so I like that about it. It also seems like it squeaks easier than the Sweetone for me as a new player.
I like playing them both, but I like the Sweetone a little better. Experience may change that though. I'm glad I got both of them as they are noticeably different, but both enjoyable.
I played a friend's Generation C in nickel for a week and it was much more squeaky-squawky for me - again being new.
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I like them both, but I think I like the Sweetone a little more. It's a little softer in tone, as well as a little easier in the second octave for me.
The Feadog has a little more metallic sound with noticeably more bite, so I like that about it. It also seems like it squeaks easier than the Sweetone for me as a new player.
I like playing them both, but I like the Sweetone a little better. Experience may change that though. I'm glad I got both of them as they are noticeably different, but both enjoyable.
I played a friend's Generation C in nickel for a week and it was much more squeaky-squawky for me - again being new.
Jason
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I had access to a nice music store when I started out, and of the many cheapies I bought, the Sweetone was the easiest to play, so it was my favorite.
I think experience will change a lot of things for you.
The Feadog is a whistle I really didn't like at first, but it is now one of my favorites, along with the Oak. I think it takes a lot of finesse to play it well. Perhaps it would be worth getting one, and sticking with it.
I have a new favorite in my O'Briain Improved.
It takes the finesse I was talking about, but I can't imagine it getting much better than that, for the trad sound I'm looking for. I believe it is a tweaked Feadog, actually.
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I think experience will change a lot of things for you.
The Feadog is a whistle I really didn't like at first, but it is now one of my favorites, along with the Oak. I think it takes a lot of finesse to play it well. Perhaps it would be worth getting one, and sticking with it.
I have a new favorite in my O'Briain Improved.
It takes the finesse I was talking about, but I can't imagine it getting much better than that, for the trad sound I'm looking for. I believe it is a tweaked Feadog, actually.
M