Bad Sweetone - only me?
Bad Sweetone - only me?
I always read raves about the Sweetone on this board.
Am I the only one to get a bad one?
Weak and breathy. I've got more than a dozen other high D's, so I have comparisons. (Plus Bb's, a low D, a couple C's).
Am I the only one to get a bad one?
Weak and breathy. I've got more than a dozen other high D's, so I have comparisons. (Plus Bb's, a low D, a couple C's).
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. (Anything is more impressive if you say it in Latin)
- Feadoggie
- Posts: 3940
- Joined: Mon Feb 14, 2005 11:06 pm
- antispam: No
- Location: Stout's Valley, PA, USA
Re: Bad Sweetone - only me?
I've owned maybe 5-6 dozen Sweetones, maybe more. I used them for beginner classes and gave them away to kids who showed an interest in learning. I never had a bad one. That doesn't mean there aren't some duds out there. I'm not as fond of the C as I am of the D. But they both do the job.
Take the head off. They are tunable you know but it might take some warm water to get the head moving. Have a look around for bits of extraneous plastic and such. Make sure the windway is clean.
Feadoggie
Take the head off. They are tunable you know but it might take some warm water to get the head moving. Have a look around for bits of extraneous plastic and such. Make sure the windway is clean.
Feadoggie
I've proven who I am so many times, the magnetic strips worn thin.
- benhall.1
- Moderator
- Posts: 14819
- Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2009 5:21 pm
- antispam: No
- Please enter the next number in sequence: 8
- Tell us something.: I'm a fiddler and, latterly, a fluter. I love the flute. I wish I'd always played it. I love the whistle as well. I'm blessed in having really lovely instruments for all of my musical interests.
- Location: Unimportant island off the great mainland of Europe
Re: Bad Sweetone - only me?
It depends what you like. I don't like 'em. Never met one I did like. Other people like them.
I like Generations.
I like Generations.
- Mr.Gumby
- Posts: 6634
- Joined: Mon Jun 07, 2010 11:31 am
- antispam: No
- Please enter the next number in sequence: 8
- Location: the Back of Beyond
Re: Bad Sweetone - only me?
Out of curiosity I bought a D and a C when they first came out. Based on those I have always thought they are positively evil.
My brain hurts
- ecohawk
- Posts: 724
- Joined: Tue Sep 15, 2009 8:42 pm
- antispam: No
- Please enter the next number in sequence: 12
- Location: Beautiful San Francisco, CA USA
Re: Bad Sweetone - only me?
I agree with all the above replies.
Jerry Freeman does wonders with these.
Just sayin'.
ecohawk
Jerry Freeman does wonders with these.
Just sayin'.
ecohawk
"Never get one of those cheap tin whistles. It leads to much harder drugs like pipes and flutes." - anon
- Mr Ed
- Posts: 432
- Joined: Tue Aug 23, 2011 6:52 am
- antispam: No
- Please enter the next number in sequence: 10
- Location: NY
Re: Bad Sweetone - only me?
Great, now I keep thinking of a movie, but with the main character being a whistle with its head spinning.Mr.Gumby wrote:Out of curiosity I bought a D and a C when they first came out. Based on those I have always thought they are positively evil.
The Exor-whistle.....or maybe The Fipple-cist...
- ytliek
- Posts: 2739
- Joined: Mon Feb 06, 2012 3:51 pm
- antispam: No
- Please enter the next number in sequence: 10
- Location: Seashore
Re: Bad Sweetone - only me?
I have a Sweetone pennywhistle. The issues are all me not the whistle.
- PhilO
- Posts: 2931
- Joined: Wed Jun 27, 2001 6:00 pm
- Please enter the next number in sequence: 1
- Location: New York
Re: Bad Sweetone - only me?
Totally agree with Mr. Gumby...
Philo
Philo
"This is this; this ain't something else. This is this." - Robert DeNiro, "The Deer Hunter," 1978.
- hoopy mike
- Posts: 1395
- Joined: Sat May 03, 2008 3:09 am
- Please enter the next number in sequence: 1
- Location: Nottingham
- Contact:
Re: Bad Sweetone - only me?
Reminds me of the Tommy Cooper line...Brus wrote:I always read raves about the Sweetone on this board. Am I the only one to get a bad one? Weak and breathy. I've got more than a dozen other high D's, so I have comparisons. (Plus Bb's, a low D, a couple C's).
"I was cleaning out the attic the other day with the wife. Filthy, dirty and covered with cobwebs. But she's good with the kids."
Apart from the harp?Brus wrote:The bombarde is the only musical instrument that's both a noun and a verb. (Emily Dugas)
- MTGuru
- Posts: 18663
- Joined: Sat Sep 30, 2006 12:45 pm
- antispam: No
- Please enter the next number in sequence: 8
- Location: San Diego, CA
Re: Bad Sweetone - only me?
I understand the Sweetone C is, like, totally hot in Danish pop music this year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k59E7T0H-Us#!
(At 00:06 and 00:56, so you don't have to watch the whole thing.)
And yes, his fingering is correct, but the whistle is faked/sync'd to the recording. So who knows what whistle you're actually hearing (but it could be a Sweetone).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k59E7T0H-Us#!
(At 00:06 and 00:56, so you don't have to watch the whole thing.)
And yes, his fingering is correct, but the whistle is faked/sync'd to the recording. So who knows what whistle you're actually hearing (but it could be a Sweetone).
Vivat diabolus in musica! MTGuru's (old) GG Clips / Blackbird Clips
Joel Barish: Is there any risk of brain damage?
Dr. Mierzwiak: Well, technically speaking, the procedure is brain damage.
Joel Barish: Is there any risk of brain damage?
Dr. Mierzwiak: Well, technically speaking, the procedure is brain damage.
- German Whistler
- Posts: 337
- Joined: Thu Jul 05, 2012 12:25 pm
- antispam: No
- Please enter the next number in sequence: 10
- Location: Germany / NRW
- Contact:
Re: Bad Sweetone - only me?
can you see this easily or do you have to watch/try/hear/check ...?MTGuru wrote:And yes, his fingering is correct, but the whistle is faked/sync'd to the recording. So who knows what whistle you're actually hearing.
wish i could do this
edit:
to say something on topic as well
i do have sweettones and megs, and all are good and easy to play
one has to be carefull with the breath, not to much air please in the lower tones but everything else is fine
good looking, feeling good in the hand witrh that edge at the back... and sound nice
... just one sweetone in C wich i have is a beast, i am sure its me but its not easy to play
the lowest hole is smal and "far away" and because of a thick black lacquer its not easy to feel where it is ... its also very delicate with the needed aircontrol .... but as i said i am sure its me not the whistle why i get so many wrong tones out of it
Andreas Fischer the "German Whistler"
PLay Whistles since May 2012
* My Whistles and other Instruments
* My WeBlog
Recommendation:
* My (Your) Music Community
A monthly Learn and Compare Challenge and more!
Everybody is welcome and U 2
PLay Whistles since May 2012
* My Whistles and other Instruments
* My WeBlog
Recommendation:
* My (Your) Music Community
A monthly Learn and Compare Challenge and more!
Everybody is welcome and U 2
- Mr.Gumby
- Posts: 6634
- Joined: Mon Jun 07, 2010 11:31 am
- antispam: No
- Please enter the next number in sequence: 8
- Location: the Back of Beyond
Re: Bad Sweetone - only me?
The Irish version : 'No showpony but will do for a ride around the house'"I was cleaning out the attic the other day with the wife. Filthy, dirty and covered with cobwebs. But she's good with the kids."
My brain hurts
- MTGuru
- Posts: 18663
- Joined: Sat Sep 30, 2006 12:45 pm
- antispam: No
- Please enter the next number in sequence: 8
- Location: San Diego, CA
Re: Bad Sweetone - only me?
Sometimes it's hard to tell. But in this case, the fade at the end of the second cue is unrealistic. And the same whistle part continues to play throughout the song, even when he's not playing. For example, at the very end of the song.German Whistler wrote:can you see this easily or do you have to watch/try/hear/check ...?
[ And sorry, it's a C whistle, not D. Corrected above. ]
Vivat diabolus in musica! MTGuru's (old) GG Clips / Blackbird Clips
Joel Barish: Is there any risk of brain damage?
Dr. Mierzwiak: Well, technically speaking, the procedure is brain damage.
Joel Barish: Is there any risk of brain damage?
Dr. Mierzwiak: Well, technically speaking, the procedure is brain damage.
- Peter Duggan
- Posts: 3226
- Joined: Tue Aug 30, 2011 5:39 pm
- antispam: No
- Please enter the next number in sequence: 8
- Tell us something.: I'm not registering, I'm trying to edit my profile! The field “Tell us something.” is too short, a minimum of 100 characters is required.
- Location: Kinlochleven
- Contact:
Re: Bad Sweetone - only me?
What d'you mean 'correct'? He's playing right hand on top!MTGuru wrote:And yes, his fingering is correct
- Steve Bliven
- Posts: 2982
- Joined: Sat Jan 31, 2004 2:06 pm
- antispam: No
- Location: Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA
Re: Bad Sweetone - only me?
MTGuru wrote:And yes, his fingering is correct
There seems to be a lot them kind hereabouts.Peter Duggan wrote: d'you mean 'correct'? He's playing right hand on top!
Best wishes.
Steve
Live your life so that, if it was a book, Florida would ban it.