Ahhh, the 4th drone. I am anxiously awaiting my new 4 drone 1/2 set from our own Monsieur Boisvert. Cocobolo, silver and mammoth. Oh that's gonna be sweet.
thanks to all of you who have responded. It was interesting. I guess most of you like all 3 going. Mine are kinda loud and tend to overpower my chanter, so maybe I am in a special situation here. again, thanks.
wolvy wrote:Mine are kinda loud and tend to overpower my chanter
Maybe you need to close the drones down a bit. I personally do not like big honkin drones or regs that drown out the chanter. Some people love them. I went with Joe Kennedy's set because the chanter is medium bore, but the drones and regs are small bore, so they don't get too loud for my tastes, and the blend stays sweet.
djm
I'd rather be atop the foothills than beneath them.
I play an unkeyed chanter - so most of my tunes are in key of D or G ..
I don't care for the sound of regulators
I love deep-sounding drones
On my other types of bagpipes , 2 drones playing at a time sounds fine to me
Wouldn't tunes played in the key G sound better with G-drones instead of the standard Uillean arrangement of 3 x D drones ?
What do you think of a 4-drone configuration consisting of
D-bass , d-baritone G bass , g-baritone ? Two drones would play at a time while the other two would be be off... shut-offs in the bell ends or corks to stop them.
It's been discussed. I personally would love such a combo, but no maker offers a G bass drone. A few makers (David Boisvert, for one) offers a 4 drone set - 3 standard D drones and one baritone G with an off switch.
