Little Black D mouthpiece on a Feadog body?

aderyn_du · Post by **aderyn_du** » Fri Sep 27, 2002 1:34 pm

Does it fit? Has anyone tried doing this and liked the results? I'm just full of questions this evening...

Andrea

aderyn_du · Post by **aderyn_du** » Fri Sep 27, 2002 1:36 pm

Just to clarify... I'm trying to find a way to make my Feadog body "work". I've tried tweaking to no avail.

Andrea ~*~

psychih · Post by **psychih** » Fri Sep 27, 2002 1:48 pm

On 2002-09-27 15:34, aderyn_cyrdd wrote:
Does it fit? Has anyone tried doing this and liked the results? I'm just full of questions this evening...

Andrea

Yep, it works and fits snugly. Sounds more like a Waltons...but a little different. I've got to get around to tweaking my Feadóg.

dlambert · Post by **dlambert** » Fri Sep 27, 2002 5:54 pm

I've found that the most important part is the fipple end. The body doesn't make as much difference. A Waltons fipple on another body will sound somewhat different, but it will still have that characteristic pop to it.

I have almost every inexpensive whistle model from the Whistle Shop and a few Cillian OBriain(sp?) Improved models. I've mixed and matched them all. Currently I'm liking the head off of a Clare nickle one piece and a nickle Generation body. Another good combination has been a Generation fipple on a Clare two piece body.

I always fill in the cavity of the whistle with Sticky Tack. That seems to help.

Enough rambling. Hope this helps.

tin tin · Post by **tin tin** » Fri Sep 27, 2002 8:52 pm

Yeah, it works well, and the resulting whistle is, I think, better than either the LBW or Feadog in their original form. A little piece of scotch tape on the tube makes a nice snug fit.

jim_mc · Post by **jim_mc** » Fri Sep 27, 2002 9:00 pm

I'm with Micah. I hated the tuning (or lack therof) on my little black. My feadog was in tune but miserably raspy. The hybrid is better than the sum of its parts. Mine fit together perfectly - no teflon tape needed.

The leftover parts made an ugly looking and sounding whistle that my 4-year-old son just loves.

tin tin · Post by **tin tin** » Sat Sep 28, 2002 7:26 am

The leftover parts delight my cat...he bats around the fipple and the tube independently. Last night, as I was trying to get him to attack something other than me, I heard myself say "Milo, where's your fipple?"

Gary · Post by **Gary** » Sat Sep 28, 2002 8:56 am

The Walton LBW head on a Feadog tube is a common tweak. It makes an excellent, in tune, whistle. Of my 26 whistles, the "Little Black Dog" is my favorite.

Do a search of the forum. The's lots of info on this.

Tantus · Post by **Tantus** » Sat Sep 28, 2002 11:49 pm

I've tried something a little different. I took the head off my Feadog (the first version) and put it on an Oak body. I've yet to come across a finer cylindrical whistle than that. Good luck finding an original feadog though... The current ones are buzzy like an oak and are inferior IMO. Also a blue generation head on a Feadog body is really nice sounding as well.

Nick