I hate my Susato.

Steamwalker · Post by **Steamwalker** » Fri May 04, 2007 1:45 pm

Maybe I missed that part but I don't recall anything said in this thread as offensive.

Kelhorn Mike · Post by **Kelhorn Mike** » Fri May 04, 2007 2:42 pm

Hey,
I don't take any of this thread personally. That may be hard for
folks here to believe but if I did take everything said on this site to heart I'd be a basket case by now. Just making a point about how people use words
and like I said that's only my opinion. I'm just happy folks here are passoniate enough to discuss our whistles in such depth regardless of whether all the comments are positive or not.

Kelhorn Mike

The Weekenders · Post by **The Weekenders** » Fri May 04, 2007 4:11 pm

A thread originator can always change the title. If it was me, I would do that. I don't much care for using "hate" loosely.

sponge · Post by **sponge** » Fri May 04, 2007 4:21 pm

I think Susato whistle are quite unique the small bore D was not my cup of tea but the C is great.

I was watching the TV one night about 6 months ago when an AD for youngs fish came on, a fishing boat doing it stuff out at sea, the music a lovely tune called when the boat comes in was being played on a whistle, I managed to track down the musician a great guy called Andy Findon we exchanged e-mails and he told me he has a set of Chris Abells and for the youngs AD he used a Susato C, if you go to his website you can watch the full AD and listen to the C whistle at its best in my oppinion, although as kelhorn mikes says his whistles are not to every ones taste, its quite an achievment to have one of the most reasonably priced instruments in the market place no waiting list and sound that can not be mistaken.

sponge

hey did that sound like and advertisment

Andy Findons web site is www andyfindon dot co dot uk
on the home page it has a small icon watch the ad or commercial something like that

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Fri May 04, 2007 4:42 pm

I guess in all fairness I must add that I generally have liked hearing others play Susatos, I just don't particularly care for playing the ones I've tried.

Steamwalker · Post by **Steamwalker** » Fri May 04, 2007 4:46 pm

I like black whistles.

rh · Post by rh » Fri May 04, 2007 4:52 pm

i'm probably in a very small minority here but i really like the VSB.

seisflutes · Post by **seisflutes** » Fri May 04, 2007 5:51 pm

Wanderer wrote:
MTGuru wrote:And in that Lunasa thread, Kevin does recommend Susatos as a second whistle, and confirm that he uses them for both performing and recording.
I have Lunasa's Kinnitty Sessions CD, which has the same tune as in the YouTube video (Island Paddy)...I'd bet money that a Susato was used on that CD...it sounds just like one, and nothing like a Sindt to me.

He did...that was a live recording. After a concert in Alexandria, VA, someone was asking him about it, and he said that he wouldn't really want to use it for recording, but he did use it on Kinnitty because it was live. I can't remember the word he used to describe the Susato's sound, but it was a word I hadn't heard before, and started with a G. Not "grotty," but something like it maybe.

My own feelings on Susatos have softened recently. I used to hate them, but now I only have a vague dislike of the high D. I've never played one in C, and I bet if I did, I'd almost like it.

MTGuru · Post by **MTGuru** » Fri May 04, 2007 6:20 pm

Yes, I also think the Susato C is the sweet spot in the S-bore line.

fruladog · Post by **fruladog** » Sat May 05, 2007 11:44 am

rh wrote:i'm probably in a very small minority here but i really like the VSB.

Me too. For dual-octave tunes I prefer the Dublin VSB. For first-octave tunes, it's the solid SB.

Two things I like about the Susatos in general are the wider space between the E and F# holes (for stubby fingers) and the in-tune OXXOOO C natural.

peeplj · Post by **peeplj** » Sat May 05, 2007 12:08 pm

I actually like the SB better than the VSB; properly controlled, I think the SB has a rounder, sweeter tone, and can be driven harder.

The VSB is good in its own right though.

--James

rh · Post by rh » Sat May 05, 2007 12:53 pm

peeplj wrote:I actually like the SB better than the VSB; properly controlled, I think the SB has a rounder, sweeter tone, and can be driven harder.

as noted in the Overton thread, i'm lazy...

peeplj · Post by **peeplj** » Sat May 05, 2007 1:05 pm

Now Overtons....

My Overton high D is, bar none, the best whistle I've ever had a chance to play.

What's interesting to me is Overtons, like Susatos, have a reputation for being loud.

In my experience, played with control, neither one is louder than a Feadog.

Who'da thunk it?

--James

AlonE · Post by **AlonE** » Sat May 05, 2007 1:46 pm

baahh… definitively susato is good whistle, nevertheless of all the tastes, if you do not like the Susatos simply you do not buy them, are no thousands of songs that way to listen before buying one.

P.D: close topic xD

Whitmores75087 · Post by **Whitmores75087** » Sat May 05, 2007 1:54 pm

Oh Aanvil!! You're over-reacting. Mike was perfectly reasonable, especially in view of the fact that his product was taking a beating. It's gotta hurt to hear lower level players dissing a product that has been used by the best bands out there (eg: Lunasa). (If you feel that you'd fit right in on stage with Lunasa, then you have right to be offended by "lower level" and I apologize in that case).