"an individualistic, unconventional and enthusiastic approach"

Right on! Thanks for pointing that out, theleveller. Actually I should accept such criticisms as compliments especially given my TRADDY reputation in most quarters of the folk scene where all I do is Traditional Song. Hell, I've lately switched from Black Sea Fiddle to Normal Fiddle (pretty much) just to avoid the questions, although one fiddler was surprised that I used the normal tuning given my use of drones, which you don't hear too much of these days. That said, with respect of the individualistic, unconventional and enthusiastic approach I'm using one of those weird looking Chinese repro Baroque 5-strings off ebay - looks and sounds amazing - this one here but we got it for under £100 including postage...