I have two bodhrans, one not bad one (heheh) and one with a huge Guinness logo on it. I have played neither for over twelve years. I also have a beautiful tipper that was hand-turned to my specifications by Tony Dixon, he of whistle and flute-making fame (he wasn't famous in those far-off days). I always feel guilty now about the tipper and tell meself it's the confounded goat I've spurned, not the tipper. In a gig the other night I got the tipper out and played the back of a tray with it for about thirty seconds. The reaction of the other chaps confirmed that my decision to abandon this most vile of "instruments" had been the correct one.

Sorry, Jim, by the way!