Wanted : Fylde Bazouki

Subject: Wanted : Fylde Bazouki
From: the lemonade lady
Date: 06 Sep 05 - 04:57 AM

Wired for sound please. No, it's not for me, it's for one of my Shot Dogs!

Murky buckets.

Sal

Subject: RE: Wanted : Fylde Bazouki
From: Lowden Jameswright
Date: 06 Sep 05 - 06:07 AM

Buy a Hathway

Subject: RE: Wanted : Fylde Bazouki
From: Grab
Date: 06 Sep 05 - 07:53 AM

Amazing - I was about to say the same! ;-) Paul Hathway's website is here.

Or another alternative (which I played and enjoyed very much at Whitby) are Oakwood Instruments.

FWIW, I've not played a Fylde bouzouki, but I've tried their tenor and octave mandolas, and I wasn't as impressed as I was with the Hathway and Oakwood ones.

Graham.

Subject: RE: Wanted : Fylde Bazouki
From: mooman
Date: 06 Sep 05 - 09:07 AM

It's a matter of personal taste and preference I suppose. I used to own a Hathway OM and, earlier, an Oakwood (and several other makes as well, e.g. John Le Voi) and prefer the Fylde to both the Hathway and the Oakwood both for aesthetics and sound. That is not to say in the slightest that the latter two are in any way anything other than excellent instruments. But the best bouzouki I owned was an old John Roberts.

My line-up, for what it's worth, is now a Terry Docherty octave mandolin, and Gideon Weigert mandolin and mandola.

Peace

moo

Subject: RE: Wanted : Fylde Bazouki
From: the lemonade lady
Date: 07 Sep 05 - 05:25 AM

Hmmm... I'll pass on these wise words to The Amazing Arthur Hyde and see what he says.

Thanks

More please.

Sal

Subject: RE: Wanted : Fylde Bazouki
From: GUEST,Jim
Date: 07 Sep 05 - 11:43 AM

Grab (Graham) - so glad you found your perfect octave mandolin. A couple of years ago I intended buying a Fylde from Music Room (Cleckheaton) but was much more impressed with the Paul Hathway. I note "MandoTim" also recommended the Hathway when you were looking to buy and he seems to know his stuff.

Enjoy....

At Whitby this year the guy on Music Room's stand tried to get me interested in a Paul Shippey octave mandolin at around £1000! Nice one..

(PS - were you on the Glaisdale trip?)

Subject: RE: Wanted : Fylde Bazouki
From: Grab
Date: 07 Sep 05 - 12:49 PM

Sadly not - I was doing something else that day. I was at the Mudcat gathering in the Board Inn though.

As Moo says, they're all good instruments. I wish I could afford to buy instruments like you do, Moo! ;-)

I tried both shapes of Oakwood ones, the "regular" octave mandolin size and the "jumbo" size with a wider, deeper body. Again, it's all personal preference, but I wasn't as impressed with the wide-body ones. They certainly bring out the low notes much more strongly, but I didn't feel they were as well balanced. You got the low notes very strongly, but then the mid-range dropped out and went a bit muddy, before the "tinklyness" inherrent in mandolins brought up the high notes. And they were around £400 more expensive as well! However, if you're doing chords (which you probably will be on bouzouki) then the "kick-in-the-pants" from the bass might be what you want. I believe Fylde do similar shapes as well, although Hathway only does the "regular" smaller body. Suck one and see...

Graham.

Subject: RE: Wanted : Fylde Bazouki
From: mooman
Date: 08 Sep 05 - 04:41 AM

It's becoming more difficult now Graham because of The Boss's close scrutiny of such matters!

From a high of about 30 instruments I've now traded my way down to the three mentioned, plus two guitars and a flute. But they're all good ones and used every day so I can't complain!

Peace

moo

Subject: RE: Wanted : Fylde Bazouki
From: the lemonade lady
Date: 19 Sep 05 - 08:18 AM

Thanks for your input, I think he's having one made now.
Cheers
Sal

Subject: RE: Wanted : Fylde Bazouki
From: Wilfried Schaum
Date: 19 Sep 05 - 08:24 AM

Oh - it's all about bouzoukis!

Subject: RE: Wanted : Fylde Bazouki
From: the lemonade lady
Date: 29 Sep 05 - 02:55 PM

He's having one specially built by Alan Marshall Alan Marshall, Derbys, N.England: www.northworthy.com. Oh how the rich live!!!

Sal