Curly
Moe's Bluesman
yes, I'm still around 
I'm just a little superstitious, because I haven't received this yet, and don't want to jinx the deal, and embarrass myself, but I can't help sharing ...
I've mentioned before in the "listening" threads that I've always listened to all kinds of music, and some of that is Folk, Bluegrass, and Celtic music.
a few weeks ago, I went to see Kieran Kane and Kevin Welch. It was a great concert in an intimate setting in a Methodist Church; just two guys and two mics.
Kieran was switching off between an old small bodied Guild, a Kay 5 string banjo, and another instrument that I didn't really know. I got home, looked at the liner notes of their CD, and found out it was an octave mandolin.
(actually, I was familiar with bouzoukis being used in Irish groups, and this instrument can be called a bouzouki, or octave mandolin, depending on the tuning)
the point is that I loved the sound of this instrument - it's tuned like a mandolin, an octave down, so it's similar in range to a guitar, but has its own unique sound
after several weeks of looking, I managed to find an instrument like Kieran's. I played a couple similar "zouks" locally, but they left me flat.
So anyway, here's my latest ax:
Flatiron "Zouk"
I shall henceforth be known as Curly the Zoukist
Peace, out
I'm just a little superstitious, because I haven't received this yet, and don't want to jinx the deal, and embarrass myself, but I can't help sharing
...I've mentioned before in the "listening" threads that I've always listened to all kinds of music, and some of that is Folk, Bluegrass, and Celtic music.
a few weeks ago, I went to see Kieran Kane and Kevin Welch. It was a great concert in an intimate setting in a Methodist Church; just two guys and two mics.
Kieran was switching off between an old small bodied Guild, a Kay 5 string banjo, and another instrument that I didn't really know. I got home, looked at the liner notes of their CD, and found out it was an octave mandolin.
(actually, I was familiar with bouzoukis being used in Irish groups, and this instrument can be called a bouzouki, or octave mandolin, depending on the tuning)
the point is that I loved the sound of this instrument - it's tuned like a mandolin, an octave down, so it's similar in range to a guitar, but has its own unique sound
after several weeks of looking, I managed to find an instrument like Kieran's. I played a couple similar "zouks" locally, but they left me flat.
So anyway, here's my latest ax:
Flatiron "Zouk"
I shall henceforth be known as Curly the Zoukist
Peace, out
