Objects of desire
At greenbelt2005, I discovered a new thing that I want. One of the fringe stalls was new – The Music Room, which sold musical instruments (guitars, banjos, mandolins, piano accordians, squeezeboxes, recorders, bodhrans and more). My downfall, though, was their electric fiddles, from Bridge Instruments. These are expensive (~£1000) but gorgeous. Hollow carbon-fibre bodies mean that they actually have a real acoustic sound – not as loud as a normal fiddle, of course, but very respectable. This means that the amplified sound is lovely, too, not too electric. They also, and importantly, play nicely (although I didn’t like their carbon-fibre bows). So, if I manage to save enough, I might trade in my acoustic fiddle for one of these!
pax et bonum
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