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Post by bertie on Aug 16, 2010 16:20:50 GMT
Old Uncle Berties top tip for today: Never spill white cider on your resonator, it turns the nickel plating black! There's no wonder I can sh*te through the eye of a needle!  |
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Post by Quarterquay on Aug 16, 2010 23:28:20 GMT
Is it permanent? I'm no chemist but I'd be surprised if it was. Mind you it is cider,perhaps count your blessings it didn't eat a hole through your reso and dissolve your cone!
ps,I wouldn't want to stereotype you,but what's an Orkney man doing drinking cider?!
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Post by DaveRed on Aug 17, 2010 8:31:39 GMT
I would have thought that you would be spilling a fine malt whisky over it which would undoubtedly improve the tone!
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Post by bertie on Aug 17, 2010 12:27:34 GMT
Highland Park 12 year old Malt = squillion pounds, white cider =£5 for enough to knock a donkey over, it also dulls the hearing which improves my tone no end!
White cider (I'm fairly sure) has never seen an apple in it's life, I think it's a by product of the petrochemical industry so the mark won't polish out.
I'm an ex-pat Barnsley man, if I was a true Orcadian I'd probably be snorting Highland park through a straw ;D
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Post by DaveRed on Aug 17, 2010 12:38:30 GMT
I take your point, Special Brew has the same effect on me for around the same price. Snorting Highland Park through a straw, now that I've got to try  |
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Post by bertie on Aug 17, 2010 12:45:24 GMT
The only drawback is that there are no bus shelters up here to drink it in, and you have to walk miles to find a car to shout at! |
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Post by robn on Aug 17, 2010 17:57:00 GMT
There must be a great music scene on Orkney  I hope that reso is getting some exercise at those fast fiddle tune sessions they have up there!!!! It would be pretty wild flatpicked in open D or DADGAD ;D Robin |
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Post by Gerry C on Aug 17, 2010 19:14:40 GMT
I got some VERY dirty looks from all present when I bowled into an Irish session in Leeds with me ol' Ozark reso a few years ago...! But not as many as on a later occasion when I used my 000-28 to play... a DIMINISHED CHORD!!!!!
Cheerily,
Gerry C
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Post by bertie on Aug 17, 2010 19:47:15 GMT
There's a very good music scene in Orkney, ranging from loads of fiddly diddly stuff, through Rock music and Blues, in fact there are one or two guitar players that make you want to cut your arms off !
The Blues Weekend is from 17th Sept this year, with people coming from all over the place. If anybody is around here that weekend, call in the Orkney Music Shop in Kirkwall, (also owned by another ex pat Barnsley bloke)
Very sorry Mr. Messer sir, I tried my hardest to get you up here but failed dismally.
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Post by Michael Messer on Aug 17, 2010 20:31:35 GMT
Thanks Bertie, I know you tried hard and I appreciate your efforts.
I have not visited Orkney, but I did play at the Shetland Folk Festival a few years ago. They have an amazing music scene up there and when we were there we were honoured with the legendary Shetland guitarist 'Peerie' Willie Johnson, who by then was quite frail and unable to walk, coming to one of our concerts. He was very complimentary about our music and especially Ed's playing, which is not dissimilar to his own style.
In Lerwick, having Willie Johnson turn up at a concert would be like Muddy Waters turning up to see us play in Chicago. Willie is one of the most important musicians in the history of their music.
The Shetland Islands have a lot of music and a LOT of fiddlers! Great stuff. I loved it there.
I hope to make it to Orkney someday, I hear it's pretty good there too.
Shine On
Michael.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2010 22:10:50 GMT
My wifes ancestors came from the Orkneys in the late 1800s.
They are Hercuses. Still not many in New Zealand.
In relation to the vinegar story, sounds like a good method of antiqueing a new shiny reso. Think you just might have hit on something there!
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Post by bertie on Aug 17, 2010 23:03:31 GMT
Not come across any Hercuses yet, but half of Orkney are called Harcus (well,quite a few, as well as Linklater, Drever and Flett) ,I'm not sure of the relationship with New Zealand, but there seems to be a lot of folk here with links to NZ, as well as Canada with the Hudson Bay company ties. I think Orkney Library Archive is on the internet, it might be interesting for you to do some research.
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Post by Stevie on Aug 18, 2010 18:44:24 GMT
When I used to be a sheet metal worker (galvanised ducting) we used to use vinegar on rags to etch the sheet in readiness for paint. The workshop used to stink. My clothes used to stink. Everything used to stink; I've had some jobs in my time.....I still like chips with mega vinegar though and I still have all of my fingers too ;<D
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