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No, no... having this one custom made by Mance Grady.

It will be my last and BEST drum to be sure.

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I didn't coment after your reply......

but now that you've explained it...... cool.....

Maybe next year at Ojai, we will get to hear you playing it...........

Oh, you will :lol:

Well, you may not realize it but your looking at the remains of what was once a very handsome woman!

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DAMN!!!!!!!!!

This original skin ruptured on the drum! :lol: It will have to be replaced.... (insert small, pitiful sob here)

They promised to find another spotter but I doubt they will find one like this. (Deep painful sigh..) Oh well, better for it to have the damage when it was there and THEY were testing it then for it to get all the way over here and THEN crash and burn.

Still.... I did love that one.

Well.... pictures when I get the new ones mates (sniff, sniff...) :blink:

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Okay, pictures of the NEW skin as the repairs are in progress.

Truely, I liked the original one better but it's about the sound anyway.

They are throwing in a new case for the my *being so nice about it* <_< (That is really nice of them)

What you think of this one?

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I have never seen a drum like that with the back cut away for holding or whatever.

Nice drum.

They are not the norm but are becoming more typical…. The cut outs I mean,

More comfortable to hold and the deeper drum can make more tones as you adjust while you play.

Yeah... I am right happy with it.

( And no one see's the creature on the drum head?? Look close....)

:D

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Something akin to Davey Jones or am I just being Blond?

:D You're being Blond.....

Look at the center and it's facing downward....

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By golly you're right - depending on how you look at it, it can be two different creatures.

Nice drum! :D

I KNEW you'd spot it! :D

kinda like it's saying... *Here I am... Play with a passion!* :D

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And a new beater!!

Ladies..... *The Barbossa* :D

It is made from Black Cherry wood.

Though you canna see it, running under the name is an anchor chain with an anchor dangling under the *B*

GODS I love the guy who makes these for me!

Jill... you want his email address?? He's the best at this craft.

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:D:D:D

What would Mr Rush think?!? :D

It's a nice piece, Bess. :)

I know I would fancy it more as a weapon of prefered choice... which I suppose is another manner of making certain music. :D

Mighty nice, Bess. Mighty nice.

Oh, and for once... something with Barbossa that DOESN'T have a bleedin' apple! :D

~Lady B

:D

Tempt Fate! an' toss 't all t' Hell!"

"I'm completely innocent of whatever crime I've committed."

The one, the only,... the infamous!

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:D   :D   :D

What would Mr Rush think?!?  :D

It's a nice piece, Bess. :) 

I know I would fancy it more as a weapon of prefered choice... which I suppose is another manner of making certain music.  :D

~Lady B

:D

Well, I'm going to send him off the pictures.

Just for fun.

He left a lovely review of our CD so he well knows about the Sea Songs and all....

Let's see, how to phrase it... (Thinking like Lady Barbossa here...)

"Dear Geoffrey,

Nice stick!"

No... that wouldn't work :D

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:D   :D   :D

What would Mr Rush think?!?  :D

It's a nice piece, Bess. :) 

I know I would fancy it more as a weapon of prefered choice... which I suppose is another manner of making certain music.  :D

~Lady B

:D

Well, I'm going to send him off the pictures.

Just for fun.

He left a lovely review of our CD so he well knows about the Sea Songs and all....

Let's see, how to phrase it... (Thinking like Lady Barbossa here...)

"Dear Geoffrey,

Nice stick!"

No... that wouldn't work :D

:D:D:D

Gives a WHOLE new meaning to "speak softly and carry a BIG stick!" :D:D

Oh, I'd LOVE to hear his reaction to the intreguing item. :)

~Lady B

:D

Tempt Fate! an' toss 't all t' Hell!"

"I'm completely innocent of whatever crime I've committed."

The one, the only,... the infamous!

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Whoo Hoo!

The drum arrived yesteday and what a beauty. The rim artwork will have to wait until after the first of the year but who cares?

'Twill take a bit of time to break it in, get used to it's weight and tonal qualities... and... it seems to be calling itself *Inis*

Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy! : )

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That's the plan!

And my duties haven't expanded - I've always built furniture and props, did the swordfighting and helped Claire run events (or ran them myself); it's just been made official. What's nice is that other folks are being invited to do some of the stuff that a few of us have been doing so far. Give 'em a chance to flex some creative muscle!

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Great!!!

I can feel the earth shake already.. (chuckle)

Nothing like a Celtic drum or a Celtic man to make the earth move! :blink:

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