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+1 on the NS capos. I have the normal one and the tri-action and both are great and require minimal retuning afterwards.

You should be able to buy single flatwound guitar strings. They'll be more expensive than roundwounds but cheaper than Thomastik's.

Does anyone know if APC have ever done any 10 strings? My cursory googling suggests not but if they did I'd be interested in getting my hands on one.

You could post them the tuner, they might be willing to try and sort something out for you (for a small fee).

Marit is a great player. I've seen her in gigs and played with her in sessions here in Newcastle and she has such a great groove in her playing as well as great awareness and sensitivity. Her...

If you're in the UK, Fylde and Oakwood are two companies I have instruments from, both of which I love and also both make OMs.

I know it as Cuz Tehan's. Hope that helps. Here's it on thesession.org. http://thesession.org/tunes/1615

I'd second the recommendations for Fylde and Oakwood. For what it's worth, a friend of mine has a Buchanan cittern (pin-bridge) which has some similar top distortion behind the bridge, it seems to...

They have a couple of Tenor guitars in JG windows in Central Arcade. The phil Davidson designed Ashbury tenors are good. Windows don't stock them though.

Always like to try new plectrums!

I'd be interested in Achitilbuie workshops, not too far from my home village.

I'm a big fan of his, this is another cracking video of him with Filip Jers. Really makes one long for a 5 course...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX93ECzndjg

Cheers for the kind words. In case anyone is interested the instruments are an Oakwood Bouzouki, Jarrah back and Sides with a cedar top and a Summit A5.

Alasdair

Hey,

Thought you guys might be interested in hearing some bouzouki/mandolin action. This track is a demo of a new set - a trad Irish jig - an Rogaire Dubh, which I got from the playing of...

Not a huge fan of the ABC format, partly because I find it harder to read than normal staff notation, which I learned first. Ear is by far my preferred method for learning tunes, either in person...

Nothing quite like a Poolewe Ceilidh...

Don't think I've changed the battery in the Headway in my guitar in the two and a bit years I've had it, which has included a fair amount of gigs.

@strings8 how else do you get a D/F#? Also, in the genre I play (predominantly Scottish trad), its very common to play like this.

Not to try and confuse things but, I tend to use "fiddle hand" when playing guitar...

Marit's Latmandola sounds incredible, especially through a PA, the Low A (same as a Bass's A string) has a lot of power, fwiw I also think her playing is great, quite different to most scottish/irish...

I've not heard of that book but if you havent heard of them the Kiaull Yn Theay books are worth a look for Manx tunes, think there's maybe four of them. Hope that helps.

A friend of mine had one, it wasn't hugely robust. Broke a couple of times...

Nylon Strung Banjo? Best of both worlds...

Guidewires, an Irish/Breton group, have concertina and bouzouki. The concertina player, Padraig Rynne, is incredible. His solo album, Bye a While, is also worth checking out.

I've played one of the tenor guitars in the range. Pretty nice, especially considering the price. Good tone and playability. Quite plain cosmetically but my taste has always been more towards that.