Its great for jazz, rock, and zydeco gigs. To further fine tune its play ability, I had it set up by luthier Gregory Wylie in Vermont. It has a very even and clear tone across the range of the strings. I had it built left handed at the Zeta production shop and finished with a bright red color designed to match my accordion. Zeta Stratos 5 string - This is a custom instrument that I received in an endorsement deal with Zeta and Gibson. High volume rock will cause it to feedback, however, so in those situations I switch to my Zeta violin. This set up works well for folk gigs, square dances, and moderate volume level country and zydeco gigs. I use an LR Baggs pickup along with a Fishman Pro EQ with good results. I had Gregory Wylie reset the neck to get the bridge height up to normal, and now its a fine square dance fiddle with good solid tone. It was a bit weak on the E string, which is possibly why it had been put up for sale, but I saw potential in it. It used to belong to fiddler Claudio Buchwald whom I first saw play it. I bought it from Bob Smakula Fretted Instruments in West Virginia. My primary electrified acoustic violin is a German made Strad copy, with no maker's label in it. The Gliga company has been very responsive to the needs of left handed musicians, and I find their quality to be uniformly high for their prices. Nelson, and two Gliga left handed violins. A left handed violin made in Los Angeles in 1947, by A.
I use it for playing classical music, playing fiddle into a microphone, studio recordings, and for acoustic jam sessions.Ģ. Todd built a new bass bar, and Gregory reset the neck. When I switched from right handed playing to left I had it modified to left handed in stages by luthiers Todd Goldenberg and Gregory Wylie. I originally restored it to playability from a very poor condition, under the supervision of Carl Roy, at the violin repair workshop at Summer Violin Institute of the University of New Hampshire. A violin by Gustav Wunderlich - This is my favorite 4 string acoustic violins, made in Liepsig, Germany, in 1926. Ryan has various other left handed fiddles:ġ. Following his expert repair, it sounded even better than before. At one point it was severely damaged while traveling and Ryan asked Dexter to make a new top for it. Ryan’s other main fiddle was custom made by Dexter Nieforth in Rhode Island. Brennish plays his as his primary instrument.
It took approximately a year to complete them. The Fiddling Thomsons commissioned Barry to make two violins, right handed for Brennish and left handed for Ryan. Ryan’s primary acoustic violin is a custom five string violin made by Barry Dudley. Equipment we use for performing, recording, and teaching
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