On 26/10/2011 1:47 p.m., Augusto de Ornellas Abreu wrote:
You can build your own. But do it for your own amusement, for the sake
of the journey, NOT TO SAVE MONEY.
that was my only point, but somehow it hasn't gone through to many yet...
At the risk of getting my head slapped here......You are assuming that
your right?
I don't see why a professional builder is able to do a successful job
and an amateur not able to do so.
We/you are assuming that all pros. are expert and all amateurs are, to a
degree less able.
I've seen a few posts here decrying some of the professional builders
with a veiled warning to beginners to avoid some products which
indicates that there is an opinion that there is varying degree of skill
amoung the pro builders.
I have built my own HG (didn't turn out too well I must admit but the
second was 100% better) as well as quite a few guitars, banjos and
fiddles and other more complex instruments but as an 'amateur' (meaning
it's not my main source of income) I am somehow not able to make a
'decent' HG?...at a reasonable cost?
Sorry but I've been making 'things' of both wood and metal for over 50
years and take a little offense at being told that I am unable to build
something purely because I'm an amateur (I was an engineer).
The truth is that a HG is complex and a pain to build but no more so
than many other items. Ever tried building a harpsichord, a Nyckelharpa
or a Hardanger fiddle?
My opinion is that as a folk instrument it should be built by folk and
played by folk for folk.
My voice has been known to make grown men cry but that dosn't stop me
singing publicly any more than it stopped Johny Cash or Pete Seeger.
He should build his instrument and play it with pride. The cost will be
a fraction of a professional instrument and the sound will be not far
off either....certainly better than my voice I'm betting and lets face
it....who will know the difference between a great sound and a mediocre
one?
Our music is for the folk, played alone in your room or for the
masses....leave the snobbery for the whiskey and wine and let us get on
with our music.
Regards, TonyNZ
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