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Subject: Re: Cane is Cane Author: JM [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 02:17:05 12/08/01 Sat In reply to: Brian MacColl 's message, "Cane is Cane" on 10:14:19 12/07/01 Fri >In regards to the post on chanter/reed combinations, >this all popped into my head. Cane is Cane. Everyone >is obsessed with what brand who is playing and how >that brand did in who's chanter. That would be the result of testing many different reeds in many different chanters! All reeds are not the same and some are pure crap! Different designs produce different results, just listen to a contest sometime! JM [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> Subject: Re: Cane is Cane - inquiry for JM Author: Jeff Crain [Edit] Date Posted: 20:00:24 12/08/01 Sat >All reeds are not the same and some are pure crap! >Different designs produce different results, just >listen to a contest sometime! JM, Please, please tell me which ones are, as you put it so eloquently, **pure crap** so that I may avoid them. Thanks! Shawn [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Cane is Cane - inquiry for JM Author: Jeff Crain [Edit] Date Posted: 10:27:21 12/18/01 Tue >JM, > Please, please tell me which ones are, as you put it >so eloquently, **pure crap** so that I may avoid them. > >Thanks! > Shawn JM, Mr. Moehle (shawn) asked that I check back on his question. I see there has not been a reply. Were you just "pulling our leg" or is the statement based upon fact? Thanks, Jeff [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Cane is Cane - inquiry for JM Author: Peter Kosmoski [Edit] Date Posted: 16:48:36 12/19/01 Wed JM does not seem too eager to put down any specific reedmakers, and I can't say I blame him! Everyone seems to have good things to say about Shepherd reeds. And Megarity-Ross also has a good reputation on this board. All of this is pretty consistent with my experience, these are the two best brands I've used. O.K., I'll start this ball rolling. I was pretty disappointed with the Wygent reeds I purchased, especially the "select" $18 reed. They were all pretty weak in strength, and not suprisingly, didn't put out much volume. And the bottom hand embellishments didn't rip the way you would want. I admit, I ordered the low strength reeds, so maybe their high strength reeds would have worked better for me. Wygent only offers two grades of strength, as opposed to the three grades of strength that most other reed makers offer. I guess I am at about a medium grade of strength. Does anyone have an opinion about the Higgins reed? Some guys in my band swear by them, but I haven't got a chance to play one yet. The guys that swear by them always have played super hard reeds, so I haven't been too anxious to try one! But their chanters sound superb. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Cane is Cane - inquiry for JM Author: Randall Paine [Edit] Date Posted: 12:20:39 01/21/02 Mon >JM does not seem too eager to put down any specific >reedmakers, and I can't say I blame him! i agree with jeff..and i do blame jm. one would think that if one cares to make bold statements, then the facts should be forthcoming. it seems jm has an interesting way of stating his bias as facts. that sir, has been my observation here, rmmb, and on the dunsire forum. experience and credibility are definitely seperate attributes. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]