I have a Seagull S6 (Godin) mandolin and it seems to be patterned after your Vega. I really like the sounds you are getting and I'm learning the same tunes so I can also use you videos to come up with a backup guitar part. Thank you!!!
Thanks. Glad you like the sound of the Vega. Pleasing to hear that you are learning some of the tunes I’ve played…let me know, please, which ones you arrange accompaniment for. Yes, the Seagull S6 has an outer body shape similar to the Vega…the key thing about the Vega mando I have is the cylindrical back (I think the S6 has a flat back…and flat top???).
Hello, matey! Happy new year! We play this at my Irish music club at the pub. Thanks for sharing the great music. All the best to you, have a wonderful 2024!
Thanks very muvh John, I really appreciate your unapologetic ethos, a good tune/song is great for the heart and soul. From a new subscriber in Lancashire. Where in the UK are you?
Thank you, Simon… ‘Though I’m a little bit worried post recording that I’ve played what I will refer to as the ‘B’ part twice…and repeated this when playing the whole tune the second time around. Most recordings seem to only play the ‘B’ part once, either if playing just once, or before playing the tune a second time around. However, the fiddle player in the Dubliners, in the following recording, also plays the ‘B’ part twice (though doesn’t play the whole tune a second time around): ruclips.net/video/XnlZpRp5Yg0/видео.htmlsi=7coQEHn9jr6KigCr Have I made an error?
@@johnwilliamson6846 Why not play the B part three times? Then just mention in the notes that it’s the non-standard, wonderful but equally enjoyable Bx3 part version? 😊
Acceptable suggestion…but now that we have our exchanges in the mix I think I’ll just leave things as they are and see of anyone comments! (Observant analysts in the MC SAW group may raise a question…though the regular contributors are probably to,polite to imply criticism…😉…no offence to my fellow contributors.
I don’t mind at all…it is made by Vega (renown for their banjos, but they also made some other instruments, including mandolins, back in the day). This mandolin is referred to as a cylinderback (as the back has a cylindrical shape), and it’s the model 203…made around 1919.
Lovely. Not quite the full, early 70s Horslips rendition, but then nothing else is. Give another listen to Drive The Cold Winter Away if you haven't in a while. It's that time of year again.
@@johnwilliamson6846 "Drive the Cold Winter Away" is both a song and album title, a sadly overlooked gem that takes all manner of very old folk songs and sort of packages them into a "Christmas album," but it's actually much deeper than that. As just one example, there's the haunting "Rug Muire Mac Do Dhia" (Mary Bore a Son to God), the Irish vocal to which will stay with you forever.
Thanks. I’ve been playing mandolin around 7 years…and hopefully I’m still learning/developing. However, I would say it is possible to be able to get some tunes out of the instrument in a relatively short time period. I’ve probably only dabbled with the tenor banjo for a couple of years…and I went for a tenor banjo as the tuning is the same as the mandolin, which made learning it a lot easier.
I have a Seagull S6 (Godin) mandolin and it seems to be patterned after your Vega. I really like the sounds you are getting and I'm learning the same tunes so I can also use you videos to come up with a backup guitar part. Thank you!!!
Thanks. Glad you like the sound of the Vega. Pleasing to hear that you are learning some of the tunes I’ve played…let me know, please, which ones you arrange accompaniment for. Yes, the Seagull S6 has an outer body shape similar to the Vega…the key thing about the Vega mando I have is the cylindrical back (I think the S6 has a flat back…and flat top???).
Another great tune and great playing. Thanks John for sharing your beautiful music. 👏👏👏👏👏🙏🏿
Thank you very much for commenting. Hope you are well.
Hello, matey! Happy new year! We play this at my Irish music club at the pub. Thanks for sharing the great music. All the best to you, have a wonderful 2024!
Hello, Jerrel. Many thanks…a tune that’s played and enjoyed in many venues…Happy New Year!
Well played!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks very muvh John, I really appreciate your unapologetic ethos, a good tune/song is great for the heart and soul.
From a new subscriber in Lancashire.
Where in the UK are you?
Thanks for listening and commenting, David…I’m based in Cheshire (near Wilmslow).
Nice job on that tune! Sounds great.
Glad you thought so, thanks for listening and commenting.
Love this tune 🎶
It’s a great tune…thank you for listening and commenting, David.
Bravo!
Gracias!
Very nice playing.
Thank you, Simon… ‘Though I’m a little bit worried post recording that I’ve played what I will refer to as the ‘B’ part twice…and repeated this when playing the whole tune the second time around. Most recordings seem to only play the ‘B’ part once, either if playing just once, or before playing the tune a second time around. However, the fiddle player in the Dubliners, in the following recording, also plays the ‘B’ part twice (though doesn’t play the whole tune a second time around): ruclips.net/video/XnlZpRp5Yg0/видео.htmlsi=7coQEHn9jr6KigCr
Have I made an error?
@@johnwilliamson6846 Why not play the B part three times? Then just mention in the notes that it’s the non-standard, wonderful but equally enjoyable Bx3 part version? 😊
Acceptable suggestion…but now that we have our exchanges in the mix I think I’ll just leave things as they are and see of anyone comments! (Observant analysts in the MC SAW group may raise a question…though the regular contributors are probably to,polite to imply criticism…😉…no offence to my fellow contributors.
cool man
Thanks very much 👍
do you mind me asking who built your mandolin!!!
I don’t mind at all…it is made by Vega (renown for their banjos, but they also made some other instruments, including mandolins, back in the day). This mandolin is referred to as a cylinderback (as the back has a cylindrical shape), and it’s the model 203…made around 1919.
Nice tune. Like the tone of your mandolin - what make is that ?
Thanks. It’s a vintage (around 1919) Vega Cylinderback 203.
@@johnwilliamson6846 Ah, OK. Sweet sound.
@@robertfm116👍
Swagger
Thanks, glad you thought so.
Lovely. Not quite the full, early 70s Horslips rendition, but then nothing else is. Give another listen to Drive The Cold Winter Away if you haven't in a while. It's that time of year again.
Thanks…yes, not easy to reproduce the Horslips version in the house! As regards the other tune, I shall take a listen.
@@johnwilliamson6846
"Drive the Cold Winter Away" is both a song and album title, a sadly overlooked gem that takes all manner of very old folk songs and sort of packages them into a "Christmas album," but it's actually much deeper than that. As just one example, there's the haunting "Rug Muire Mac Do Dhia" (Mary Bore a Son to God), the Irish vocal to which will stay with you forever.
@@haeuptlingaberja4927 👍 Thanks, and all the best for 2024!
Lovely playing and a great tune. Thanks!
@stevethornton3539 Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for the appreciation.
Great! How long did it take to get comfortable playing banjo and mandolin
Thanks. I’ve been playing mandolin around 7 years…and hopefully I’m still learning/developing. However, I would say it is possible to be able to get some tunes out of the instrument in a relatively short time period. I’ve probably only dabbled with the tenor banjo for a couple of years…and I went for a tenor banjo as the tuning is the same as the mandolin, which made learning it a lot easier.