Just bought myself a new Feadog as they were only £2.95 (probably about $5, rough guesstimate)
The only thing that threw me was I wasn’t able to try out the one I bought. The packaging on them has shrink wrap plastic around the fipple that has tear off perforations in it. When I asked to “try before I buy” I got handed one that was on display. This seemed to play OK so I got one.
As it turns out, the whistle is OK (haven’t had the time to play it non stop yet) so I am lucky I think.
Just wondered if anyone else has experienced the same sort of thing, or are all Feadog’s pretty reliable?
My Feadóg (actually the only whistle i have) sounds OK in the first octave, but i’m having a hard time with the last notes of the second. I don’t know if it is because i’m a newbie or a problem of the whistle. But i like it, anyway =)
On 2001-09-14 10:22, Ine_Jones wrote:
My Feadóg (actually the only whistle i have) sounds OK in the first octave, but i’m having a hard time with the last notes of the second. I don’t know if it is because i’m a newbie or a problem of the whistle. But i like it, anyway =)
Saludos,
Inés
I ordered a Feadog a few months ago to find that the mouthpiece was defective and that the upper half of the second octave was impossible to get cleanly. I contacted the person I ordered it from, described the problem and asked if the other Feadog whistles she had in stock behaved the same way. She had her son try out a couple and unfortunately they did have the same problem. So it seems that there indeed are some lemons out there in recent batches of Feadogs so beware.
I think feadog D’s have the best intonation of the lot…C’s however have absolute ballpark tuning.Feadog fipples are nothing special and even blue-tack seems to make little improvement.I love the green Waltons fipple though and one of these would most likely improve the sound of a Feadog D. Mike
The only problems with mine, but they can be frustrating, is that it is supersensitive to temperature and humidity change and seems to wander somewhat in pitch. Some days its bang on, others it squeaks worse than a summer cricket. I have no idea why. It can be a real joy to play or a real nightmare. Same whistle. Go figure.
I had the same experience of not being
able to play the whistle on account of
the wrapping–also the shop dissaproved
for health reasons. I think Feadogs are
pretty much the same, though I’m concerned
about the lemons reported above. Personally
I think they’re neither especially good
nor especially bad.
Vinny and I bought Feadogs at two different stores at Busche Gardens ($4.95). We were playing together at every opportunity and they sounded good enough to have little kids dancing. We had some heads turned while waiting for the pirate movie to start.
I just got through playing Amazing Grace and got no negative review! 'Course no one was listening 'cept for you know WHO.
I have a half dozen of them. Matter of fact is was the first whistle I owned about 3 years ago. They all seem about the same right out of the box. They sound much better if you get out the needle files and G-tune and tune them up a bit.
i’m having a hard time with the last notes of the second. I don’t know if it is because i’m a newbie or a problem of the whistle.
I’ve got a few Feadog Ds and have had a similar problem, but I’m also a relative newbie. A friend who introduced me to tin whistles and has played them for about 10 years also seems to have a squeaky 2nd octave though.
I was at Melody Music today to get a Sweetone C, and tried out their new Feadogs (side note: Seems that black is becoming a popular non-toy-looking color for whistles. There were a lot of black whistles from various makers in the store). The tone was pretty good, and I played it cleanly up until 2nd octave G..I didn’t play it any higher than that, because I wasn’t really interested in buying another D. But the whistle sounded pretty darn good especially for the price. I was quite pleasantly surprised, as my only other experience with a Feadog (may years ago) was pretty bad.
Greg
PS On a side note, there was some new whistle there made by a recorder company from Germany (maybe? name began with M). I don’t remember the name off hand. In the $40, range, they sound great in the first octave. I thought I was going to pop out an eye trying to blow the second ocatve though.
[ This Message was edited by: Wandering_Whistler on 2001-09-22 00:52 ]
I got a D about a year or so ago, and it’s the worst whistle I’ve ever played. It’s barely usable. I don’t know why I haven’t thrown it out. In all fairness, though, it’s the only Feadog I’ve tried and may just be one of the lemons.
I own two Feadogs, a C and a D. I am not happy with either because I cant get clean sounds out of them - they sound bad in the upper octave and break into to it much too easily! Anyway, that’s my experience. I prefer Clarke’s originals for small whistles.
Mike