I really like playing the Generation-D whistles, (having a nickel, a brass and a brass. tweaked one). I also have read a number of references on this message board about putting a Hoover Whitecap head on a Generation whistle. I would like to hear some comments on how well this might work or which it might work better on, nickel or brass. Many thanks in advance…
It will work with either brass or nickel, but you will get a very different whistle.
I have a white cap that I like very much (a gift from Mack, which makes it special), but I must confess that I don’ t play it so much. The reason is that it’s playing characteristics are different from the Generations, Feadogs, and Oaks that I love. It is sensitive to air pressure in a different way and is not ideal for pulsing, huffy style of playing. Also, I like a bit more back pressure than it offers. The four or five whitecaps that I’ve tried were all very different from each other, but all good.
Yeah, great whistle. But very very different. Great in it’s own way.
I’ve got mine stuck on an acorn green tube. I also have a feadog on a green tube that I’ve tweaked to use very little air and it plays and sounds very similar to the hoover. One black head, the other white, two green bodies. I usually wind up carrying them around together. They look neat together.
I think the biggest difference between a Whitecap-crowned tube and the original model is that the Whitecap tends to make the other whistle into a Hoover. I have two, on Acorn and Clare-2-piece bodies. To my mind, the Whitecap immeasurably improved both whistles. They’re smoother and sweeter without the harsh tone they exhibited before their conversion. If you LIKE that rough edge, you should probably stay with the original fipple. But if you like a more refined and sweeter sound, a Whitecap is a thing of joy.
Glad to hear that, Chuck. I just sent a Clare-2-piece to Mack to be fitted for a Whitecap. I was hoping it would work out. Man, I can’t wait to play that thing for the first time w/a Whitecap on it. I’m all excited now! hehehe.
Best to you,
Little John