inexpensive low d

Any recomendations?
I have a dixon g, I really dont care much for. It sounds so breathey to me playing , a few feet away it sounds fine. But the sound I hear doesnt inspire me.
Kinda like hitting a chord on a big Martin. It sounds so good it just seems to make you play better.
But with a dixon , all I can concentrate on is the breathiness

all that to say , any recomendations , other than dixon

I was going to suggest the Dixon tunable polymer low D. It s good beginner low D. Oh well :confused:

Two other options come to mind. The first is a “Back to School Special”.

http://www.tinwhistles.us/jubilee/pagesmith/19

The other is a “Do It Yourself” special.

http://guido.gonzato.googlepages.com/whistle.html

Feadoggie

There are too many choices to just ask for a recommendation.

How much are you looking to spend? What characteristics do you like in the voice? Do you like an easy blower, or a tight windway with backpressure? Do you have small hands? Do you have a favorite high D whistle and can you tell us why it is your favorite by describing how it plays, feels, and sounds?

My recommendation is to make one yourself following Guido’s tutorial. Not only you’ll have a your own whistle, but you will learn almost everything there is to know about the nooks and crannies of the instrument. It’s not a bad thing to know. After that, you can tweak almost any other whistle. :smiley:
Oh, and the price is the price of the PVC or aluminium pipes (if you have proper tools, which are common household tools).

As my first Low D I got a Domnahl na gruen, best price/quality I found for my budget. The support from Daniel (the whistle crafter) is just amazing.

I’ll second the Jubilee practice low D as a great whistle for the price. Played it side by side with a couple of more expensive low Ds. The Jubilee had the better tone and easier fingering ‘in my opinion’. Well worth 25 bucks!

*The normal warning applies … your mileage may vary, etc.