Anybody have this and what do you think of it? Is the set as good as the lower keyed WW (A, G)?
Philo
Philo,
I’ve got one of the sets. I like it and it goes with me when I don’t take other whistles with me. Sound wise I think they are pretty good. I’m getting spoiled with some of the wooden whistles I’m getting to play but the WWs still get pulled out on a regular basis. I’ve only had limited opportunities to play the lower keyed models so I can’t do a good comparison. I do have a Thin Weasel of Blackwood that has had the characteristics I like best (my Abell set came in today so the jury’s still out). The WW is certainly does not sound as good as the Thin Weasel but most whistles don’t sound as good anyway. When a person looks at the different in cost the water weasels are an outstanding value. But if you’ve played a Thin Weasel, you have a ball park idea of what the ww will sound like
I had a C water weasel before I got the set. The set sounds better than the individual C that I had. It wasn’t bad. The C tube in the set just sounds better
jim
ps I sent you an email
[ This Message was edited by: livethe question on 2003-01-08 22:57 ]
I think the set is absolutely delightful and an excellent value.
I’ve owned three high-D Water Weasels and two Bb’s. I much prefer the Bb’s to the high-D’s, but they are both well made, in tune, and very responsive. They take a bit of extra umph to hit high A and B. I think the high-D’s I tried were a bit lacking in complexity of tone (“thin” sounding) compaired to the Bb’s, but that could easily be due to the key…lower whistles tend to sound more complex in general I think.
my $.02
-Brett
I pretty much echo the sentiments expressed. They are a great value and make a great set for travelling – compact, indestructible, and very good sound.
The D WW is a really wonderful instrument; the C is very good as C’s go; I don’t have much use for an Eb (if I were to get another set, I’d see if Glenn would do a C/D/E set – the E WW is remarkable). The sound is kind of sweet – my set doesn’t have as much of an edge to the sound as the Thin Weasel C and D, nor do they have that almost low-whistle character of the WW A and Bb. Of course, they’re handmade, so expect the normal variation.
I have the set, and they’re all extremely good and the best value (ie takin ginto account price and quality) I’ve ever obtained in whistle purchases.
Great for taking to session because they’re *strong in volume,
*change in temp getting to the pub doesn’t have much effect on them,
*not damaged when they fall off the table,
*beer slop doesn’t hurt them,
*tuneable to match up to those out-of-tune guitars,
*easily disinfected after a sharing session with a rinse in soapy tapwater,and
*they’re NOT so expensive that you’ll lose a lot of sleep if they get “lost”.
The WW C Whistle is absolutely fantastic, so smooth and melodious. As someone else pointed out, as good value as the WWs (all PVC or similar)are, the Thin Weasel (exotic wood)is very special, in a performer’s dream class, among the very best.
Good for playing in the shower! 
Thanks to all for the helpful feedback.
Philo
I have a set also. Very nice, as you’d expect. It’s especially nice for travelling, even though I really need only the D and C tubes.
I had a C, and later Glenn made me a D body tube ( or maybe it was vice versa). Anyway, both are terrific.
BTW-- at one point, I cracked the tubing on the head section at the tuning slide where the tubing is very thin ( my negligence, not the Weasel’s fault). Glenn made a sleeve to cover and stabilize the crack, and it works just fine, although it is not quite as pristeen and pretty as it once was.
I thought I ws the only one wh’d done that (cracked the WW headjoint). Actually, my wife did it, but I’d left it where it shouldn’t be. I fixed mine with a tight wrap of plastic glitter tape. Still sounds good and doesn’t look THAT bad.
Are there any more closet WW headjoint crackers out there? Speak up now, please.
Philo