Hurdy Gurdy Reviews | Catnip B by Radoslav Malisz

I really liked this gurdy, it's one of the best options for the price
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knysinstruments.com/#demo
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my blog about gurdies is www.sergiogonzalez.eu
Keep on Cranking!

[@Radoslaw_Malisz]

Quick note from the maker. This particular instrument is first prototype I made from scrap material, just to see if some of my ideas will work. That's why it doesn't have proper thingy for disengaging the trompette, and overall built quality is quite poor. Final version is more refined and consistent, 11/10 in my opinion. :P Thank you Sergio for a nice review.

[@codyosborne9307]

I love the way it sounds Radoslaw Malisz. I have so much excitement and faith in you!

[@Sergio.GonzalezPrats]

That’s cool, thanks for adding the thingy 🤣 hopefully I can try one of the new ones soon 🎉

[@codyosborne9307]

I recognize Noelle's studio anywhere~ She's the one who convinced me to get my Catnip B! I can't wait for it to be finished! I'm SO excited!

[@codyosborne9307]

I can't express how happy I was to just see this and where you're at. Quite literally made a little subconscious sound of excitement.

[@fuzziest1100]

Good review. The Catnip sounds great. 👍🏻😁

[@marcocammozzo7553]

Glad to see you back! Now that i have your opinion on it I'm even more excited to have mine arrive in the next months! Can't wait

[@Sergio.GonzalezPrats]

Thanks Marco, I want to post more regularly, open for ideas :)

[@marcocammozzo7553]

@@Sergio.GonzalezPrats Maybe a video on all the different styles and history of hurdy gurdy music would be really cool

[@varrk]

Hooray!! A new video!! 🎉

[@courtneyleekraft5452]

I had two of Radoslaw's gurdies a few years ago. He's great to work with and he's grown in skill over the years. The one thing to look out for is that I've had issues with his string pressure adjustment pegs start to bend or strip because they weren't anchored down to the soundboard well enough. Hopefully it's an issue that he's fixed, but you won't know for a few months.

[@Sergio.GonzalezPrats]

Hopefully it’s fixed, I didn’t encounter this on mine or the one max has

[@AWM8]

Awesome instrument my friend. Greetings from Montréal!

[@thomasalastarkares5000]

Few months ago I ordered my first gurdy from Ancestore. It is APLO and I am very looking forward to finally have my hands on it! It has been my dream to play that instrument since my teen years when I first heard the instrument... I hope the learning process will be fun. I play tin whistles and low whistles for many years so at least I am not going start the learning process without any experience with instruments. And also I played keyboards and guitar for few years. I am so excited about the new gurdieeeeee ♥

[@Sergio.GonzalezPrats]

I’m confused, did you get a Radoslav or an Aplo? Anyhow they are great instruments to start

[@letsgoraiding]

This is the hurdy-gurdy I went for- glad to see you rate it well! Lots of functionality for a low price and a short waiting list. I've had a bit of trouble tuning the strings to get it to sound right though (the fault being my incompetence, not the instrument)- what do you have the melody strings tuned to? Thanks.

[@Sergio.GonzalezPrats]

We tuned them to G3 and G4

[@xlerb2286]

I suspect that the knob may settle down with a bit of use as the surface of the wooden hole get polished from rubbing against the metal crank shaft. If not I wonder if a little dry graphite powder may help? I am not an expert here so for all I know it could do more harm than good.

[@HieronymusHertogenBosch]

Je bent er weer, we worden weer vrolijk ėn wijzer!

[@MaxEnloe]

We've been playing the catnip hard since December! Maybe it's all the use that has messed with the knob a bit - it still works brilliantly though! Turns nicely, no wiggle!

[@athelonus]

What is the song you use for your intro called? Also, I'm glad to see you're back!

[@Sergio.GonzalezPrats]

La Sansonette, thanks

[@GrrAargh1]

Lol, KZbin auto subtitles think the trompette is applause!

[@ryandougherty5456]

Hi, I'm looking to buy my first gurdy and I was wondering which one you would recommend for an entry level instrument, the Catnip B or the Sirena from Sedo Garcia?

[@Sergio.GonzalezPrats]

I’d definitely go for the sirena because of two things (one is very unfortunate) Sirena has solid woods, it’s not plywood and sadly Radoslav the maker of the catnip had a motorbike accident that has put him out of business for a minimum of 6 months :/ I hope he recovers soon

[@ryandougherty5456]

@@Sergio.GonzalezPrats Thats terrible, I'll be praying he has a speedy recovery. Thank you for the advice, I appreciate it.

[@Sergio.GonzalezPrats]

Yeah praying for him too, tell sedo you come from me, he’ll treat you extra nice

[@Sergio.GonzalezPrats]

His email [e-mail]

[@ryandougherty5456]

Thank you again, I will!

[@ValCharis]

Why the coins? 😮

[@Sergio.GonzalezPrats]

we use the coins to dampen some resonance and lower the volume of the chien

[@7evenslinger]

​@@Sergio.GonzalezPrats So, similar to how cello players get rid of wolf notes? I'm on the waiting list for one of these, just curious of what frequencies you're trying to dampen?

[@Sergio.GonzalezPrats]

@@7evenslinger not my instrument, the owner just thought it sounded better dampening the resonance of the top a little and also muting the chien a bit, experiment when your arrives, it’s worth it

[@Sergio.GonzalezPrats]

@@7evenslinger nothing to do with wolf tones

[@MaxEnloe]

​@@7evenslingerhello, this is my partner and I's catnip. You can see Radoslaw's comment about this one being a prototype for a new design. This one has rather quiet melody strings, so the Trompette and drones are overpowering it. The coins make the drone/trompettes quieter and more in balance with the melody strings. Radoslaw tells me the production models the balance is much better, and probably won't require coins :) We were careful to only put coins where it affects volume without affecting resonance :)