Unboxing & Play Test! The Maverick Practice Chanter - Matt Willis Bagpiper

Please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE if you enjoyed this video! One of the hottest new products on the market, the Maverick Practice Chanter! In this video, Matt Willis Bagpiper unboxes and play tests this fantastic new product! Come take a listen! Link to purchase the tune featured at the end of the video, "Piratical" mattpiper.com/site/downloads/p...
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[@tbwpiper189]

Got one..truly and sincerely the best chanter I've ever owned. Thanks for the plug. Your clip influenced my getting one.

[@MattWillisBagpiper]

Great to hear! You can let the folks at Maverick know that I influenced your purchase. In any case, glad you like it!

[@tbwpiper189]

@@MattWillisBagpiper Roger that. :)

[@tbwpiper189]

@@MattWillisBagpiper Did as you requested.... "Wanted to thank Geordie for the Carbon Chanter sent to me in May. I adore this musical instrument. I have 4 chanters....but the Carbon Chanter is a musical instrument. It's performance and sound has inspired me to practice on the daily whereas practice was sketchy before. I saw the Maverick chanter on Matt Willis/Bagpiper on KZbin who recommended this product highly. I'm sold and am anxious to see if Maverick will wade into the bagpipe market. I'm already sold." Thanks Matt!

[@Debbin1000]

Received my chanter two weeks ago and, man, that things is awesome. Sounds and looks great.

[@Fireguy723]

Just got their new orange "Phoenix" chanter. Love it!

[@hiimhxc1]

I’ve been checking these out for a while. Good to see a review on it. And no tape!!

[@dale2867]

Awesome review of a great Scottish chanter ....... Cheers 👍

[@DannyBoi2112]

Lovely sounding and looking

[@jessewalker8452]

Just bought one! Can't wait!! Nice review, dude

[@kevinorr6880]

Good on you, sir. I’m jealous

[@kevinorr6880]

I know this is a dated video but, very, very nice. If I were still playing, I’d buy one! I miss piping very much. Sadly, I was never very good and only had one teacher.

[@lovetobe77]

Kevin. If u enjoyed it ,that’s half the battle. Somethings take longer for us to learn, try a different teacher.Join a band and get taught properly.

[@garethutting6328]

Get back in there if you loved it take it up again

[@n9sferatu261]

That's amazing

[@Kristinkirkland138]

The whisky part was the best, you're amazing! A true connoisseur of pipes and drink

[@MattWillisBagpiper]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@scotthoggan2115]

Great video matt love from bonnie scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@leoburns9674]

Always enjoy your reviews - would you in the “future” run the PC against the Braw tuner app to sense check the note intonation… Working with a couple of new PCs sum are much better than others. Keep up the great work!

[@johnnickpappanastos3382]

Gorgeous chanter, love the sound of the thing too.. I see this advertised and always wondered whether it was worth the $ Tomintoul's great stuff btw!

[@DNiddy]

So the wiping down bit....dude, you already had your bare hands all over it!! Great show! On another note, looks like the laminate Colin Kyo used until the "factory burned down".

[@MattWillisBagpiper]

NCFLSTS Yeah, certainly not the most thorough job there, though I did get the mouthpiece. I guess I was too interested in getting to play it!

[@Debbin1000]

Thanks for the review. I was thinking about getting one of their chanters and after this, I will be ordering one as soon as I can.

[@MattWillisBagpiper]

Hope you enjoy it and find it as useful as I have!

[@Debbin1000]

@@MattWillisBagpiper I am sure I will. I ordered mine over the weekend, and now the waiting game is upon us. Hopefully it gets here late July/ early Aug.

[@rickwebb936]

Had you recieved your chanter yet? How long if so? I ordered my Black Widow yesterday. After squeeking an import for several weeks now, I am hoping the change to be rather drastic. Like driving a focus then a mustang.

[@Debbin1000]

@@rickwebb936 I received it a couple weeks back. It has been a tremendous upgrade in sound and feel. I use an Abbott reed and it made it sound even better.

[@rickwebb936]

@@Debbin1000 So, about five weeks. I am better off forgetting about it until it suprises me.

[@jermmkay]

Thanks for reviewing this. There's a rumor that orange and black is coming soon. I've made a deal with myself that if that happens I'm getting one.

[@MattWillisBagpiper]

I bet that'd look great! Rather large fan of the color orange myself.

[@Imiancrook]

oooo, if that's the case. I'm working off a dunbar poly atm, easy going and works for practice, but these just look really good.

[@johnmcnabb4854]

Beautiful . I would ensure I was on point if I showed up to a practice session or work shop with a PC that was as sharp as that!👍.

[@gunnsmoke357]

Wow

[@BGillPiper]

Views on long vs standard sizes on these? Wondering if anyone has experience with the being too long.

[@chickenporkadob0]

the tune at the end, the piratical, is that your own composition?sounds really good.

[@MattWillisBagpiper]

It is!

[@fyrtamer]

Ok. Trying to give my family some gift ideas. I was originally thinking a Blackwood PC, so I would have a utility McCallum long PC, and I wanted a wood PC for band practice. Does the Maverick have the wood ‘warmth’, or would you recommend I keep looking for Blackwood?

[@MattWillisBagpiper]

It's got more projection than warmth. It's different than either a poly practice chanter and a wooden practice chanter...

[@Uncle-Rob]

Glad to see you are using Abbott reeds. Generally work well and can be tuned for almost any chanter. Plus they last quite a while

[@MattWillisBagpiper]

I've played Abbotts for years and years. And yes, they last a LONG time!

[@michaelhall2260]

Are you the Rob Tawse that attended the North American Academy of Piping in NC?

[@rickwebb936]

@@MattWillisBagpiper Do the abbott narrow p/c reeds sound the same as the regular abbott? I don't know if they are shorter to fit under the cap. It is around $27 and I'm guessing $15 to ship if (like me) someone wanted to order one later and have it not fit. Thank you for showing that btw, it is why I decided to wait on the cap.

[@Uncle-Rob]

@@michaelhall2260 yes . Have had to miss last two years, but looking forward to the future.

[@michaelhall2260]

@@Uncle-Rob You gave me my first practice chanter. You played the pipes in a prison ministry in Abbeville, GA. I was the guitar/banjo player in the band. You told me about NAAPD. I went 5 years in a row. You inspired me to try to learn the pipes. Good to see you again.

[@bluestanley123]

Great vids! Any chance of a video on reed set up?

[@MattWillisBagpiper]

If you mean for pipe chanters, I have a few already: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2ezqnuLl9hogtU and kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoCVaaapmrKod7s

[@MattWillisBagpiper]

For practice chanters, I haven't found there's much you can do with them other than add an elastic band if they're too hard. Otherwise, I just go with a different reed if having issues.

[@bluestanley123]

@@MattWillisBagpiper just found them 😎 got some new g1 reeds and theyre sat around 460-463

[@kenstephens1141]

Hi Matt, I recently purchased and am waiting for delivery of my Maverick chanter. Question, how do you clean the inside? A pullthrough with material attached?

[@MattWillisBagpiper]

It's too narrow for that. I use a pipe cleaner for the body and mouthpiece and a medium brush for the large section of the top

[@aiden4269]

I was curious as to whether you knew which size chanter this was (standard or long)?

[@MattWillisBagpiper]

This is a long model.

[@PiperKev]

I'll be in my bunk...

[@hunterber686]

Hey man, great review but I think the chanter cap is for a pipe chanter and not the practice chanter.

[@MattWillisBagpiper]

I guess it could be for whatever you need it for!

[@kevoman4980]

Hey Matt, good morning. Any thoughts on the McLaren Synthetic chanter reeds? I bit off topic for this thread but I was wanting your opinion. THANKS!!

[@MattWillisBagpiper]

I have not tried this synthetic reed, so no opinions yet.

[@rickwebb936]

@@MattWillisBagpiper How would a cane reed sound in this chanter? Adds (misspelled?) Makes a "wet playable" cane reed for the p/c. It is spendy but I would really like to hear cane played well through a maverick. It will take me some time before I can play well enough to decern the difference myself.

[@rossmclennan6056]

Good Morning Matt, i have a question for you. When I’m tuning my pipe chanter. I can get everything in tune, but quite often the high is sharp. I use a braw tuner. Hardie pipes, MacCallum band chanter and a MacCallum Q2 abw , i use this one for competitions. What are your thoughts on this? Thanks Matt

[@MattWillisBagpiper]

Try seating the reed out further… or add some tape to the top of that hole.

[@rossmclennan6056]

@@MattWillisBagpiper thanks Matt

[@jamesmccolgan3230]

Matt What’s practice chanter would you you recommend for all around also the best one to transition to a pipe chanter

[@MattWillisBagpiper]

I overall prefer long practice chanters to regular ones, but any of the major manufacturers long models will work well (Maverick, McCallum, Hardie, Wallace, Dunbar, etc).

[@jamesmccolgan3230]

@@MattWillisBagpiper thanks for the information very helpful

[@n9sferatu261]

I can't wait until I get my McCallum pc4 practice chanter with the goose

[@DannyBoi2112]

elijah aiden nice, how you getting on with it

[@n9sferatu261]

@@DannyBoi2112pretty good just gotta get it first

[@ukspankedyank]

The reason you didn't mention how much this chanter goes for????

[@GHunter5575]

Pricing varies on different models. They start at £129 though

[@No-one.1423]

8:14 hello Matt can you please tell me what you played here 😅 I wanna learn it

[@MattWillisBagpiper]

The Battle of Waterloo. Video on how to play it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sGXdl32Kbc6nqacsi=v2zEoddhzxH6PQYl

[@No-one.1423]

@@MattWillisBagpiper thank you very much 😄

[@adamwiggins9865]

I love everything about it except the stainless steel mouthpiece.... I’m clumsy and would no doubt chip a tooth at some point

[@MattWillisBagpiper]

They do also offer a plastic mouthpiece. If this were mine, I'd likely put a mouthpiece protector on the tip to keep from hurting myself.

[@Hotfir78]

What’s the price point?

[@GHunter5575]

They start at £129

[@dazsmith3489]

That should be pronounced TominTool mate.

[@MattWillisBagpiper]

I've seen several different opinions on the matter. This site said to say it the way I did: www.herwhiskylove.com/single-post/2016/09/16/Tomintoul-The-family-distillery-pronounced-Tom-in-towel

[@dazsmith3489]

@@MattWillisBagpiper fair enough but I am localish as in same county and we say tomintool. Might be a regional thing.