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Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 11:33 pm
by Petrarch
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 11:50 pm
by Flipside
No. 4, the Balalaika, it's got a lovely sound, and the others you can pick up far more easily, so it's best to secure the least well known one first
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 11:58 pm
by Petrarch
That makes sense to me, but will I ever find such a cheap Sax again?
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 12:19 am
by Flipside
It's a nice price for a Sax, and a nice Sax, but I suspect places like that frequently have special offers like this.
At the end of the day, the other question you have to ask yourself is 'do I want another stringed instrument?'
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 1:49 am
by Hippo
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 1:51 am
by Hippo
Get the national instrument of Bengladesh... The poodle
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Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 2:54 am
by Knight Templar
Based on l33tness, I'd say trumpet or sax. I might take up either myself, in the future.
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 8:42 am
by Petrarch
Hell, I might forget about buying a new PC and just buy the lot.
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 12:13 pm
by Hunter
You're gonna end up with a shelve full of instruments, but no idea how to play them.
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 4:30 pm
by kasperl
i'd say grab the clarinet, it's only a tenner with P&P.
Those things are quite loud though, and AFAIK, a b**ch to learn to play.
i'd say pay for some lessons first....
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 5:49 pm
by Petrarch
Hunter wrote:You're gonna end up with a shelve full of instruments, but no idea how to play them.
That's a risk I'm willing to take.
Besides, I can pick stuff up pretty fast.
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 7:36 pm
by Flipside
If you can play the Saxophone, you can pretty much play most reed instruments
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 7:54 pm
by Petrarch
I am tempted to get the sax, to hell with the cost, but then the Balalaika is just :smoke:
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 8:25 pm
by kasperl
the choice between a balalaike and a sax, go for the sax, a balalaika is more a support then solo instrument, AFAIK
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 9:54 pm
by Flipside
Well, now I've had time to think about it more, the EU is getting bigger, it may well be that the price of ethnic instruments in England will over the next few years.
The choice is yours, of course, The Balalaika is a great instrument, and it's something that would be cool to have in recordings etc, since almost no-one has one. But the Sax is cheap, and looks good, and give you a wider range of instruments
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Edited By Flipside on Mar. 31 2004 at 20:54