I've only recorded one of those sessions so far. It's a crappy take at the end of almost two hours of solid playing with a waterlogged chanter reed, but it gives some idea of the sound. The drone reeds are regular Ezeedrone tenors and a Henderson Harmonic Deluxe bass. This was a first go at an extended session with these pipes, and the reeds aren't quite balanced right (fixed later, after the recording), leading to some warbles. The chanter is a post-2005 Naill with a G1 Platinum reed. I particularly like the sound of these drones against my low-hand notes - Bs and low Gs ring like a telephone.
I've just started learning Old Men of the Shells in the last few weeks - my teacher set me on it to build up my repertoire for Grade 2. The recording was my first attempt on the pipes, and was done off of photocopied sheet music in a badly-lit basement - leading to some extra mistakes. It's not stellar yet, but it'll get there.
I need to do a chanter shootout to figure out what I want to use with the Henderson, as I'm planning to use them as my competition set for the remainder of the season. Right now, I'm thinking of going a little lower pitched - maybe to my McC2. The McC2 was my go to with the McCallums, in part because of volume. However, it's not getting used at the moment. We'll see after I sit down to do a side-by-side.
