An Ear full of Selmers.....as requested.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Mon May 18, 2009 5:21 pm

Some of you said you would like sound files of my Selmer builds. Luckily for me my first customer is a great bloke (And good player to boot!) & kindly agreed to play both his & my second Selmer.
For your critique here's a youtube vid of the first build.

youtu.be/
I'll post the second one here later.

jeffhigh · Post by **jeffhigh** » Mon May 18, 2009 7:56 pm

That's sure great playing and a wonderfull sounding guitar, Nick

Lillian · Post by **Lillian** » Mon May 18, 2009 9:28 pm

Wow! Thanks for sharing.

Dennis Leahy · Post by **Dennis Leahy** » Tue May 19, 2009 3:30 am

Kia ora!

Jeeze, Wayne! Get off the grass, Nick! You sprogged this as your first Selmer? Strewth? Well, since you're not skiting, let me have a go at it: cor blimey she's right as rain!

This was no piece of piss, but you didn't whinge, throw a wobbly, or pike out. You just said, "no wuckas", rattled your dags, and got her home and hosed. Now everything is good as gold; a box of birds, quite nice!

Bob Heinz seems bloody-hell chuffed! Hope he surrendered big bickies for this spot-on corker! He could take a tiki tour and tramp from Waikikamukau to Eketahuna and not find a wicked flash guitar like her!

Spotcha,

Dennis

sebastiaan56 · Post by **sebastiaan56** » Tue May 19, 2009 5:29 am

Strewth Den, a bloke might get banned for spraying the high stuff in the dunny like that mate!

Nick,

Beautiful instrument, beautiful playing. Thanks for posting this.

BTW last time I was in NZ the world was in colour, going to sepia, is this a cost cutting measure?

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Tue May 19, 2009 5:35 am

Kia Ora Dennis, your 'Kye why' is improving there cobber, we'll have ya saying "Fush 'n' Chups" with conviction before you know it, sweet as

Thanks for your comments everybody

Well I finally got my syncing problems sorted (my first couple of attempts had the sound ahead of the visual) by saving & downloading the damn thing in a different format. I was up 'til all hours trying to get this sorted

So here is Number 2 The Tassy Blackwood model.

youtu.be/

And Sebaastian, Sepia is the new black Daaaarlinggggg

Thought it added a touch of 'authenticity' or Django-esque

Allen · Post by **Allen** » Tue May 19, 2009 5:46 am

If that isn't worth a banning, then I don't know what is.

Thanks for showing us that Nick. Superb playing, and great, unique sound from the Selmers. My preference is the Tassie Blackwood.

Dennis Leahy · Post by **Dennis Leahy** » Tue May 19, 2009 5:49 am

Nick,

Since I had already said a word or two of praise in "Americo-English" at the TLC, I thought it would be fun to praise you and your beautiful guitar in "Pseudo-Kiwi-Slang" here. Hope I didn't accidentally propose marriage!

Dennis

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Tue May 19, 2009 5:56 am

Dennis Leahy wrote:Nick,

Since I had already said a word or two of praise in "Americo-English" at the TLC, I thought it would be fun to praise you and your beautiful guitar in "Pseudo-Kiwi-Slang" here. Hope I didn't accidentally propose marriage!

Dennis

Only to my Border Collie dog

Cheers Dennis & keep it up.

By the way brush off your best suit, there's a long haired little black & white lady here that will be disappointed if you don't go through with your proposal. She doesn't mind sharing her food bowl either so you won't have to bring your own.

Bob Connor · Post by **Bob Connor** » Tue May 19, 2009 8:05 am

Great work Nick. Sounds wonderful, the playing is great and the recording is brilliant for a home job.

Kim · Post by **Kim** » Tue May 19, 2009 8:51 am

Fantastic work Nick, you gotta be happy with that mate. Very impressive indeed, they both sound excellent and are every bit as good as they look. I imagine it would have been quite the challenge getting such good results of the vid with only a handycam but presented with the opportunity to record Bob's brilliant performance on your babies, it has been worth every effort.

Oh, by the way, your banned mate so piss off.

Cheers

Kim

kiwigeo · Post by **kiwigeo** » Tue May 19, 2009 10:25 am

Nick O wrote:Kia Ora Dennis, your 'Kye why' is improving there cobber,

No its not..Dennis's Kiwi english is shut house. Hes Bunned!!!

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Tue May 19, 2009 10:29 am

Kim wrote:Oh, by the way, your banned mate so piss off.

Cheers

Kim

You say the sweetest things Kim, I'm honoured

Thanks Bob & Kim, it really does mean alot to me when people such as yourselves (and other great builders on the forum) comment on what is still very much an infancy process for me. Thanks.

Yeah the sound wasn't bad & I was reasonably happy with the results but as with anything, you learn as you go & I've definetly learned from this that if there's a next time... to use an external mic! As the camcorder's noise is annoyingly humming away in the background! Not the best if the main aim of the exercise is to listen to the instrument.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Tue May 19, 2009 10:32 am

kiwigeo wrote:
Nick O wrote:Kia Ora Dennis, your 'Kye why' is improving there cobber,
No its not..Dennis's Kiwi english is shut house. Hes Bunned!!!

Yeah but I dudn't wunt to huerrrt hus feelings by sayin' that to hummmm

kiwigeo · Post by **kiwigeo** » Tue May 19, 2009 12:01 pm

That Bob Heinz is a whizz...not only does he make top baked beans he also plays some mean jazz guitar.

Nice work Nick...

Paul B · Post by **Paul B** » Tue May 19, 2009 12:34 pm

Dennis Leahy wrote:Kia ora!

Jeeze, Wayne! Get off the grass, Nick! You sprogged this as your first Selmer? Strewth? Well, since you're not skiting, let me have a go at it: cor blimey she's right as rain!

This was no piece of piss, but you didn't whinge, throw a wobbly, or pike out. You just said, "no wuckas", rattled your dags, and got her home and hosed. Now everything is good as gold; a box of birds, quite nice!

Bob Heinz seems bloody-hell chuffed! Hope he surrendered big bickies for this spot-on corker! He could take a tiki tour and tramp from Waikikamukau to Eketahuna and not find a wicked flash guitar like her!

Spotcha,

Dennis

Can anyone tell me WTF Dennis just said?

kiwigeo · Post by **kiwigeo** » Tue May 19, 2009 1:20 pm

Hes trying to impersonate someone with a Kiwi Mother and two Fathers...ones an Ozzie and the others a POM. of course who the REAL father is pending the results from the paternity test (neither of them could be the father)

Bob Connor · Post by **Bob Connor** » Tue May 19, 2009 1:20 pm

He's been watching The Adventures of Barry McKenzie Paul.

sebastiaan56 · Post by **sebastiaan56** » Tue May 19, 2009 1:24 pm

I thought it was Google translate into Strine,

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Tue May 19, 2009 1:38 pm

kiwigeo wrote:Hes trying to impersonate someone with a Kiwi Mother and two Fathers...ones an Ozzie and the others a POM. of course who the REAL father is pending the results from the paternity test (neither of them could be the father)

If it's 15yr old Sharon from Wainuiomata who has 4 kids already, each to different fathers....... could be anybody's guess

Dennis Leahy · Post by **Dennis Leahy** » Tue May 19, 2009 8:57 pm

kiwigeo wrote:Hes trying to impersonate someone with a Kiwi Mother and two Fathers...ones an Ozzie and the others a POM. of course who the REAL father is pending the results from the paternity test (neither of them could be the father)

hahahahahahha If you think that was bad, you should hear me try to do Kiwi and Aussie accents.

Now, to be fair, just which of those expressions are truly from New Zealand and which are from Australia is extra tough, because the two countries share and/or borrow culture and idioms ("borrow" being dependent on who you talk to.)

Oh, and the paternity tests are back: me da is an Irishman who sailed to the Tasman sea looking for long lost relatives.

Dennis

kiwigeo · Post by **kiwigeo** » Tue May 19, 2009 9:24 pm

Dennis Leahy wrote:
me da is an Irishman who sailed to the Tasman sea looking for long lost relatives.

And he got lost

kiwigeo · Post by **kiwigeo** » Tue May 19, 2009 9:26 pm

Dennis Leahy wrote:Kia ora!

Jeeze, Wayne! Get off the grass, Nick! You sprogged this as your first Selmer? Strewth? Well, since you're not skiting, let me have a go at it: cor blimey she's right as rain!

This was no piece of piss, but you didn't whinge, throw a wobbly, or pike out. You just said, "no wuckas", rattled your dags, and got her home and hosed. Now everything is good as gold; a box of birds, quite nice!

Bob Heinz seems bloody-hell chuffed! Hope he surrendered big bickies for this spot-on corker! He could take a tiki tour and tramp from Waikikamukau to Eketahuna and not find a wicked flash guitar like her!

Spotcha,

Dennis

And this was about the point where the New Zealand Customs Officers arrested Dennis on suspicion of having done far too many drugs at Woodstock.

Dennis Leahy · Post by **Dennis Leahy** » Tue May 19, 2009 11:01 pm

kiwigeo wrote:
Nick O wrote:Kia Ora Dennis, your 'Kye why' is improving there cobber,
No its not..Dennis's Kiwi english is shut house. Hes Bunned!!!

Bunned? BUNNED! You mean as in me buns are up in the air? Dags up, bleating?!

It's an honor to be banned, but I'm scared of being bunned!

Dennis

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Wed May 20, 2009 5:57 am

Dennis Leahy wrote: It's an honor to be banned, but I'm scared of being bunned!
Dennis

No Worries Dennis, Martin has officially banned you in 1970's Kiwi lingo. There was a habit of mangling the vowels hence "U's" replaced most of the others, fortunately that's changed now

However if, on the other hand, you wanted to speak fluent 'strine' just make every third word "Mate" and the other words in between are peppered with colourful swear words

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