New member saying hallo from Canary Is

**Ruskin** · May-25-2010, 7:51am

Hi, my name is Ruskin and I live in Canary Is, Spain (closer to Africa.).I have been a Jazz,rock guitarist profesional for many years, but busking I discovered celtic mandolin.Now I´ve just bought a TC OM and really like the instrument,by the way today recieved from Thomann germany a gig bag which fits, it´s a Gewa economy line 12,1/2 size spànish guitar bag !
I use Mc Intyre feather p/ups on acoustic mandos through a fishman pre (proEQ 2) into a Ibanez troubador 20 acoustic amp.
Nice to meet you all !

**F-2 Dave** · May-25-2010, 8:17am

Welcome Ruskin.

**JEStanek** · May-25-2010, 9:17am

Welcome to the Café, Ruskin.

Jamie

**roberto** · May-29-2010, 11:44am

Welcome, Ruskin.

Bonita colección de armas!

**Jim Garber** · May-29-2010, 4:47pm

Welcome, Ruskin. Do you own and/or play the timple? A friend of mine is always interested in cousins or relatives of the ukulele.

**Ruskin** · Jun-10-2010, 3:09am

Hi Jim, well I don´t,although always mess about with one when local "fiestas " are going on.I used to play "bandurria" in a tradicional folk band when I was a kid, but that is more "spanish" not "canarian".The timple has recently(last 8 years) become introduced into more modern music and has found a new glory time" ! eg. Benito Cabrera,"El Colorao",Jose >Manuel Ramos, and many others.regards .Ruskin-

**bratsche** · Jun-11-2010, 11:15pm

Hi Ruskin, and welcome! Where do you live? I lived in the Canaries a long time ago, between 1977 and 1982 - first Gran Canaria, and later Tenerife - playing in the symphony orchestras. I got to visit all of the islands except La Gomera (but I could see it often from Tenerife). Those were the days!

Hey there Jim - I happen to have acquired this in my aforementioned years. It's not a great one, but it was the best sounding timple I found for the amount I wanted to spend. (Now it's just a decoration around here - I used to "mess about with it", like Ruskin, during the local fiestas!)

bratsche

**jim simpson** · Jun-11-2010, 11:48pm

Welcome "buskin" Ruskin!
I guess a timple is different than a tiple?

**billkilpatrick** · Jun-12-2010, 12:59am

bienvenuto ruskin! i've got a timple knocking around in a closet somewhere but since discovering the mandolin i - alas - rarely play it. nice instrument, though. it, or something like it, was brought to new spain centuries ago and continued to live quite happily under a variety of assumed names - "charango" being one. your godin has always been a carrot in front of my nose - love the way they look; never played one, so can't say what it sounds like.

bratche - nice looking instrument. mine's tourist quality with poor projection ... but its diminutive size makes it big in the loveability stakes. a genuine, living, medieval dinosaur, i think. read somewhere that the timple was introduced to the canary islands by arab workers brought to work the mines.

jim - "buskin ruskin" ... drat - you beat me to it.

**Ruskin** · Jun-12-2010, 2:03am

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4023/...7bc42b6c2b.jpg

I have known a few from the orchestras here !....foto me on guitar & scotish fiddler in San Sebastian,vasque country.
jim - "buskin ruskin" ... drat - you beat me to it.[/QUOTE]