You're very welcome mate. Looking forward to seeing you again and Lute-ing out again. //Andy

The lute looks good on you! 😃

And he said "Lute, I am your father"

AbsoLUTEly amazing...sorry, I had to.....I’m so ashamed.

Hope it came with a fitted case ... because lutecrates would clearly be gambling.

Had to be done ;) //Andy

Hahaha

@A. Fox nope i fell asleep with a cigarette in my mouth and set the bed on fire

Well, it's not broken off yet so not quite.

The Captain knows Rob is a merc for hire.

I think they have an open marriage, so it's all cool. (Also in this case Andertons doesn't sell these kinds of folk instruments as far as I know)

@@pronumeral1446 But he do promote Andertons biggest rival, i guess captain is cool with it. I would be pissed tho, since thomann is slowly taking monopol in europe Oh and i dont ment i dont like thomann, i do :) order alot from them. But if i had Andertons this would be like a needle in my eye. Still, the captain seems like such an awesome and down to earth guy so he probably doesnt care at all.

@@nikolajnb3774 Thomann is a rather large reseller of Chapman Guitars, it fills both guys pockets him being there

@@BenFentem ahhh thats true! Didnt think of that, makes perfect sense now :)

cyanidejunkie true dat! //Andy

Thomann Music Oh wow, so there are few people in Thomann who are also Russian? Or am I mistaken? :)

Евгений Гринес there are lots of russians working there

Thats correct, @@EvgenijGr ! //Andy

I think I can speak for all of us when I say that we had so much fun and would be happy to do it all again. //Andy

Are we talking about the same Darya?? //Andy

terrible, disgusting quality of a pun. i love it

@@ErikLeonardWagner BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

I cannot condone this punnery =P

"Yoda spoke of another" "The other he spoke of is your twin sister." "Lyre, Lyre's my sister"

and 8:23 is why you stayed //Andy

Good to hear, Paul! //Andy

such a beautiful piece, right? //Kris

Of course they are! Well except that one... but we don't talk about them... //Andy

Good to hear that Paul. I hope you are feeling better, //Andy

Ahhh there you are!! Sneaking in here, watching me in a video. //Andy

oh come on guys. Go get a room. Let's keep this comment section clean. haha //Kris

That is ENTIRELY true (except for the part with the cats) //Andy

While playing this video my cats came to see what was making these noises. They preferred the saw.

Well then you should better visit us one day. Cheers man! //Kris

That SO should have been the video title. Damn //Andy

Thank you sir ;-)

@@RobChappers didn't expect to get back a reply, haha, have a nice Day Rob.

how did it make you feel ? I giggled at the big triangle bass :D

Chappers is right you know. Different tunings on instruments you aren't familiar with really does make you think differently and you come up with great ideas. I discovered that with my first mandolin. A thoroughly entertaining video this one.

👍

Not good. Sounded like a gutar player on a lute.

My goodness not only the Chapman, but all of you need to spend more time in that room! There were moments of real noise!!! (But I could see how much fun was it too :))

Yes she is. KZfaq is a better place with with her on it //Andy

yessss :-D //Kris

Kris here, hi! We have many american customers and the number is growing every day. It's not that terrible with shipping, especially if you order some stuff together with a friend. Just sayin' :-) Cheers!

@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses Hi Kris!! While that is very reassuring, I'd also be terrified about it getting damaged en route- it's so big and so fragile!

That deal ran out in 2018. We are doing Llamas now. //Andy

Thomann Music are the llamas wound with nickel-plated Steel?

Watch this space! Actually.. maybe not. Watch Rob's space. //Andy

yup. Some words are not easy if you're not a native. For example, have you heard german trying to pronounce squirrel? haha Or english natives trying to say Eichhörnchen? These things are so cool and really funny. Hail to all accents and dialects! :-) //Kris

@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses I hope yall know I wasn't poking fun in a mean way :) - I was actually laughing that Rob thought she was saying "horses"! He should know what she's sayin! (edit: in the context of string instruments given his years of playing). Take care Steve

Awww mate. Thanks. Not available on the Thomann website... //Andy

He’s available to anyone who has chloroform 😂 😂

Dont forget Rob's upcoming online course - Bard in 30 days or less or more

I play renaissance lute, solo and within ensembles. I can tell you as a fellow guitarist, that switching over to a lute is actually very challenging. It feels nothing like a guitar. The frets are made of tied pieces of gut, the string tension is about half that of a classical guitar, and your right hand technique has to be totally different (thumb-under) in order to make the right sounds from the thing. When I first began learning lute, I also wanted to tune it like a guitar, but I quickly realized that it's in a different instrument family and needs to be approached on its own terms in order to make any progress with it. If you have a spare $1,000 (for an EMS lute) or $2,500 (for a Luth Doré renaissance 8-course model), I highly recommend buying a good student lute and learning to play it. (I wouldn't waste money on cheaper instruments. You'll be frustrated with poor quality/playability.) Diana Poulton's Lute Tutor book is available from Amazon, and it'll give you the best overview of how to play and what to play. Renaissance Lute is among the more difficult instruments I've ever learned to play. You can't just pick one up and strum it. That'll sound terrible. It really makes you WORK to get a good tone and clean note execution out of it, and the 16th c. pieces themselves are often akin to crunching jazz chords in the left-hand with Chet Atkins-style right-hand wizardry (see lute compositions from John Dowland for great examples).

Here's a playlist I made of videos about learning how to play the Lute and related music theory: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fZhjktOUqMDPips.html

Great Lute Example. Watch through to the end. It becomes quite a handful to play! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qLyHqcmfrNaqXY0.html

Great Renaissance Lute album (in playlist form). If this doesn't inspire you, nothing will. ;) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jcunfMuTxNi-ZKM.html

@@semperortus I was mostly referring to their bastard version of a lute that they sell, which is essentially a guitar neck and bridge on a lute body. One of the first ones rob played.

Me too!

Sounds so good xD

Majesty by Rob chapman

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oqeUaJthppnRgXk.html

Bach - Cello Suite No.1

Why does no-one ever talk about me. I am a person too you know. //Andy

@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses Andy, my dear friend, you are the entire reason i watch the channel! Your cocaine edged ADHD rally through that poor german retailer is nothing but a pure joy to watch!