Cheap vs Expensive challenge: Bagpipe edition! - How bad are they?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- Cheap vs expensive challenges are nothing new to TH-cam, but how about in the world of highland bagpipes? Mike goes for a shopping trip in the centre of Edinburgh to buy the cheapest set possible from a tourist shop, and then brings them to artisan bagpipe maker Kilberry Bagpipes to see if they even remotely compare.
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My daughter loved the pro pipe work, but termed the tourist pipes as "sound of a lawnmower running over a bunch of children."
Haha... I was thinking about what that sounded like and definitely could not say it better!
they all sound of a lawnmower running over a bunch of children to me
Q: what's the difference between a bagpipe and a lawnmower ?
A: you can tune a lawnmower.
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I love how emphasized it is. Not just the most expensive, but the best bagpipes. A lot of people buy the most expensive but it doesn't necessarily mean its the best built
I have to be honest that I wasn't expecting to see Mike play a bagpipe when I sat down at the computer.
This was fascinating. The Kilberry sound so different- much more musical. Did you ever find the leak in the bag? Great video. Play on!
Even with tou skills, the cheap pipes just took me back to the friends episode 😂
Those cheap pipes may be Welsh and that's why there's a leek in the bag.
As a Student, I did. not have the cash to buy a proper pipe and started learning the pipes on these. I literally thought, I was just not smart enough. Seeing these guys experience exactly the same issues, I do feel a slight relief. But given my family’s sensitive ears and the level of aggression my kids can unfold towards unpleasant tunes, counting in my absolute lack of musicality, I will not try again. Ever. 😂
As someone who played in a pipe band in the past, this is a very cool video to see
2k for the best bagpipes sounds like a bargain coming from the world of violins and cellos.
I agree. My friend is a professional harpist, you can imagine the costs of even a service, never mind buying one! £2000 for a handmade instrument sounds like an unbelievable bargain!
Well, if I needed something to spawn Nessie and Cthulhu together... can't go wrong with a 65 pound set of pipes lol 😂
How mike expensed a trip home 😂
The definition of a gentleman, someone who can play the bagpipes but dosn't.
Cheap ones sound like cats, calves and a swarm of bees having a go at each other.
Wow wow wow... That was incredible. He sounded incredible on his own pipes. Wow
11:28. Speaking of shredding. That is not just shredding, that is complete and utter annihilation. The other one can go straight to the bin. A complete waste of money and effort. Only the original works.
Gotta say, at least the cheap ones are funny AND cheap. Both make me want to rummage around in my ears with a fork.
I play a bunch of instruments so I was looking into buying a 65$ bagpipe cause I only want to play a few songs and I may not play it alot, but that sound is brutal hahaha
thanks :)
What is the music he was playing in the expensive bagpipe?
The Cheap Bagpipes could use some tuning
listening to pipes in a video is great, but in an enclosed room or small hall (i heard a set played in the Church of St Cuthbert, Edinburgh) they are unbelievably LOUD.
Been to Scotland a time or two.... i never thought to buy some pipes as a souvenir.. but i did meet a lovely woman there that i should've brought back with me.I thoroughly enjoyed this!!
Nice one Mike!!
Is there a kind of mid-range bagpipe available, that sound OK but doesn't cost $2000?
I love it!!
get that fly out the room lol
Clan Gray appproves!
thumbs up for the pipes but not the £65 ones 👍
🤷♂️Ummmmmm, did we know that Mike plays the bagpipes…?
9:39 Thank you for Sharing 💛🙏🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
I've been considering learning the bag pipes
I don't think the cheapo ones are made to be played honestly, and that shows when they even installed the reeds backwards.
But do you really have to spend 2000€ or is there a middle ground?
So which sounds better, choking a cheap goose or an expensive goose?
it sounda like someones playing bagpipes while someone is mowing their lawn
You can get cheap versions of most instruments (you can get junior bagpipes on ebay as low as £16), as with so many things that are the result of capitalism going mad - their ability to function is second to the ability for them to sell - to who? It really doesn't matter.
Amazed you could even get a “tune” out of those cheap pipes! When I first started I stupidly bought a cheap set made in Pakistan. I ended up changing the bag and all the reeds just to get a sound - but the only answer was to scrap them and buy a proper set.
That's so close in price compared to what guitars cost is.
Is it not possible to just tune it and make it some more bearable?
I have a 3 sets of Gibson piper highland and two sets of small pipes
2000 pounds for a high-end professional instrument honestly isn't that much, relatively speaking. My daughter's good++ advanced student level french horn cost $4,500. If she sticks with it for longer, the next step up is twice that.
If it doesn't pass the air tightness test, with stoppers in all of the stocks, there's no point in going forward until that's fixed. At least put a real bag on it and check the valve. Of course, by the time you change out the bag and all of the reeds, you could probably find a decent set of Graingers or Hardies from the 1970s in the same price range.
Only 2k for the best bagpipes? That's the really story.
That was great!
Leave it to Mike to buy cheap stock bagpipes, then try to make them go fast! Stick with the handmade set 🏴
The sound of my area from June to August z👌
I played the recorder in elementary school
I may regret clicking on this but we shall see
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You need to spend the money on acoustic instruments end off story!! 2k that’s a bargain for pipes of that elk 😮 however I know nothing about bagpipes!!! you would be up near 5k for an acoustic guitar of a similar quality
imagine living in the flat above.... xD
This video should have come with a helpline number for those traumatised by the contents 🤣
im pretty sure you dont need to pay 2000, prob get similar qality for a fraction
The Welsh gave bagpipes to the Scottish as a joke and the Scots missed the punchline.
The drones sounded worse at the end
HRNK!
bro is in forza 4
3am TH-cam
LOVED THIS!
1. just when you thought Mike couldn't get any more Scottish
2 . I love the bagpipes
3. As a violinist who is aware that violins can cost thousands -or even tens of thousands- I was shocked that top grade bagpipes are only $2000?
It's genuinely astonishing the difference in prices compared to some instruments, I'm lucky that I inherited a wonderful Loree Oboe now valued around 8000 dollars near the top line but even the cheapest "decent" oboes are around 1000 or 2000 dollars, I understand they are fundamentally more complex instruments however unless you're paying more than 5 or 6 thousand dollars then it's guaranteed to be a mass made mess.
2000 dollars for a set of bagpipes as well made as that seems so weird when compared to other instruments.
pipes can cost a lot more. special handmade ones especially being refurbished can cost thousands.@@misahohimeima1981
@@misahohimeima1981an oboe is fundamentally more complex than a bagpipe?
Edit: I thought you meant the playing of as opposed to the construction and I see that now lol
You can pay more for pipes, but $2000 it’s just ornamentation.
Its not. Kilberry are only one of many many other professional pipe makers. Notice how he always had to say that they were last in specifically Edinburgh, which it just one city (albeit the capitol) in Scotland. For example, a top pair of Peter Hendersons pipes easily cost $14 000 depending on the price of silver at the time.
When I was at college, every lunchtime a senior student would practice his irish pipes in an unused 7 storey stairwell. You could hear it throughout the entire building. They sounded GREAT !!
It's honestly surprising that you can even buy such an instrument for just £65
And the best for 2k ... that's nuts.
Not really. I mean it doesn't sound even okay-ish after an artisan spent hour tweaking it. I don't think it qualifies as an instrument
But it’s the most horrible noise known to man…
they're just for someone to hang above the mantle and tell their friends "look what i bought in Scotland"
@@dave928 yeah I don’t think they were ever meant to be played
As a Scotsman and musician, I love this…but even I can say this video is probably the MOST niche comparison review ever
Aye, but how do they compare to the most precious wind-bag of all - James May? His droning is quite formidable.
But lets not talk about his blow pipe.
@@bytesback.No, let’s not.
I'm of the opinion that not enough songs have bagpipe solos.
One of the coolest things I've ever witnessed was at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo when it was in Sydney; bagpipes and electric guitar dueling the opening of It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll). The piper was on top of the castle and everything.
I agree! The best part of any bagpipe song or solo is when it ends. The pure joy I feel. I can't describe it.
Gods above, those cheap pipes sounded like what non-Scots say bagpipes sound like, strangling a bag of cats! The handmade ones however...beautiful. The sound from them is so pure, and the intricate note changes shine thru so clearly. Before I was able to track anything about my family history thanks to both myself and my mother being adopted, the first clue I had was an almost bone deep love of the sound of bagpipes even as a child before I knew what instrument they were. Albannach is my "go to" band for introducing people to what properly played bagpipes sound like, pure primal drums and pipes to fire up the soul.
Alright, now let's see what secret talents the rest of the team have been keeping under wraps!
I think the tourist shop one is at best a display item you keep high up on a wall. Like a fancy sword that you would buy at a similar price.
Pointless. I mean, what did you expect from a tourist gimmick?
Didn't know Mike was a musician! That's awesome!!!
I think those ￡65 bagpipes are a souvenir which should really be used for decoration only.
Who cares?! Where are my bunker sandwiches with James & Co?
Do this with cheese!
Cheese served by James May.
I didn't realize I was tapping my foot until I saw the foot tapping onscreen.
Legitimately you can actually play that's insane i had expected this to be torture to my ears.....well maybe the cheap one but mate top marks you legend. I wanna see more random Scottish videos on here
From a channel that usually bring you car based content.
"Want to see how cheap vs expensive bagpipes compare?"
Me: say less
In German we call them things "Dudelsack". It literally means what you read it as.
Please dont be offended, but 'dudelsack' sounds like one of those English, slightly amusing mild insults 😄
Just came home from an evening playing some dance tunes on my swedish bagpipes (with people dancing) and here's an unexpected video out from one if my favourite channels about scottish pipes. Perfect timing!
Cheers from Sweden!
LOVE the bagpipes. The Swedish national intrument is the Nyckelharpa (Key-harp). Would be cool to hear a duo of these two national icons.
look for "Anna Rynefors and Erik Ask-Upmark". It is indeed a fantastic combo
@@coolhand1983 Thank you! Sounds even more beautiful than I had imagined...
I have traditionally hated the sounds of bagpipes, but you have given me an appreciation of their quality. Thanks so much!
You Heretic!
I must admit that I’ve never been a fan of the bagpipes, but this ‘all you need to know but were afraid to ask’ film was really interesting. I’m amazed that a top spec set can be had for just £2k though.
Exactly. Many other instruments are much more expensive to get a top of the line one.
Ugh, hearing the din from the cheaper pipes tells me they're probably decorative rather than an instrument.
Oh, your guy playing his brand of pipes sound amazing and clean. Beautiful.
i have a feeling the £65 ones are the ones you give your kid to see if it’s really something they want to dedicate their time and money into learning. Granted even for £65 the pieces shouldn’t be put in backwards. That’s just sad.
Clearly made and put together by someone that doesn't play bagpipes.
and its the type you give to your kid to make sure they wont play bagpipes.
You could use them as a fire alarm. People would leave faster than a pulling a fire alarm...
Well, my ears are bleeding after listening to that poor excuse of a bagpipe.
its a shame who ever engineered the cheap pipes didnt know what they were doing.
The underlying drone (I don't know what it's called) is way too loud on the cheap one. It sounds like a car horn. Love the way the expensive one sounds.
They might sound better with distance. Say 500m to 1km away?
I've always wanted to hear a real set of "war pipes" I've heard they're larger and louder.
I think the cheap bagpipes are for testing one’s resolve and passion for really learning how to play them… When are you going to do a video on other types of pipes, such as the Irish or Northumbrian pipes? A video on pipe band drumming wouldn’t be bad either.
The cheap bagpipe is the reason people stop playing them.
From the sound of them, they are best suited to hang on the wall, to never be played.
For the same money (50/70£) you can buy a practice chanter and do proper testing.
Proper. Testing.
Next up in the Scottish Cheap vs Expensive Challenges:
-Haggis
-Whisky
-Cullen Skink
And we find the answer the age old question: what flavour actually even IS Irn Bru??
I love Scotland!!!!! :D
As a woodworker, I know that a TON of that expense is the "African Blackwood"...it's half again as costly as Ebony which can be $100 /sq.ft. and it's like working with aluminum for hardness and wear on tools. HONESTLY, considering a bassoon can easily run $30,000 U.S., a few thousand pounds is next to nothing for what that luthier is creating and the history he is preserving.
Great video, all you need is May on his piano and Hammond with his bass
And Clarkson on the drums.
@@TheRivieraKid nah, Clarkson only ever bought those to show off and counter feelings of inadequacy. The other two are actually musicians.
@@richardharrold9736 The little Brummie is actually a decent Bassist
@@gewglesux yeah, I did get that impression from what little he's ever let us see. I'd like to see him get into a jamming band just to see what he's capable of...
@@richardharrold9736 i'd like to see that also!! Our little Brummie. providing the low end..
Ruari is such a nice guy! Kilberry's is more than worth it :)
I love the sound of the pipes but those cheap ones sounded like a bag of feral cats being murderd
The cheap one just sounds like a dying sheep. Hilarious
Okay… I play a set of duncan Macrae Sl4s’ and I gotta say, you have to appreciate the sound of quality bagpipes. Seriously, If you’re gonna buy a bagpipe buy something at $1200 minimum, because everything below that is a little bit so-so or literally like listening to someone using a lawnmower as an instrument.
Nice to see you back on your home turf Mike 👍
❤ Thanks to your granddad. That‘s been hilarious. 🎉 Made my day.
The £65 bagpipes are more of a decorative piece than an actual instrument.
Yes. Mind you having owned a similar set when seem close up they are not even that nice looking - especially that hideous bag cover!
Let’s be honest. The cheap one they sell at a tourist shop is probably targeted at people who don’t know how to play a bagpipe. So all they need to do is look like a bagpipe and make a vaguely bagpipe-ish noise. I’m pretty sure there are mass produced modern bagpipe that actually works at a reasonable price tag.
Referred to in uilleann pipe circles as PSO (pipe shaped objects). Although a full uilleann set from a reputable maker start around double the GHB pro set 😳