Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion The Water Cooler Anyone play any instruments?

Used to love my Guild acoustic, later had a D25 if memory serves which I thought sounded sweet but my friend talked me into buying a Froggy Bottom guitar hailing from Newfane VT after John Gorka's guitar was stolen. John decided against the guitar which was made on spec for him but I thought it sounded a little cleaner than my Martin which Michael Millard, who makes the FG guitars, claims is due to the scalloped bracing inside which is less muffly sounding. Still seems like a matter of taste to me.

Now one of my wife's best friend's husbands has been trying to get me to send the Froggy to LA to undergo equal intonation fret adjustment, can't remember the brand name but I am reluctant to ship an acoustic guitar to LA.

Also play a PRS that I love, one great regret was letting go of the Dean Markley amp that used to sound so great on stereo digital chorus (ibanez pedal?) along with the Fender Concert amp, I tell you, there is something about stereo that just makes an electric guitar sound magical.

SK

V-Drums are great. I ended up with a nice Yamaha drum amp (has a sub with the amplifier attached and 2 speakers that attach to the drum rack for the mids/highs). I really like it. My drums have been in my basement and unless I really crank them up, my wife doesn't care up on the main floor. :-)

I've had some folks mention V-drums to me. When I have the moolah, I'll have to give them a look.

Jack, you and those Martins are classics.

I also wish I had the money for the Mesa Boogie Mark V. Looks like Mesa finally made the classic IIC+/IV distortion sound mixed with their lone star cleans, everything I need in a highly tweekable design

All three of us (me & the Martins) are living proof you can end up being a classic if you can just stick around long enough.

Save a little extra for the model with all mesh pads. My snare is the only one that is mesh and the three toms are the rubber pads. They work fine but it took me about 5 minutes to realize that I should have gone all mesh.

If I ever get good enough that I can warrant spending more money on them, I'll be upgrading.

Yeah, +1 for mesh for the snare and toms!

I went that route and I am glad that I did. The bass drum doesn't matter as much, but your wrists will thank you for upgrading from the rubber pads.