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Fan Area => The Hydlaa Plaza => Topic started by: Entevir on October 28, 2008, 07:39:42 pm

Title: I have seen happiness.
Post by: Entevir on October 28, 2008, 07:39:42 pm
To put it simply. I have seen the physical manifestation of my happiness and the realization that things can only get better from here on in. I am buying this piece of heaven (http://www.pearldrummersforum.com/showthread.php?t=202751)l on earth.
To most of you this probably says nothing. But i have been drooling over this since it came out. My old drum set(Lets not get into that) is more or less like a book on a table with the sounds it makes.
Also i have decided that there is a god.... Besides Bob Gatzen.
Title: Re: I have seen happiness.
Post by: Anumesa on October 28, 2008, 07:46:12 pm
OOOOOoooohhhh snazzy!!! ^.^
Title: Re: I have seen happiness.
Post by: Parallo on October 28, 2008, 07:46:42 pm
Nice. Quite nice. I've always been nervous with the thin hardware Pearl always has. I prefer the good sturdy Yamaha. Then again I've been out of that loop for about two or three years.
Title: Re: I have seen happiness.
Post by: Lokter Tarvitz on October 29, 2008, 10:10:59 am
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Nice. Quite nice. I've always been nervous with the thin hardware Pearl always has. I prefer the good sturdy Yamaha. Then again I've been out of that loop for about two or three years.

Parallo likes Drumming?  :o

Anyway, thats very nice... i still like my guitar though  :D

http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/shop_image/product/783c87cad0d1dd27d3412cfcf66edcf6.jpg (http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/shop_image/product/783c87cad0d1dd27d3412cfcf66edcf6.jpg)
Title: Re: I have seen happiness.
Post by: Drey on October 29, 2008, 10:49:41 am
well, my gcc makes me pretty happy.
Title: Re: I have seen happiness.
Post by: Entevir on October 29, 2008, 06:00:22 pm
Personally for guitars i prefer Telecasters. They have a nice clean sound. Either them or Gibson. Cause Gibsons simply ROCK !

Also i just now realize that this forum lacks a headbanging smiley.
Title: Re: I have seen happiness.
Post by: zanzibar on October 29, 2008, 06:04:33 pm
Also i just now realize that this forum lacks a headbanging smiley.

True.  I demand a Draklar-icon.
Title: Re: I have seen happiness.
Post by: Rayken on October 29, 2008, 06:24:33 pm
Personally for guitars i prefer Telecasters. They have a nice clean sound.

Okay, you made me do it... This (http://www.billlawrenceusa.com/swampkaster/images/g5.gif) is my baby.  Before buying it I tried it against both a Fender American Standard and an American deluxe and it has a brighter, fuller tone than either.  I ordered mine with the natural finish, maple fretboard, and two single coil pickups.  It's not exactly metal, but with enough gain it sounds pretty heavy.  And the clean tones are to die for.  I ordered it online for about $600 USD, a lot less than the American Teles.
Title: Re: I have seen happiness.
Post by: Entevir on October 29, 2008, 06:36:14 pm
Man... I am so envious of that little maple finish beauty(Give us a sample sound)... And the fact that you guitarists can get a decent thing for 600$.
I would so sell my soul if i could make drums cost the same as guitars.
Title: Re: I have seen happiness.
Post by: Parallo on October 29, 2008, 06:44:33 pm
Personally for guitars i prefer Telecasters. They have a nice clean sound. Either them or Gibson. Cause Gibsons simply ROCK !

The guitarist in my band had a Gibson Special SG then he got a beautiful red American Telecaster.


Parallo likes Drumming?  :o

I was into drumming far before I was into gaming.
Title: Re: I have seen happiness.
Post by: zorbels on October 29, 2008, 08:07:09 pm
Congratulations Entevir! The drum set is a beauty in deed!  :thumbup:

Quote from: Parallo
Nice. Quite nice. I've always been nervous with the thin hardware Pearl always has. I prefer the good sturdy Yamaha. Then again I've been out of that loop for about two or three years.

The company has started to build them a little more sturdy over the years but I still share your worry.

My baby is my flute. I am currently looking into guitar lessons. Since this is a similar thread to the topic does anyone have any idea what a good guitar is to get for a beginner? Something tells me the guy at the music store is just trying to sell me more costly guitars, and not what I actually need.
Title: Re: I have seen happiness.
Post by: zanzibar on October 29, 2008, 08:11:48 pm
Costly guitars are actually a better buy.  Less scrupulous stores love to push cheap guitars because there's a better profit on them, and they know the customer will be back in six months to buy a better instrument.

The best advice I can give you is to go shopping with a friend who plays.
Title: Re: I have seen happiness.
Post by: zorbels on October 29, 2008, 08:16:05 pm
Quote from: zanzibar
Costly guitars are actually a better buy.  Less scrupulous stores love to push cheap guitars because there's a better profit on them, and they know the customer will be back in six months to buy a better instrument.

 :o Really? Wow, I am glad I asked then. And here I thought he was just trying to get more money and sell me something I truly didn't need.

Quote from: zanzibar
The best advice I can give you is to go shopping with a friend who plays.

Thanks, I shall take that advice.
Title: Re: I have seen happiness.
Post by: Entevir on October 29, 2008, 09:47:53 pm
Funny thing. I don't know about wherever you may be from but in Lithuania i know 27 guys who play guitar. And thats just the ones that REALLY play guitar. I know so many crap a dozen vocalist's it scares me. And then i know the entire bassist and drummer communities in my town... We make 8 people combined. Two drummers, six bassist's. Nice ratio eh ? I'd be stocked if i wanted to form a band but they just won't leave me alone.... Least i get treated to a beer more often then not.

And zorbels. Only thing to fear like the devil would be signature guitars and that sort of stuff. Just buy "Stock" guitars. Also it may be obvious but i suggest a Telecaster.

Oh and Parallo. What kind of set did you used to play on ? Maybe got some advice cause I'm still going through my options last minute before the buy.
Title: Re: I have seen happiness.
Post by: zanzibar on October 29, 2008, 10:04:23 pm
I don't see why a Telecaster should be obvious.  I personally dislike them.  Very thin and twangy, and I don't like how the necks tend to feel.
Title: Re: I have seen happiness.
Post by: Anumesa on October 30, 2008, 02:51:55 am
My baby is my flute.

Ahhh me too!!!!! I think my parents spent more on flutes for me during highschool then i am currently paying for my college education  :lol:
Title: Re: I have seen happiness.
Post by: Parallo on October 30, 2008, 01:16:22 pm
Oh and Parallo. What kind of set did you used to play on ? Maybe got some advice cause I'm still going through my options last minute before the buy.

I had this (http://www.thomann.de/gb/yamaha_stage_custom_birch_standard_nw.htm?partner_id=73924). Beautiful kit. I had saved up all summer to buy it about 4 or 5 years ago and its still going with virtually no maintainance. I had a set of Sabian AAX with a hard cymbal case and high quality drum bags with it. Combined it cost me about €1000.
Title: Re: I have seen happiness.
Post by: Entevir on October 30, 2008, 11:17:09 pm
I don't see why a Telecaster should be obvious. 

Obvious coming from me. Cause i believe i have stated that i love Telecasters.


I had this (http://www.thomann.de/gb/yamaha_stage_custom_birch_standard_nw.htm?partner_id=73924).

Looks sweet. This hits me a note that i haven't even considered YAMAHA as a choice. I saw a few price tag's that scared the crap out of me and decided i should comeback a few times as rich.
Title: Re: I have seen happiness.
Post by: Parallo on November 02, 2008, 01:43:19 pm
Before that I had a shitty begginers kit. Wouldn't have gotten very far with that so I think it was worth every penny. Plus, if you have a way of transporting it you can make it back easily in gig money, assuming you can play :P
Title: Re: I have seen happiness.
Post by: Drey on November 02, 2008, 06:51:36 pm
On the whole telecaster front it really depends what you're playing imo.

franz ferdinand live gigs back in early 2004 just sounded perfect on them :P
Title: Re: I have seen happiness.
Post by: zanzibar on November 02, 2008, 11:20:45 pm
Cheap drumkits can sound good with good heads and proper tuning.
Title: Re: I have seen happiness.
Post by: Parallo on November 03, 2008, 12:57:38 pm
Believe me, I tried to make it sound good. A friend of my brother's was the drummer in a moderately successful Irish band. He would set me up with the best stuff he could find and it still sounded crap. One of those little €50 kits for kids basically.