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"I've
been meaning to write you about the drum. I just
got done with my European tour where I played the
drum for 19 consecutive shows. If that isn't a
test of a drum I don't know what is. Well, at first
I thought it was on the bright side, but my radio
king is exceptionally dark and when i compared
it to another drum it was darker than average.
It warmed up after playing it for a while too.
I started out having it tuned fairly high and then
it settled down to a lower pitch. I can say that
it is a contender with my two favorite drums, both
radio kings. That is saying a lot! Those drums
are two of the best drums I've ever heard... Thanks
Ian for making one hell of a drum."
www.pastrysharp.com
or check out their MySpace site here:
www.myspace.com/califonemusic |
Joe playing a Witt
Percussion 14" x 6.5" solid oak shell snare with
Califone while on tour in St Gallen, Switzerland |
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"The
snare is great,thank you so much! We are gonna
have to meet up soon.I am glad to be part of
the Witt Percussion Family. Let's put the word
out in!"
www.myspace.com/disfunctionalray
--Director of Artist Development & Relations-Gatsby Records
www.myspace.com/GATSBYRECORDS
--owner of Joe Motion Promotion and Booking
www.myspace.com/jrare
--also endorsed by CAD Microphones and Impact Drum Cases
--former pro-skater |
Joe
playing a Witt Percussion 12" x 5.5 " solid
oak shell snare while taping an episode of
the VH1 reality series Band
of Men playing for Jeff
Timmons of 98 Degrees
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"Hey
Ian, sorry I haven't replied sooner, but
it's been a busy week. The snare arrived
safely last Friday. I gotta tell you; I was
expecting it to be one serious snare drum.
Obviously. Handmade...custom, to order...solid
shell...etc. But this drum has far surpassed
what I was expecting it to be. What a sound!
Like no other in my collection. (and I have
some good ones) At first glance, your construction
is top-notch. Your components are top notch.
The quilt in the maple was a nice surprise
to see, and the finish on the shell is beautiful.
As soon as I could, I took it to my rehearsal
studio and played a non-stop, 30min snare
solo just to get it out of my system. The
drum is incredibly responsive to my every
dynamic. Without much energy, at all, it
puts out a loud, full-bodied sound. And it
responded to by every ruff and buzz roll
at every spot on the head. I'm glad we went
6 1/2 deep. I can hear all that maple!! You
gave me exactly what I was looking for...a
secret weapon in my snaredrum arsenal that
I can pull out at any studio session or live
show and have it be the best of the best.
Oh, and I used it at a show a day after it
arrived and the sound guy, who mixes me every
weekend, was amazed by the sound. And I recorded
a drum track yesterday in the studio and
MAN, was it a sweet "CRACK" on the playback.
I'll get you a preview of that as soon as
I can. This is my favorite snare drum. Period!
So, I'm one seriously happy customer. Good
work! I'll recommend these drums to everyone.
Would you consider making a tom? I can't
imagine how nice a solid-shell tom would
sound. I'm always looking for studio weapons"
www.graphitesymphony.com
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