Make Pearl ELX Drums your first drum set....

WOW!! This kit has it all, from the price (850 bucks) to the I.S.S. system(independent suspension system) right down to the memory locks. This kit came in a two tone faded gray to black with maple shells fitted with evans coated g2 heads. 10 12 13 and 16 inch toms with a 22 inch bass drum definately one of the best exports on the market.

This has to be the greatest sounding kit I think I have ever played, and I have played a lot of kits in 16 years. There was the faintest overtone on each drum, you would have to be listening for it to hear it.

The set up on this kit is quick and easy. Like I said before the memory locks on this kit are extraordinary. My drummer maybe have to retune once every three weeks. unless we are doing a lot of gigs then he is always retuning every time we set up.

We did get a warranty but haven't had to use it yet. We have had the kit since June of 07 and so far so good.

Overall I would repeat my belief that this is the greatest kit I have ever had the honor of playing on. I don't think I'm going to venture to far away from the fusion kit when it becomes time for a new kit.

Schecter C-1 Hellraiser Guitar

2008 Black Schecter C-1 Hellraiser with binding the whole way around body and head.String-thru body Tonepros- Comes with the new EMG81 t/w and EMG89 t/w (Coil-Tap). Grover tuners-hasn't gone out of tune once!!!!. 2 volume/1 tone. SUPER LIGHT! its like a feather. Everything is perfect. Get the rest on Schecter's site.

Only thing i dont like is not getting a case with the purchase- kind of bs in my opinion

How is the sound on this monster?

First off I use a Mesa boogie dual rect. 3 channel. Which is amazing, i still have my gibson les paul classic which is pretty gainy itself. The schecter though it absolutely stunning. No matter how much gain i have when ringing chords out/palm muting you can hear EVERY note so well. When playing lead this guitar is soo clear real mid range style but everything cuts through beautifully. With the new pickups it does come with Coil-Tap, didnt think i'd be a fan but damn was i wrong. Sounds actually just like my strat, it makes such a difference being my amp isn't the clean in the first place. And no matter what harmonic u want to hit it comes through perfect. Got this to be my back up for my LP, doubt it. I'll probly have my les paul be my backup now and i paid 2k for it haha

It came right out of the box still in tune just shows how good the grovers are. Action was a tide bit high for me so i had someone lower it. Definitely suggest you lower it alittle it makes all the difference. Pickups came at perfect height too, so i didnt have to dick with that. No buzz at all

Everything seems great, only thing that kind of worries me is the toggle switch, very flimsy soo i dont know if that will break in the future i hope not. other then that its wonderful for only having it one day haha

Overall- Get this guitar for 700 bucks at www.allbandgear.com its great. Within a couple years you will see the prices of schecter sky rocket- Not one thing wrong with this guitar. Search for Schecter Guitars right here www.allbandgear.com

How to build a Home Studio

GUIDELINES FOR HOME MUSIC STUDIO CONSTRUCTION

First, Go to studio.allbandgear.com and price all your equipment that you will need. Trust me there will be alot if its anything like i built. Okay first off, Install sound insulating room inside existing garage to be used as a music studio designed for: 1. Music practice (drumset, assorted percussion instruments, electronic keyboards, other electronic percussion instruments) 2. Teaching private percussion lessons 3. Recording studio 4. Small ensemble rehearsal facility

Current measurements of garage: 20 feet long, 18 1/2 feet wide, 8 feet tall Approximately 400 square feet

Design walls and ceiling from an acoustical perspective so that maximum sound frequencies will be contained inside room and not disturb family members in the adjoining house, persons outside, or in nearby houses. (Initially I was specifying, ideally, a "soundproof" room. What I didn't realize at that time was that there is no such a thing as a truly soundproof room.)

Design studio so that inside acoustics will be fairly dead sounding. (I desired more of a muffled sound inside the room as opposed to a loud boomy room with a lot of ring. If I desire more ambience than the room offers, it can be accomplished by using different miking techniques and digital reverb.)

Build over current walkway door in garage which leads to porch area. (Take away this door because it would no longer be needed.)

Install separate air conditioning/heating unit for the studio. Use silencers, filters, etc., so that incoming/return air ducts do not leak sound out of studio. Incoming air should be silenced enough to enable activities such as recording, without ventilation noise. (The vents in our house had been a major problem for me when practicing. Persons in other rooms of the house could clearly hear the drums because of sound traveling through the vents. I learned that it would be necessary to install a separate ventilation system of heating and cooling for the studio, apart from the house system. I also wanted a ventilation system which would be quiet, unlike many studios and practice facilities I have been in where the ventilation is noisy.)

Install track lighting such that room will be adequately lighted for reading music and other detailed work, and also in a manner that will be silent (i.e.- no fluorescent hum, etc.) for recording applications. (I wanted to avoid lights that hummed and caused electrical noise in conjunction of use with electronic instruments.)

Install two sets of acoustical sound doors: One door going into house at utility room; One door going outside to driveway. Doors should be lockable. Doors should be able to accept a wireless port which incorporates into the home security system. Door leading outside should be big enough to get a 32 inch timpano through. Doors should have appropriate acoustical seals in order to contain as much sound as possible inside the studio. (The doors ended up being a major hassle. Commercial practice room doors start at a minimum of $1,500, and even then aren't good enough for containing all of sound that a trap set produces. More on the doors later.)

Inside wall on driveway side should be able to accept a wireless motion detector which incorporates into the home security system.

Install several sets of duplex (grounded) electrical outlets along each wall. Outlets should be installed to be used with electronic musical instruments which are sensitive to electric current fluctuations and noise caused by: refrigerators, air conditioning, household appliances, lighting, local radio and TV frequencies, etc. (I wanted to have plenty of electrical outlets. It seems like there is never enough outlets for electronic instruments. It is also important to make sure that the outlets are not on the same circuit as refrigerators and other appliances which periodically turn on and off and introduce noise into critical musical work such as recording.)

Install telephone outlet, cable TV outlet, thermostat control panel, and lighting switch. (I made up a diagram of the studio showing where I wanted each outlet, telephone connection, etc. for the electrician. That made his job a lot easier.)

Build sound wall around existing hot water heater and acoustically treat pipe inserts into the wall so that sound will not leak through. (The water heater for our house is located in the garage and there is no other logical place to locate it. So, we had to figure a way to build around it. The challenge came in building around it to prevent sound from entering the house where the pipes go into the wall.)

Install custom shelves (after sound walls are installed) on water heater side of studio with moveable shelves and swinging doors. (This is so I would have a place to store my cases, mallets, various instruments, and an assortment of other musical things, so that they would be concealed from view inside the studio. The shelves also serve as an additional acoustical treatment to the wall because they are located against the wall which connects to the rest of the house.)

Building a studio in the house or garage technically comes under the heading of "remodeling". I once heard a saying about home remodeling. It went something like: "When you remodel, you'll find that it takes longer than you thought it would, it costs more than you thought it would, and it's harder than you thought it would be". I thought: "Now, that's a cute little saying but it surely won't apply to me when I put in my own studio". Little did I know, I was in for a big surprise during the next several months...make that many big surprises!

Jason http://www.allbandgear.com line6.allbandgear.com fender.allbandgear.com studio.allbandgear.com

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Line 6 Pod x3 is it the best effects proccessor?

Product: Line 6 Pod x3 Live

My take on this little gadget, is that it's pretty awesome! That being said, it's complicated, it's not immediately functional "Live", and you have to have a bit of patience with it - not K.I.S.S, ya know?

On the Gearbox issue: the FREE Gearbox Software has been released, it's available NOW with the current 1.12 Firmware update, which addressed and corrected several bugs. YES, the firmware updates do alter and enhance the functionality of this unit, YES the PC computer based software editor is now available, and YES you should go check it out.

Another note: Don't pay $500+ tax, you don't need to. GO to www.line6.allbandgear.com , and do a search, I paid about $400 with tax...

How would I rate sound qaulity?

It rocks, more FX than any human needs at any one time. Dual amps = VERY COOL. Lots of talk regarding this stuff, their main cake is the Amp Modeling, dynamite stuff. The Amp Modeling + the FX available are top notch. Personally, this replaced, and is far superior to, the Boss / Roland COSM gear. I had the ME-50 series, it's a toy, this is a professsional sound machine. Dig? And yeah, you can get sweet NON-Heavy Metal tones, it's not all just crunch and chunk. Killer Jerry Garcia style stuff, esp. with the two tones per patch, can get those late 80's "trails" he would run, jamming back and fro with Brent.. And so on, and so on. Stellar for recording, needs some setup time with a LIVE sound, as your standard crappy guitar amps won't cut it with this thing, they are too "voiced", need more flat response. I get killer lead guitar / clean guitar / acoustic guitar / bass guitar tones by running the X3 into my SWR head into a 4x10 cabinet.
"Steal Your Face, right off your Head" should be the new Line6 motto!

Is it Reliable?

I think so, and yes I would, because I can't really afford to buy two of them! I've got it velcroed into a nice, safe, foam padded, aluminum hard case. It's ready to rock. CNB, from Rondo, $40 plus shipping. and some velcro!

If you have problems how is the support?

I've kept close tabs on the Line 6 User Forum, and the Line 6 staff are present and there on a daily basis, responding directly to user posts, questions, concerns, and bugs / feature requests and reports. The users said "we want delay trails", they added that in firmware release. Users said "we want expression pedal to control unique FX tweak per tone, not just per patch" and they did include that feature in the 1.12 Firmware release. users said "we want to assign reverb on/off to the comp footswitch" and Line 6 did exactly that. Line 6, you ROCK!

My overall rating:

I play all kinds and styles, have been playing 20+ years, play lead guitar in a live band, play everything in the home studio. I've owned and own Fx and gear from Boss, Electro-Harmonix, Digitech, etc. I like this the best.