consciousnist wrote:I received the first of three Delaporte drums yesterday
Nice!
consciousnist wrote:but I am still interested to get some old style Rauls
I own a set of three. Am not sure if the smallest is a quinto or a requinto.
consciousnist wrote:would love to check out your Munz & Simonsen drums.
Once Kai Simonsen loaned me a set, which I have to give him back soon. Maybe we can meet and visit his workshop in Uelzen together.
Mike wrote:even including little language errors like "of your own" instead of "on your own".
Well, like you I am German, and like you I make mistakes as I am not a native speaker.
This is why I asked back. But to be honest I had the impression that this wording - in combination with the rigid (in my perception a little bit dictatoric) statement "Everything has been said" - could have been choosen intentionally.
Mike wrote:And if you do not like the sound of my Woodcrafts - I have no problems with that.
I just didn´t like the term "deteriorating" as it devalues my (usually night-time) efforts.
I don´t know how your Woodcrafts sound. Neither the clips nor your affirmations communicated a convincing impression of the new skins´ real quality - IMO. From what I perceived I would have preferred the original skins (just from comparing your own clips). This confused me - but I know about the problems of recording. Finally I detected advertisements that you wanted to sell your Woodcrafts. - ! ? - In consideration of the fact that it was you who started this thread about the Woodcrafts´ quality, it could have been very interesting to read more about your decisive weightings in comparison with your Gon Bops and Delaportes.
I know that my view on instruments is sometimes rather special. Final conclusions like "everything is a matter of taste" do not satisfy me (upset me in fact) - I am really sorry about this. But it is my opinion that forums (in contrast to more popular social networks) should be places for details and complexification, not for familiar generalizations. Maybe I am wrong.
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