btw^ still working on that metal mix.... its getting harder and harder to get it right.

 

not a guitar. my mom wants me to have all the money before i buy this new clarinet so i dont even have it y et.

 

lol i played clarinet in middle and most of high school.

 

ive already had IU ask me to apply there for college

im only a sophomore in highschool

thats how music obsessed i am

but this is how hooked up i am with clarinet. im going down to woodwind/brasswind (a huge band instrument dealer in south bend...bout a half mile down the highway from the Tirerack down there...i think recently they started carrying guitars and stuff) to try out a bunch of different models. but heres the thing. since top end instruments are usually hand made, they are inconsistant. so my teacher got me some numbers and after i take a trip to WWBW, im gunna find what model i like best, and then coming back (empty handed) and calling around, and i can get a bunch of people to send me a couple different instruments, same model...so i can find the one that matches my playing best. since they're inconsistant, one instrument of hte same model may play completely different from another one of the same model, so this eliminates my problem and lets me narrow down my selection even more. also, since im a student of this guys, he can get me major discounts on instruments. the Buffet R-13 is the most popular professional clarinet in the world, its what he plays, what another student of his (who is primary clarinetist in both my highschools wind ensemble and the Kalamazoo Junior Symphony Orchestra), and what a ton of the big name clarinetists play. it usually goes four about 2.7k (the cost of my engine) and he can get it for me for just over 2k. connections rock. theyre another reason im so into music.

 

At least you didnt have to drop 5,000 for a double bass, like me.

 

and i thought paying $1000 for a guitar was ridiculous

 

Dropping 5k was for a cheaper USED bass too. The prices I go to...

 

Hell yeah man, good deal, congrats!


DJ, Keep me posted man, I'm pretty excited to see what you come up with

 

As long as I can come up with the money at the time... hell yea.