Re: AXON AX 100

[Richard Sales <richard@glasswing.com>]

Thanks Dean

Yup!  I'm the guy who knew Stanley Whittaker.  Do you know him?  Have you seen him lately?  If you do, tell him Richard Sales from the Happy The Man days and the Cellar Door says hello!

I have (somewhat) kept up contact with Kit Watkins.  Great player!  No... incredible player.  He recorded on some of my stuff back in the stone ages.  

I thought and still think Happy The Man was one of the most inventive and listenable bands ever.  I heard they might reunite.  Any knowledge on that?

Stanley had one of the first PRS guitars I ever saw.  At that time I knew Paul was fixing guitars but hadn't seen his own.  He'd worked on my guitars before that.  Oh man!  That guitar, and especially in Stanley's hands, made me take another look at Paul.  

I would contact Paul or the PRS people about pickups on their guitars.  I seem to remember he'd fiddled with the idea of MIDI pickups on his guitars. 

Thanks again for all the data.  I only know what the AXON can do from the demos on the Terratec site.... and it is incredible.  
richard sales
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On 31-Oct-07, at 6:03 AM, Dean, Hal wrote:

> Richard, 
>
> While there are those who argue that tracking with the Roland GK system
> is good, they are a distinct minority; I am not among them. The majority
> opinion, by far, is that either the RMC system or GraphTech's Ghost
> system are far superior in terms of tracking and accuracy. Both operate
> on the same principle - piezo saddle pickups that feed into a
> "translator" module. The RMC system has been used in Godin's MIDI-ready
> guitars, such as the Multiac and LGXT, for years. I have both those
> guitars as well as an RMC-equipped classical guitar I had made.
>
> I am currently researching how to install a MIDI pickup system in a Paul
> Reed Smith Archtop (which BTW I bought from Kris Hartung) and find that
> Ghost may be more suitable in this instrument, for reasons I won't go
> into here. In the course of researching this I've seen comments on the
> midiguitar forum to the effect that the build quality, specifically
> connectors, and balance are not as good with Ghost; supposedly, both
> these issues can be overcome with some careful installation techniques.
>
> Both RMC and Ghost systems will be costlier than the Roland system. Both
> can also provide a nice piezoelectric sound to blend with any pickups
> you have already. The Godin Multiac is a great acoustic guitar with just
> the piezo sound, and the MIDI capability. I will miss mine when I sell
> it - which I need to do to make up for buying the PRS!
>
> I would love to have an Axon. I have an older Roland GI-10. Everyone
> that has used the Axon and the Roland GI-10 or -20 says the Axon is
> better. You certainly have that part of the signal chain well covered.
>
> Take a look at http://www.graphtech.com/ghost_info.php and
> http://www.rmcpickup.com/. 
>
> OT- Am I remembering you are the guy who knew Stanley Whitaker?
>
> Hal Dean
>
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