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It’s a Martin!

11Jun06 | View Comments | personal, music | Permalink

Saturday I became the proud owner of a new Martin DCX1E acoustic guitar. Ever since I started playing guitar 13 years ago, I have been jonesing for a Martin acoustic guitar. Saturday Sweens and I took a trip over to the local Guitar Center and played just about every high-end acoustic guitar they had in the place, including Martins, Taylor’s, and Gibsons some reaching the $3,000-$4,000 price range!!

I had done some research on this model guitar but had never played one before, and to make a long story short, once I picked this bad boy up I knew I had to have it. Although not as expensive as some of the guitars I played, I thought it sounded and played the best (which is good for me because I can’t afford a $3,000 guitar!). And for all you wondering this makes guitar #7 for me (yeah I know I’m not right)!

This weekend also marked the start of the recording process of the new CD! After playing guitar and singing for pretty much the whole weekend, I am pretty shot, but all in all it was a good weekend, and I am looking forward to keeping the ball rolling with this. We spent most of the weekend jamming out songs, experimenting with different mics, pre-amps, and mic positions. It is not an easy process by any means but to me there is nothing I would rather be doing……….well ok maybe there are a couple other things but it is still a lot of fun lol. I learned that recording vocals in a bathroom really does sound like you recorded vocals in a bathroom, which only proves that you really do sound like shit when you sing in the shower lol! But anyways you have to experiment with things, sometimes it pays off and sometimes it doesn’t.

Anyways tomorrow it is back to the real world, bringing an end to my rock star weekend. Another couple sessions, and we will probably have something worthy of a listen, until then stay tuned. \m/