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In the Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems
Post Subject: Unlikely IntroductionsPosted by Paul S on: 1/1/2009
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LBJ, now that you ask, it's funny to say here that I first ran across both G-10 and Micarta for use as knife handles. I really dig the tactile qualities of these materials, especially G-10, and I thought my high-end customers might like them as - countertops! I got samples (from Ridout, as I recall), and at the time I thought they might be no more difficult than Granite to fabricate.
I have no idea why, but I had a sort of fetish reaction to the G-10, like I did for those little Tibetan Plateau balls from space, something-ite (it escapes me just now). At some point I tapped the G-10, and I was just delighted with the rise/fall characteristics and also the harmonic structure of the sound. The freaking stuff is somehow melodic! So, naturally, I start thinking, Helmholz, speaker cabinets (like the Ocella [sp]), etc. It would be peripherally interesting to run a spectral analysis of its sound...
OTOH, now that I know a little more about G-10, someone else can fight with it to make countertops; there are too many cheaper and easier alternatives for that use. Nor would I seriously consider it for my own speaker cabinets, for that matter; too much hassle and too expensive.
As for the NAMM, I have never been to one, have only the vaguest idea what goes on there. At this time I have no specific aims for developing online music capabilities, if that is at the root of it, although this situation will change as soon as I have solid musical incentives to do it.
Best regards,
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