SV: Aurisis, Gibson, etc. (was Re: EDP or REPEATER?)

["Per Boysen" <per@boysen.se>]

> -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
> Från: Kim Flint [mailto:kflint@loopers-delight.com]

> however I still find myself with a fundamental aversion to the idea that
> everything more than x years old must necessarily be upgraded and
> replaced
> with something new just to be new. This is the business model of the
> electronics and computer industry, which allows for a sustaining
> income by
> perpetually convincing consumers that what they have is out of date and
> must be replaced, even if it is still perfectly useful for them.
>
> For musical instrument products, I think this model is toxic, because it
> means nobody ever spends enough time with a given instrument to really
> learn how to play it and incorporate it into their music.


How true! This is exactly what I like with the EDP, as a user. It feels 
like
a high quality instrument that won't let you down as long as you practise 
on
it.

Here's a related story:
I once got bored with playing guitar and started learning tenor sax, and
picked up an Otto Link 9* mouth piece. After hearing some great players
using Berger Larssen mouth peices I sold my Otto Link and bought a BL
instead. Spent a lot of time reshaping them (yes I damaged some...) and
experimenting with changing the size of the sound chamber. After one year I
simply did not find the sound I was looking for and got a bit depressed.
Then one day, at a second hand store, I found my own old Otto Link!!!!!
Bought it back and, with the new skills from a year of practising, I could
get a better sound out of it then of any other mouthe piece I ever tried.
The bottom line is that I could not see  the greatness of that Otto Link
when I was a total newbie ;-D

Per Boysen
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