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Joe playing a Witt Percussion 14" x 6.5" solid oak shell snare with Califone while on tour in St Gallen, Switzerland

I've been meaning to write you about the drum. I just got done with my European tour where I played the drum for 19 consecutive shows. If that isn't a test of a drum I don't know what is. Well, at first I thought it was on the bright side, but my radio king is exceptionally dark and when i compared it to another drum it was darker than average. It warmed up after playing it for a while too. I started out having it tuned fairly high and then it settled down to a lower pitch. I can say that it is a contender with my two favorite drums, both radio kings. That is saying a lot! Those drums are two of the best drums I've ever heard... Thanks Ian for making one hell of a drum. Joe Adamik drummer for Califone www.pastrysharp.com or check out their MySpace site here: www.myspace.com/califonemusic

Joe playing a Witt Percussion 12" x 5.5 " solid oak shell snare while taping an episode of the VH1 reality series Band of Men playing for Jeff Timmons of 98 Degrees

The snare is great,thank you so much! We are gonna have to meet up soon.I am glad to be part of the Witt Percussion Family. Let's put the word out in 2007! Joseph Waller --drummer for DisFunctional Ray www.myspace.com/disfunctionalray --Director of Artist Development & Relations-Gatsby Records www.myspace.com/GATSBYRECORDS --owner of Joe Motion Promotion and Booking www.myspace.com/jrare --also endorsed by CAD Microphones and Impact Drum Cases --former pro-skater

Hey Ian, sorry I haven't replied sooner, but it's been a busy week. The snare arrived safely last Friday. I gotta tell you; I was expecting it to be one serious snare drum. Obviously. Handmade...custom, to order...solid
shell...etc. But this drum has far surpassed what I was expecting it to be. What a sound! Like no other in my collection. (and I have some good ones) At first glance, your construction is top-notch. Your components are top notch. The quilt in the maple was a nice surprise to see, and the finish on the shell is beautiful. As soon as I could, I took it to my rehearsal studio and played a non-stop, 30min snare solo just to get it out of my system. The drum is incredibly responsive to my every dynamic. Without much energy, at all, it puts out a loud, full-bodied sound. And it responded to by every ruff and buzz roll at every spot on the head. I'm glad we went 6 1/2 deep. I can hear all that maple!! You gave me exactly what I was looking for...a secret weapon in my snaredrum arsenal that I can pull out at any studio session or live show and have it be the best of the best. Oh, and I used it at a show a day after it arrived and the sound guy, who mixes me every weekend, was amazed by the sound. And I recorded a drum track yesterday in the studio and MAN, was it a sweet "CRACK" on the playback. I'll get you a preview of that as soon as I can. This is my favorite snare drum. Period! So, I'm one seriously happy customer. Good work! I'll recommend these drums to everyone. Would you consider making a tom? I can't imagine how nice a solid-shell tom would sound. I'm always looking for studio weapons

Thanks,
Darrin Payne
drummer for Graphite Symphone and LaReau
www.graphitesymphony.com
www.lareau.net