May 8th, 2011 — Reviews
Back in Indonesia, Yamaha seems to dominate the acoustic guitar market since it also has a manufacturing line in Indonesia. But in USA, when it comes to acoustic guitar, one USA brand dominates the market and it’s name is Martin.
Although there are definitely Martin guitars sold in Indonesia, it’s not pretty common. The biggest reason for that, I believe, is the price. Martin guitar price usually starts at $700 and in the country where that still sounds like more than two months salary, it’s easy to guess why it doesn’t sell really well.
My roommate who is a guitar player happens to have the Martin DCX1E acoustic electric guitar, and as fortunate as I am, I can review the guitar without owning one.
Sound
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Martin DCX1E is a dreadnought guitar. What does it mean? It means that it has a wide butt, and a deep bass sound. Just a little bit of guitar history lesson, it is Martin also who first created the dreadnought guitar, so they must know it very well. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreadnought_(guitar_type)
The sound is pretty good, something that should be expected from Martin guitar. The solid spruce top is certainly one of the factor for the good sound.
It’s an acoustic electric so it has a Fishman classic 4 pre-amp attached. Unfortunately, I don’t have an amplifier to test the guitar sound when it’s plugged, so I can’t say anything about it.
Playability
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I’ve always been a classic guitar player and only started to learn to play steel string acoustic guitar this year, so I can’t say a lot also whether it’s comfortable to play or not. Somehow I feel the action is a bit high, but I suppose that can be fixed by some guitar shops.
It has a cutaway, so yeah you can play the high frets without any problem.
Durability
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The Martin DCX1E looks and feel really solid, and although I’m not sure how old the guitar is, I think it can handle some mishandling and accidents quite a bit.
Looks
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It looks like… just any Martin dreadnought guitar I suppose, and since it can be considered an entry-level guitar, the rosetta is really simple, and nothing fancy.
Price
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The retail price is $699, but my roommate said he got it second hand for around $300.
Conclusion
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Depending on how much money you have, and how much you love guitar, you may or you may not want this guitar.
Yes, it’s Martin, it sounds good, and it’s acoustic electric. If that’s all you need, then this guitar might be for you.
But it’s not really special since it’s an entry-level, it’s not all solid (only the top is solid), and it’s not fancy. So if you really appreciate great guitars and got money, then you might want to check the other Martin model.
In the end, I found this Youtube video that also review the guitar, so you can see how the guitar looks like and sound.
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http://www.guitarlessons.com/gear-reviews/martin-dcx1e-acoustic-electric.php
Back in Indonesia, Yamaha seems to dominate the acoustic guitar market since it also has a manufacturing line in Indonesia. But in USA, when it comes to acoustic guitar, one USA brand dominates the market and it’s name is Martin.
Although there are definitely Martin guitars sold in Indonesia, it’s not pretty common. The biggest reason for that, I believe, is the price. Martin guitar price usually starts at $700 and in the country where that still sounds like more than two months salary, it’s easy to guess why it doesn’t sell really well.
My roommate who is a guitar player happens to have the Martin DCX1E acoustic electric guitar, and as fortunate as I am, I can review the guitar without owning one. Continue reading →
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April 21st, 2011 — Reviews
(Note: This post was written by me two years ago for Youth Insight Resource magazine, but I think it’s still aplicable, *other than the Facebook part* )
In this web 2.0 era, collaboration is what makes the web interesting, and I believe the youth ministry can benefited much from it. Sometimes the best information doesn’t come from the article itself, but from the comments written by the article readers.
When it comes to a great youth ministry web resources, I primarily look for two things. First is the fresh activities ideas because this was what I, as a youth leader, was always constantly looking for. Second, is the stories and tips of other youth leader experience with their youth groups.
I scourge the web for different websites that can be useful for youth ministry and found the following websites worth mentioning. (Sorry guys, but Facebook does not belong to the list, at least not yet..). Continue reading →
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April 20th, 2011 — Reviews
Ever since I posted my blog post of “Five Free iPhone Apps for Seventh-Day Adventists”, I got a significant number of visitors to this blog from search engines. Though I don’t want to make a quick conclusion, it somehow means that there are a lot of SDA who are curious about what kind of apps related to the church are available in the iTunes store.
In this blog post I’m going to review three more SDA apps that are specifically related with the information media. Continue reading →
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April 19th, 2011 — NEU MSCS
This is just going to be a very short notes about difference between the getDeclaredAnnotations and getAnnotations method of Java java.lang.Class<T> class.
I was googling for the answer but didn’t immediately got any article that explains it, so I thought why I not create it myself.
So what is the difference: Continue reading →
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April 17th, 2011 — Guides
Recently when I check my blog visitors, I notice that some people got to my blog from Google and they were looking for the BS Medical Technology curriculum.
As far as I know, people is always curious about Medtech courses because it’s not a common course like nursing or medical doctor. Every time I got a job interview, the interviewer always ask me what actually is Medical Technology.
I’m not going to answer that question here, because I’ve actually wrote a blog post about it here.
But this time I want to share with you what the medtech students learn in their course and I hope this will give some help for those who are considering medtech (or medical laboratory science, it’s current name) as their degree.
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April 16th, 2011 — Reviews
My roommate bought another Sony headphone to replace his Sony MDR-NC6 headphone that I reviewed a few months ago. The Sony MDR-7506 looks a bit bigger and sturdier than the MDR-NC6. The other two things that interest me is the label ‘Professional’ it has on both headphone, and ‘Studio Monitor’ written on the over the head pad. This must be good..
Well, indeed it is, check out this following review: Continue reading →
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February 8th, 2011 — Reviews
When we talk about mouse, one of the most popular name that immediately comes to mind is Logitech. Initially I was thinking of buying Logitech V220 because I was really not looking for special mouse, I just need one for my laptop. However, last Black Friday 2010, Staples offered the mouse for only $15, only $3 more to the V220. There were also sale for Microsoft mice, but I like the Logitech M510 because it is a full size mouse.
I’ve now use the mouse for more than 3 months and here’s what I have to say about it.
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January 29th, 2011 — Reviews
If you own an iPhone or iPod touch, there are some apps you may want to have in your device. Although not all of these apps are created by SDA, but three of them are. It sort of surprise me because this time the church seems to adopt the hype of mobile application quickly. These apps also get updated quite often so far (and I hope they always will).
I only put three apps of the church that I used most, although there are more apps avaiable in the iTunes store.
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January 22nd, 2011 — Reviews
It is really interesting to know that there are several video of Sabbath school discussions online now. Four years ago I only know Sabbath School University that I usually watch before I lead Sabbath school (SS) class discussion in my church.
Watching SS discussion online is helpful for SS leaders because this will help them to hear some of related discussion possibilities of the lesson, and also see how the other SS leaders lead a group discussion. I strongly suggest SS leaders (especially new leaders) to at least watch one of these videos prior to lead a SS group discussion.
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January 15th, 2011 — Reviews
(*this blog post was written in paper on December 2010)
Happy holidays for all of you and I hope you are having good time with your family at this time of the year, just as me and my family are having good vacation in California and Arizona this December.
I’m staying in Verde Valley now, in my father’s good friend’s house. Yesterday as we talked about a lot of things I found out that his wife used to play classical guitar when they were in Singapore.
As a great of acoustic guitar, I asked him if she still plays guitar now. He said she doesn’t but he can show me the guitar. So he took out a guitar case from their cabinet and I saw a beautiful classical guitar that is still in its prime condition, it’s a Yamaha Grand Concert GC-20A.
The manufacture year shows that it was made in 1985, so the guitar is as old as myself. It was made in Taiwan.
I’m not really sure of how to review a guitar, but I’ll give it a try here.
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