We've had a flurry of L1 activity here lately. Firstly, I went to my kid's school and heard their "Jam Band" of sixth through eighth grade students (vox, keys, bass, two guitars, two drummers) do a very creditable job with old hits like "Chain of Fools". The band was using backline amps and playing in a gymnasium which is usually deafening just with kids playing in it. I expected poor sound, but I could hear the singer's every word. Where was the PA? Aaahh, there in the back of the darkened stage was the L1. It turns out the teacher is a jazz musician who bought it on the recommendation of a Taylor engineer named Dave (who worked on the Expression system) as the best acoustic guitar amp available.

Several people asked where the sound was coming from. I walked around the entire gym and there was not a place where the lyrics were not crystal clear. Amazing.

Second L1 story; my daughter's 16th birthday dance party; great sound from the L1, everybody had a good time, no one's ears were ringing at the end of the night (even though the dance was held in a ballet studio lined with mirrors). Plenty of bass from one B1.

Third L1 story; the next night we went to my nephew's bar mitzvah. DJ crew was using two Eons for sound with no sub. My kids kept asking me why the sound was so thin and the lyrics hard to hear when they had so much more equipment (visually) than I do. The place was very live, and there were nodes where you literally could not hear yourself think. In other places, it was hard to hear any of the lyrics. Typical, in my experience, of the sound using a PA for dance music.

I had to restrain my 11 year old son to keep him from going up to the DJs and asking them why they don't use Bose. My 15 year old son tastefully asked them if they had heard of the L1 and how much better he thought it sounded.

I have been trying to spread the good word myself; now I have minions! Life is good. Now where are those sharks with the laser beams on their heads?

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Thanks Dr. Dad!
I dearly love good news.

That's the way to train humans about loudness...get em while they are young.
Good work.

Wonderful!

Pete, you'll find it no surprise that Parker is spoiled on the goodness, too. Shucks, so am I! Starting into "live sound" later than most, I've never really known any different than the L1 (unless you count when we used to call it the PAS...ah, those were the days...). Whew! It's hard to take when somebody else is doing the sound "the old-fashioned way." It's truly very strange for me.

I never thought of it that way Nathan, forgetting you only started playing live music two years ago.
And Parker who will probably be fronting her own band by Jr. High.
So I guess catching them young and instilling the system in them will show them the drawbacks to old school.
Hopefully, many cases of hearing loss will be avoided and many years of beautiful sound will be enjoyed.

DD

Great stories. I love this aspect of the L1 system universe -- how it fits in to the nooks and crannies of the journeyman scene.

I'm so glad you and your kids are enjoying the system.

The engineer from Taylor must be the same as the one on the ToneMatch video on our website.

Ken

Ken, it was indeed David Hosler who recommended the L1 to the guitar teacher at my kid's school. He is a consummate jazz guitar player who was on a search for the best- and he ended up with your product.

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So I guess catching them young and instilling the system in them will show them the drawbacks to old school.

Very soon, the L1's will be "old school." And the term will have almost no negative connotation.

We went to our children's Holiday Performance and the Jam band played; great sound and amazing musicianship from a bunch of sixth through eighth graders- and what's that tall black thing beside the Christmas tree?

GREAT PICTURE.

Ken

Dr. Dad,
Those kids look great up there! Very Nice.

Jeff
www.theunmentionables.com

Yo Doc

Somehow I missed the photo of the kids playing over the L1's. We often need to follow their brave examples. They just jump in and swim, don't they?! Kids are so much less emcumbered by tradition and dogam. I've watched other young humans play with our system and they hear it, love it and accept it on the spot and get on with the real stuff (making music). Thanks for posting this. It's real.

And thank you for making their experience possible!