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Best mid-range acoustic guitars
21st Nov 2012 | 09:30
Best mid-range acoustic guitars
So, you want to buy an acoustic guitar?
We've plucked the best guitars we've reviewed over the last three years to show you the very best of what's out there.
We've already looked at budget instruments, and now we're moving on to the mid-range - that's guitars priced between £500 (that's around $790) and £1000 ($1590).
How did we choose these guitars?
Every guitar in this guide has been reviewed within the last three years and has gained a minimum of a 4.5 star rating. That means we feel their build quality, sound, playability and value for money are not in question at their relative price points.
Scale length
A guitar's scale length is important because it has a direct effect on the tension of the strings and therefore how the instrument feels to play: the longer the scale length, the higher the tension of the strings for a given pitch.
In terms of tone, all things being equal (which they rarely are!) a longer-scale-length guitar will tend to have more pronounced string separation and clarity to single notes; compare a Martin 000-28 with an OM-21 for example. To measure a scale length, measure from the inside edge of the nut to the centre of the 12th fret, then double it.
Nut widths
We've quoted the nut widths for every guitar, as it's a significant factor in playability. To the right are common widths in both metric and imperial sizes – different makers use different units. You'll be amazed how different a millimetre or two across the nut can feel!
A note on prices
The prices we've quoted are the manufacturers' suggested retail prices, correct at the time of the original review. Some official SRPs will have gone up slightly, while many advertised/web prices from retailers will be lower.
Yamaha CPX700II
The CPX700II keeps the standard high.
TYPE: Mini-jumbo electro-acoustic
TOP: Solid spruce
BACK/SIDES: Laminated nato
We said: "An easy-handling general-purpose electro and, with some user familiarisation, its ART system can do a fine job.
Vintage V1800N
Folk-like sonic versatility and classy looks means that this Vintage turns a parlour trick with aplomb
TYPE: Parlour-size acoustic
TOP: Solid spruce
BACK/SIDES: Solid mahogany
We said: The guitar is generously voiced, and the tone eschews the typical parlour, middly brashness for a purer, warmer sound.
Martin DX1KAE
The entry-level X Series has gone electro
TYPE: Dreadnought electro-acoustic
TOP: Solid spruce
BACK/SIDES: Koa pattern HPL
We said: A generous upgrade that makes Martin's X even more of a snip, with excellent sounds
Yamaha A1M
Proof that Yamaha sure knows how to build a fine and affordable quality dreadnought electro
TYPE: Dreadnought electro-acoustic
TOP: Solid Sitka spruce
BACK/SIDES: Laminated mahogany
We said: Whichever route you take, and whether you go for a dreadnought or a concert, you'll find these new A Series are well-sorted instruments, built to Yamaha's usual high standards, sounding good and playing well.
Guild D-125-12
Delightful, janglesome 12 that's bang on the money at this impressive price
TYPE: 12-string dreadnought acoustic
TOP: Solid mahogany
BACK/SIDES: Solid mahogany
We said: The D-125-12 is, simply, a wow, not just for being a great, easy-playing 12-string but for its extremely keen price.
Recording King ROS-626
Convincing sound with discreet period trim makes this a tasteful, largely faithful vintage 000 re-creation.
TYPE: 000-size acoustic
TOP: Solid Sitka spruce
BACK/SIDES: Solid mahogany
We said: The standard of construction and presentation is commendably good, with very few cosmetic aspects that are below par. Indeed, taking its cue from the illustrious original upon which it's based, the trim and finery displays excellent taste and convey the vintage aura intended.
Blueridge BG-140
A sunburst, all-solid J-45-style acoustic for this price? It's a winner
TYPE: Slope shoulder dreadnought
TOP: Solid Sitka spruce top
BACK/SIDES: Solid mahogany
We said: Taking its cue from the illustrious originals upon which it's based, the trim and finery on each displays excellent taste, and conveys the vintage aura intended. Value for money isn't an issue either, and don't forget that a case is included in the price.
Yamaha LLX6A
A lot of guitar for the money, offering lovely, supple unplugged tones.
TYPE: Dreadnought electro
TOP: Solid Engelman spruce
BACK/SIDES: Laminated rosewood
We said: The LLX6A marries rich tones and a boutique, old-school Gibson-ish vibe all at a very reasonable price. Definitely a class act.
Faith Eclipse Venus
An exciting new package of electronics loaded into what was already an impressive electro-acoustic
TYPE: Auditorium size
TOP: Solid Engelmann spruce
BACK/SIDES: Solid mahogany
We said: As a package, there are two ways of looking at this. Either take the view that the popular Eclipse range of electros now has the added bonus of a stereo preamp - at no extra cost - or focus on the stereo capabilities and let the crazy stuff begin! You choose.
Faith Neptune Trembesi
New body style, new tonewood: it's not a leap of, er, faith to enjoy this successful partnership
TYPE: Small jumbo electro-acoustic
TOP: Solid Engelmann
BACK/SIDES: Solid trembesi
We said: It really is a very desirable, great- playing, well-priced guitar, built to a high standard. In a series context, the Trembesis look to be a significant addition to Faith's already strong, high-value brand image.
Lag T400J12CE
Performing well both acoustically and amplified, the T400 is a real find – test drive one soon!
TYPE: 12-string jumbo electro
TOP: Solid Sitka spruce
BACK/SIDES: Laminated rosewood
We said: The Studio Lag Plus system is an enjoyable experience: all the presets offer excellent tonal choices and, when coupled with its excellent acoustic tone, the T400 truly has a lot to offer.
Full Lag T400J12CE review
Yamaha APX1000
This sets a value challenge for other guitar makers offering microphone-imaging technology
TYPE: Medium-bodied electro
TOP: Solid spruce
BACK/SIDES: Laminated maple
We said: Yamaha has unequivocally moved things along nicely with the APX1000. It's a definite hit, not just as a fingerstyle-accommodating, stage all-rounder, but also for its high-quality powered versatility at a price that other manufacturers offering mic-imaging blender systems have yet to achieve.
Larrivée L-02
How can you look a gift horse in the mouth? Time to flash the cash on this acoustic winner
TYPE: Grand Auditorium sixed
TOP: Solid Sitka spruce
BACK/SIDES: Solid sapele
We said: As an acoustic of dreadnought/small-jumbo proportions, the L-02 definitely does not disappoint. Volume and projection are sturdy, cross-string definition is clear and balanced, and though the attack sounds slightly taut the follow-through dynamics are supple and responsive, as is the sustain.
Martin DRS1
An excellent all-round performer, offering unbeatable dreadnought value for money at this price point
TYPE: Dreadnought electro-acoustic
TOP: Solid sapele
BACK/SIDES: Solid sapele
We said: While enjoying the strident output of the DRS1, we had to keep reminding ourselves that this Martin electro - which comes complete with a 300 series hard shell case - an MSRP of only £800, cheaper on the street. In terms of sheer value for money, not least with that iconic name on the headstock, the DRS1 is going to take some beating.
Guild F-130CE
Desirable mid-size all-rounder electro sure to attract many takers
TYPE: OM-Style electro-acoustic
TOP: Solid Spruce
BACK/SIDES: Solid mahogany
We said: The acoustic delivery is OM-like, with clear, precise articulation, an open-toned, sustainful blend of warmth and brightness and commendably good dynamics for the body size.
Tanglewood TW15H-E
A picker-friendly dread with winning sounds and high-end looks to match
TYPE: Dreadnought electro acoustic
TOP: Solid spruce
BACK/SIDES: Solid mahogany
We said: In short, this guitar greatly impresses for its enthusiastic dynamics and projection. The Presys Blend is very capable and adaptable, and it's an excellent instrument for fingerstyle courtesy of its wider neck and string spacing.
Yamaha AC3R
This grade-A concert picker emphasises the all-round high standard of Yamaha's A-Series models
TYPE: Concert-size electro-acoustic
TOP: Solid Sitka spruce
BACK/SIDES: Solid rosewood
We said: The AC3R has a crisp, piano-like attack and sustain, with excellent mid-range clarity and separation, and a very pleasing picker-friendly articulation. If all this sounds rather un-rosewood-like, be assured that the requisite low-end richness is present and correct.


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LIFE With the Man: Rare and Classic Photos of Stan Musial
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Stan "The Man" Musial, who died earlier this year at the age of 92, was a three-time MVP and a three-time World Series champ for the St. Louis Cardinals. He won the National League batting title seven times. He missed winning the Triple Crown by one home run in a year when Statistician Bill James ranked Musial the 10th greatest all-around baseball player in major league history, and the second best left fielder of all time, just behind Ted Williams.
In 1948, when he missed the Triple Crown by one home run, he batted .376 with 39 homers, 131 RBIs, 46 doubles, 18 triples — and 34 strikeouts. In fact, Musial finished his two-plus-decade career with only 696 strikeouts; some famous sluggers, past and present (Reggie Jackson, Alex Rodriguez, Jim Thome, Sammy Sosa) have whiffed that many times in just four or five seasons.
[Read an appreciation of Stan Musial, the man and the player, on Keeping Score.]
Beyond the phenomenal statistics, the National League and major league records he still holds and the respect he commanded from teammates and foes, alike, Musial was also one of the most beloved figures in the history of the game. People everywhere liked Stan Musial.
Cardinal teammate (and notoriously intimidating competitor) Bob Gibson once said, "Stan Musial is the nicest man I ever met in baseball. And, to be honest," he admitted, "I can't relate to that."
Musial was a great player, and a good man, and he will be sorely, sorely missed.
Here, with the Cardinals once again in the World Series, LIFE.com presents a gallery of photos — many of which never ran in LIFE — of the Man on and off the field. We will not see his like again.
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Thread: Andrew Ley Sketches
April 14th, 2005 #1
Andrew Ley Sketches
Hi everyone - just wanted somewhere to put my scribbles as I don't have a site - hope you like 'em - crits welcome...
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some more...
April 14th, 2005 #3
I ike the first one the best what did you use to do them?
If i shoot the J then its "Good"
please hit up the SKETCHBOOK
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April 14th, 2005 #5
a few more...
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April 14th, 2005 #6
Thanks Will - these are done in Painter
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April 14th, 2005 #7
ideally I would like to see sketchbook pages done from today to tomorrow, but your portfolio is also pretty nice.
The first four are especially funky!
Post more!
Honest love makes one's soul a reflection of the partner's mood.
No sleep - More draw!
April 14th, 2005 #8
nice stuff. I really dig the perspective on the very fist one and I love the mellow tones of the blood sucking girl.
April 15th, 2005 #9
Good to see another friendly face from the Daily Sketch Group here!
Always like your sketches there, very diverse style you have.
Welcome to the Sketchbooks, keep posting!
April 19th, 2005 #10
Hey Buzz - Cheers bud
Some more stuff
April 19th, 2005 #11
dyaaheheihihihohohohehehheahoah .. finnaly something unique again
ur apperception seems to be quite good focused *u dont need to understand what i talk about*
ur drawing style is awesome.. the best thing is that u make the distance and depth appear*feelable for ur objects.. thats very cool .. nice perspectives 3Dness and vanishing point combos
post more pls or ill bite
April 19th, 2005 #12
nice stuff so far. good textures. like the knight girl best so far,together with the white face with the blood and the morning fresh. that one rocks!
Sketchbooks of inspiration:
Marc Taro|Maxetormer|ZhuZhu|Jeri|Dobu]
Always think about:
lighting! design! perspective! proportion!
And (self)motivation is still everything.
April 19th, 2005 #13
Thanks guy's - here's another knight
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April 19th, 2005 #14
and another knight
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April 20th, 2005 #16
w0aaaa s00 c00000l
u love da knights dont u ? just like me
love em since i can think ..excalibur one of ma favo knight movies..i think u know this one huh ?
how much time *average* u need for one of those knight pics ?
more pls
April 20th, 2005 #17
Cheers bob - the knights take about an hour each
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These are super fresh man...kudos...those knights are indeed badass...
April 20th, 2005 #19
sweet. I'm also loving those knights. But that yellow robot is my fave.
April 20th, 2005 #20
Cool stuff - I really like your robots with those big ass hands...
For some reason I'm really drawn to that lion too...I dunno
he's got a nice iconic feel in that drawing
Mas por favor!
May 12th, 2005 #21
Thanks guy's - been busy but here's some more
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May 12th, 2005 #22
ye right on man,
I deffiantely like the style you've been pushing in the last updates.. good work keep it up
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May 12th, 2005 #23
wow man, this stuff is great.
I'm loving your colors, many of them are so few, yet so vibrant. . .
mmm, ok i'll stop drooling now.
I my girlfriend & my book of sketches
May 12th, 2005 #24
Gah! Beautifulness!! Your robos kick ass!
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I love it. These are only your sketches? lol, I like your style and the way your stuff flows...waitin for more.
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oooo... I found this sketchbook again!! yay...
I remembered seeing your stuff before, think the last time I was at this sketchbook was at the first april 19th post...
awesome work, love the first one, i think maybe because it has a lot of movement and it is a rather unique pose... also like the Edgar Allan Poe pic
you have great stuff going here with all the different robots/mechs/droid/... but I think out of this sketchbook my favorit is the first knight you drew, I dont really know... its just really cool, its not too often you see someone draw a female knight
keep up the great art work and keep posting more
May 13th, 2005 #27
Thanks for the comments - here's another quick fem-knight
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May 13th, 2005 #28
awesome work. hop you update alot, really like your stuff.
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May 13th, 2005 #29
interesting stuff. keep practicing!
May 13th, 2005 #30
Thought you guy's might enjoy these renders I did last year of one of my knight designs.
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From working at Chicago's Red Carpet Car Wash to appearing on national television, from gigging at the smallest ghetto blues bars to performing on the biggest international concert stages, master bluesman Lil' Ed Williams has come a long way. Mixing smoking slide guitar boogies and raw-boned Chicago shuffles with the deepest slow-burners, Lil' Ed and his blistering Blues Imperials - bassist James "Pookie" Young, guitarist Mike Garrett and drummer Kelly Littleton - deliver the blues, from gloriously riotous and rollicking to intensely emotional and moving. Not since the heyday of Hound Dog Taylor & The HouseRockers has a blues band made such a consistently joyful noise. Currently celebrating 24 rip-roaring years together, Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials ply their musical talents with skills that have been honed to a razor's edge. As much a family as a band, Lil' Ed, Pookie, Mike and Kelly have outlasted sports stars and presidents, musical fads and fashion trends. And together, they continue to make blues history with each and every performance and new recording.
The band's wildly energetic and seriously soulful new CD
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If You Were Mine
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Life Is A Journey
to the bouncing and jazzy
Jump Right In
to the swaggering, autobiographical
Musical Mechanical Electrical Man.
The album overflows with the band's full throttle drive and is fueled by Lil' Ed's love of both serious blues and good time fun.
Jump Start
reveals a band firing on all cylinders and ready to spread the genuine houserockin' fever to their biggest audience yet. "It's all blues, really," says Lil' Ed. "Some of it will make you dance, some will ease your soul Through my music, I want people to feel what I feel."
Blues history runs deep through Lil' Ed's blood - his uncle and musical mentor (to both Ed and his younger half-brother Pookie) was the great Chicago slide guitarist, songwriter and recording artist J.B. Hutto (author of the only non-original on
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If You Change Your Mind
). According to
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, "Williams represents one of the few remaining authentic links to pure Chicago blues."
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Born in Chicago on April 8, 1955, Ed grew up surrounded by music. He was playing guitar, then drums and bass, by the time he was 12. Ed and Pookie received lessons and support from Hutto. "J.B. taught me everything I know," says Ed. "I wouldn't be where I am today without him." Ed and Pookie spent their teen years making music together, and in 1975 formed the first incarnation of The Blues Imperials. They played their first gig at a West Side club called Big Duke's Blue Flame, splitting the $6 take four ways. Over the next few years, the group played every club in the neighborhood. On one occasion, Hutto brought Ed and Pookie on the road to accompany him. The two teenagers had to paint fake mustaches on just to get into the club. But once in, they both got an advanced lesson in putting on a show and delivering the goods. As young men they kept gigging, but they still needed day jobs to pay the bills. Ed worked ten hours a day as a buffer at the car wash. Pookie drove a school bus. Night after night they played their roaring brand of blues in tiny clubs, and eventually the word reached Alligator president Bruce Iglauer.
At the time, Iglauer was looking for local talent for
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, an anthology of some of Chicago's younger blues musicians. "Ed and his band had a good reputation," recalls Iglauer. "I had only seen them live once or twice. I knew Ed was a hot slide player, but I had no idea what he and the band were really capable of. I just knew that their music reminded me of Hound Dog Taylor and J.B. Hutto, two of my favorite musicians. It seemed like having a band this rough and ready would be a nice change of pace for the anthology, so I asked them to come down to the studio and cut a couple of songs. I never expected what happened."
The band-never having been in a recording studio before-treated the studio like a club, playing live to Iglauer, the engineer, and all the people on the other side of the control room glass. After Ed recorded just two songs, the Alligator staffers were on their feet begging for more. Two songs later, with Ed doing his toe-walks and backbends, even the engineer was dancing. Iglauer offered the band a full album contract on the spot. The end result of the session was 30 songs cut in three hours with no overdubs and only one second take. Twelve of those songs became the band's debut album
, released in September of 1986.
The national press reacted with amazement to the blues world's new discovery. Feature stories ran in
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and dozens of other publications.
The Village Voice
declared, "
just may be the blues album of the year."
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Guitar Player
. "Dim the lights, turn up the stereo, and let the house party begin."
But it wasn't until 1987, when guitarist Mike Garrett joined the band, and a year later, when Garrett recruited his Detroit hometown friend Kelly Littleton to play drums, that things really began to take off. Garrett's risk-taking rhythm guitar work and Littleton's conversational, old school drumming were the perfect complement to Lil' Ed's and Pookie's rambunctious playing. With their 1989 album
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, doors opened and audiences poured in. Through relentless touring, the group crystallized, becoming tighter with each performance, more telepathic in their abilities to read each other's musical moves. Their spontaneous and unpredictable live show became legendary among blues fans worldwide. Spurred on by the band's rowdy performances, a legion of fanatical fans, proudly calling themselves "Ed Heads," eagerly spread the word.
Quickly, Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials went from playing local bars to clubs, concert stages and festivals coast to coast, giving national audiences their first taste of the band's propulsive boogie blues and wild stage show. They have played The Long Beach Blues Festival, The San Francisco Blues Festival, The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, The Doheny Blues Festival, The Sacramento Heritage Festival, The Thunder Bay Blues Festival, The Mid-Atlantic Blues Festival, The Pocono Blues Festival, The Mississippi Valley Blues Festival, The Rawa Blues Festival in Poland, as well as touring Canada, Australia, Europe and Japan.
Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials released six Alligator albums between 1989 and 2008. With each one, the band's stature grew as their fan base continued to expand. With 2006's
, Ed and company reached a whole new audience. Die-hard "Ed Head" Conan O'Brien brought the band before millions of television viewers on two separate occasions. Then, in June 2008, celebrating the release of
Full Tilt
, Ed hit the main stage at The Chicago Blues Festival, performing in front of 100,000 screaming fans, as he whipped the overflowing crowd into a blues-induced frenzy. The band won the prestigious Blues Music Award for Band Of The Year in both 2007 and 2009 and also took home the Best Live Band Award in the 2011
Living Blues
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Blues Revue
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Now, with
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, Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials will continue bringing their seriously inspired and wildly fun Chicago blues to "Ed Heads" new and old, wherever they may be. After almost a quarter century together, Lil' Ed, Pookie, Mike and Kelly have played thousands of gigs, logged tens of thousands of miles and have no plans to slow down anytime soon. According to Littleton, "The journey has been amazing. We melded right away and have kept growing." Garrett agrees, saying, "It's a perfect fit. And we keep getting better." Young adds, "We are way stronger now, and we're still having fun. My dreams have all come true."
"Long ago," recalls Lil' Ed, "Uncle J.B. told me, 'When you get the right guys in your band, you'll know.' When Mike and then Kelly joined up with me and Pookie, we just clicked. I knew. We are a family," says Lil' Ed, summing it all up. "And families stay together."
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September 28th, 2005 #1
d*U*d*d*L*e*B*u*G's DOOdLebOOk
This is probably a daft idea because i've got too much going on already, but i've been inspired, entertained and sometimes dumbstruck looking through the sketchbooks over the past few days.... so i just had to join in...
I'm kicking off with a bunch of exisitng stuff just to show where i'm coming from and get the ball rolling... it's a selection of the type of gumpf i've been producing in the last few years.
old sketch in biro (A3)
Old games stuff...
Monkey Girl
And some other quick-ish gumpf...
Most of this is done in pencil or biro on paper. I've been working on some very different stuff since i started working at Eurocom last december, and now do a lot of stuff direct into Photoshop (in colour and b&W). I'll post more digital sketches this week. I'm also 'learning' Painter after a few years with Photoshop, so i'll be doing lots of experiments over the next few months which i'll post too!
And now i'll just have to make sure i update as often as i can! More *new* stuff to come very soon....
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Hide this ad by registering as a memberSeptember 28th, 2005 #2
Woot!! I'm the first to post on your sketchbook, I've always enjoyed looking at your work before, so I can't wait to see what you have in store for us.
September 28th, 2005 #3
Great stuff, Dudds... love the color pieces. Keep this updated, brotha.
September 28th, 2005 #4
Very Nice Mr Jonny, sir.
Refreshing style, made me smile, even giggle at the one with the cherry bakewell tarts.
I love this one! You actually write like that!? i thought it was for show.
Who would you say are your influences?
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September 28th, 2005 #5
Ah Mr Duddle with this new sketchbook you are really spoiling us.*
Since I first saw it I've loved your drawing style and the sense of humour you portray therein.
p.s. need more king of space.
*must be said with cheesy non specific European accent.
September 29th, 2005 #6
Nice!..........I dig the monkeys and gorillas and the aliens and the.....awww heck, I love it all!...
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I always love your stuff. I think some of my favs are the 2 alien dudes, the enviro with the claw, and the Girl and monkey (just above the 2 aliens.)
Great start! Mebbe you could drop by my book sometime ? Seeya!
September 29th, 2005 #8
Great stuff!! i like the ape on the tower
Keep 'em coming
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drawing, and ugly, and nothing else." JAD Ingres, Ecrits sur l'art
September 29th, 2005 #9
Bone Zone
I am in <> super thread
September 29th, 2005 #10
great stuff man, i like the style most!
I'm gettin the itches to ink those beautiful blue lines...argh!
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September 29th, 2005 #11
great stuff, i love the roman gladiator pic! great style in all of them!
September 29th, 2005 #12
im stunned...
thanks for sharing these works! the gladiator and the kingkong on the mayastatue made my day...
September 29th, 2005 #13
Wow, these are really cool. The two aliens looking at one another almost made me choke on a Pepsi. Still cleaning it off my keyboard... Don't worry, I blame myself. Good work!
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September 29th, 2005 #14
I enjoyed these, I really like your style, it's very...bouncy. There seems to be a lot of movement and life in them, not to mention humour. Awesome, and inspiring.
September 29th, 2005 #15
I really love your work, both the preliminary stuff and the finishes.
"absorb what is useful, discard what is useless, and keep what is essentially your own." - Bruce Lee
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September 29th, 2005 #16
wow, such rhythm and flow to your line work. awesome.
September 29th, 2005 #17
Super cool stuff dude - I like the nod to Life of Brian in the Gladiator sketch
MY SKETCHBOOK - http://www.conceptart.org/forums/sho...4&page=6&pp=60
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very cool style. Feeling the animation in it all.
Pimpin ain't easy...
so i just ho instead.
September 29th, 2005 #19
cool style ! i think i've seen some of this before, cant place it though.... hmm..
cheers and keep on posting !
September 29th, 2005 #20
great stuff...fun and full of energy
keep posting pwease
September 29th, 2005 #21
I'm lovin it! Killer work here! Someday I may weild such powers, until then I wanna see some more stuff!
Sketchbook:: //// A thread of evolution ////
September 30th, 2005 #22
Awesome. Looking at these pieces makes me want to draw stuff!
September 30th, 2005 #23
Blimey! I posted these yesterday thinking i'd hopefully get a few replies, but i didn't expect twenty! Thanks! And i've got five stars!? Woohoo! I'm reeeeally chuffed about that! As i said yesterday, i was inspired to start a thread by some of the incredible work in this section. I'd mention names but i wouldn't know where to stop...
Hopefully, having this 'doodlebook' will inspire me to do lots of sketching on a daily basis (i'm also gonna start a proper-paper-non-digital-pencil-on-paper sketchbook which i've not really had since i was a high school art teacher before i started working in games! Very slack!). It'll be a mix of pencil and digital... sketches and colour.
I do draw every day because it's my job. But i wanna try and draw something of my own every day too. Which i'll post here.
Nutter: First on the thread? A big thanks for kicking it off for me!
strych9ine: Cheers! And congratulations on the organisation of the 'Last Man Standing'. It's a great activity and it'd have been fun to take part... maybe next time...
Badger: Hi BAdger! Thanks! And yup... my handwriting is actually like that. Influences are all over the place... Someone asked me the same thing on CGtalk in the psectacular challenge and this is what i said (prepare for waffle!): A short list of influences in vague order from childhood onwards (almost an autobiography!) would include Eric Carle, Maurice Sendak, Dr.Seuss, The Magic Roundabout, Beano, Dandy, The Muppets, Terry Gilliam, Asterix, Wacky Races, HKPhooey, Trapdoor, 2000AD, Tim Burton, Jeunet et Caro, Vaughn Bode, Norman Rockwell, Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac, W.Heath Robinson, Pixar.
young paddy1: Thankyou! And from another artist from the misty arse end town in the cold wet hills of the Peak District. Aly says you live in Buxton... i hope you're enjoying this morning's fog and drizzle? Looking forward to another long Buxton winter?? I'll post some 'King of Space' stuff next week. I need to do more on that idea anyway!
Royal_T: Thanks!
Pixeldragoon: Thankyou... and, yup, i will drop by your book! I realise there's a lot of artists who've posted here who also have sketchbook threads, so i'm gonna try and drop by everybody's! It seems like a great community in the Sketchbook section!
Art_Addict: Cheers! I was really chuffed with the ape on the tower. It was actually for a Looney Tunes game and didn't get used... which was a shame...
mentler: haha... are you sure??
Ive: haha... I've got to the point now where i rarely ink my blue pencil work. I generally just make it greyscale, mess around with the levels in PS and work into that if i want a black line. But i do love Col-erase blue pencil. It's very 'clean'. Although i'm planning on using a lot more soft graphite in my sketchbook.
flaptraps: Thanks! The Gladiator was for the UK vs Washington TD a little while back (the Rome 3000 topic). It was a bit of a departure but i was happy with it, especially as it was done in my lunch hours at work. And i absolutely love you recent TD entry. The girl with the revolvers is just amazing! It was my favourite piece of the whole second round. And it'd be on my desktop, if i didn't have a picture of my daughter in permanent residence!
That fat kid: Thankyou! And i've got Five starts this morning! Fantastic!
dariocoelho: Thanks!
masterpug: haha... that image was for a friend who was planning a short film. I don't think he's actually used them...
Madfishmonger: Lol... I like the term 'bouncy'! Hopefully, not everything i post here will be too bouncy. I'm gonna try and vary the subject matter and style in my sketchbook. I'm hoping it'll be more of a learning process than anything.
Bojee, runelore: Thanks!
AndrewLey: Cheers Andrew. BTW I love your sketches. So much energy and you're always pushing POV and perspective. You should get a badge for spotting the Life of Brian graffiti! Not too many people did! I couldn't resist when i saw the brief for the TD. I actually started a different piece with a modified 30s Bugatti. I'll get it on my webspace and post it here this weekend!
ReAkshun: Cheers!
hurricane: Thanks! Most of this is old stuff from my site just to kick off my sketchbook. And i've posted some of this stuff before. The Pig and the Gladiator have been posted on conceptart for a TD and a COW, for instance. I'm hoping to post some fresher stuff very soon. There's a ton of the games stuff i've done in my day job that i'd love to post, but it's obviously all under NDA. It is very very different to most of the stuff here. Much more realistic, although i think i struggle to completely do away with the cartoon elemnts.
loomer, Azrael, Groover McNab: Thanks!!
Phew. Sorry for the waffle!! I'm dead flattered to get five stars overnight. It's made my week. ANd i've had a tough week with bottle feeding at 3am every night and lots to do at work. So thanks! And i'm gonna try and drop by people's sketchbooks over the next day or two... gotta get some work done now though after spending far too long writing that reply!
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September 30th, 2005 #24
And a few people said they liked the Gladiator, so here's a step-by-step! I did this for my site, but haven't got around to doing the dreamweaver stuff, so here you go:
The sketch took about fifteen minutes. I don't always work in blue pencil but i think they're great for roughing stuff out. I usually work in blue col-erase on Goldline Marker PAds.
The next step was to scan the image into Photoshop 7 and do some tweaks on the drawing. I used to do subsequent sketches with an animator's lightbox, until i got the pencil drawing 'just right', but i've changed my process a little to give myself more freedom and be a little less dependant on the pencil sketch.
Next stage is to make the drawing a layer and set blend mode to 'multiply' and then block in some base colours. For those who don't know, using 'Multiply' as a layer blend mode makes everything white transparent and everything black opaque, so you can paint beneath your drawing with only the lines visible.
Then i start working quickly on the colour. I generally use a 6"x8" wacom, although we've just got a couple of Cintiqs at work. All these quick marks at this stage will gradually be covered up, but they'll form a nice base to the image and will subtly show through subsequent marks and give some nice depth to the image. even on a quick concept like this, i like to build up layers of colour. I decided to switch the head direction. I couldn't get it to look natural the other way with him talking on the phone. He looked like he was staring and bemused by the phone, rather than talking.
Add in the graffiti. I knew i wanted graffiti, but wasn't sure what. Then i caught myself singing 'Always Look on the Bright Side of Life' one day, and remembered the graffiti scene from Monty Python's Life of Brian!! So in went 'Romanes Eunt Domus'. I actually did a screen grab from the movie one night and copied the graffiti very closely!! It's supposed to mean 'Romans go Home'... but it's the wrong spelling and means something like 'People who are Roman go to the house'... or something..?? I loved this bit of the movie as a kid.
A couple of major tweaks. One of the other sketches i did for this contest was a girl with an afro on roller skates. Mainly because i've got some strange 'thing' about girls on roller skates... *sigh*... i i attribute this 'thing' to growing up in the 70s and watching the girls on my street going up and down the road on their roller skates. I don't have a 'thing' about big hairy men on roller skates, but i thought it'd be a nice touch.
This bit is all good fun. I really started adding in the details... telephone, plugs, cigarette... These were on a seperate layer so i could play around a bit. Some details went into the image, and came straight back out again, for instance. I was still aiming to keep the layer count down. In this image there were about 7 layers i think. From the back to front, there were: Base colours, the linework (i painted over the lines and used them as a guide), the main colour layer, the Graffiti, A detail layer, another detail layer and the shadows layer. I used to go mad with layers, but it just slows everything down and gets confusing, so i'm trying to limit them a bit to see how it affects my work. I'll create layers and merge down as i go along, but i'm aiming to keep away from 100 layer images! I also added more 'flex' to the bench because he's a chunky fella... thanks to Matt Dixon for the suggestion... who oddly enough normally works on just one layer. Now that is odd.
The final stage is the tidying up and adding in all the detail. This was a laugh. There's the 'Access All Areas' pass, a burger and fries, grenades etc. I just had some fun and then said 'Finished'. This, as i said, was a fairly quick image i worked on over a week of lunchtimes. So five to six hours would probably be a good guess. By the next day there was a bunch of stuff i'd change or do different, but i've never been one for going back to an image. I'll just start a new picture and try and get it right next time...
I'll post the sketches for the other idea i had for this TD tonight or tomorrow.
I've just loked at them and quite like 'em, so i might even finish the image off sometime...
September 30th, 2005 #25
Nice... Cool to see you do a tutorial. thanks for the time invested, much appreciated. Love your stuff !
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drawing, and ugly, and nothing else." JAD Ingres, Ecrits sur l'art
September 30th, 2005 #26
Hey Duddle,
Geez, your work makes me smile, and thats a good thing. Love the Monkey girl and her...er...monkeys; very sweet concept...every girl should have her own monkey....
Theres so much wonderful humour in your pictures, and its refreshing to see. Finally, you got a sketch thread...well done man! lol look forward to seeing more...
September 30th, 2005 #27
Btw: those 2 spaceman ' frogs' , what were they used for? They look like fun to animate
"There is no such thing as 'accurate drawing'. There is beautiful
drawing, and ugly, and nothing else." JAD Ingres, Ecrits sur l'art
September 30th, 2005 #28
The 'space frogs' (haha... good description!) were just a favour for a friend at Warthog who wanted to do a short film in his spare time. I'm not sure where he's at with it, or if he's even doing it, because he left the company. And then i moved company too, so we've been out of touch
I'll have to try and mail him and see whether he's modelled 'em up. Or started animating even...
(And thanks Molly! Every girl should have her own monkey!)
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"Romans go home" !!!!
First time I look at this thread. I really like the sketches, some cool stuff you got here.
Go on!
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Great Drawing skills ! love the colours too. keep up good work! u deserves STARS !!


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Abstract: Modularization
Parts of GEP-9 have been incorporated into Groovy 2.0. Please see the Groovy 2.0 documentation for further details, e.g.: Creating an extension module.
This GEP introduces the goals and proposed details behind a modularization effort that will:
- provide a more streamlined jar for core Groovy with other jars comprising what might be considered optional parts of Groovy
- provide Groovy library writers with hooks into the groovy runtime to allow them to extend Groovy in various ways - allowing "grapes" to be more like plugins than just traditional libraries
- auxiliary details about how the modularization might affect other artifacts, e.g. the Groovy build, wiki, jira components, etc.
This activity builds upon the work discussed previously: Groovy 2.0 modularization and the somewhat older profiles discussion Packaging and Modularity.
This document is part work in progress and part proposals and ideas. The final details may change from what is discussed here. User feedback (preferably on the user mailing list) is greatly appreciated.
Out of scope
While we should keep a watching brief on other modularization efforts, at this stage we are anticipating structural changes to the Groovy classes which are orthogonal to eventually using something like OSGi or Java 8's Jigsaw modularization.
Jar groupings
At the moment, Groovy provides two main jar artifacts:
groovy.jarcontains the core classes for Groovy and has a dependency on a small handful of critical dependent jars (i.e. asm, antlr, etc.)
groovy-all.jarcontains the core classes for Groovy and bundled versions of the critical dependent jars
After modularization, the main Groovy codebase will be packaged into additional jar artifacts:
groovy-core.jar(name to be finalized) will contain a smaller set of core classes for Groovy and will retain its dependency on a small handful of critical dependent jars (i.e. asm, antlr, etc.)
- numerous smaller "module/component" jars (exact names/numbers/contents to be finalized) but possibly things like
groovy-all.jarcontains the core classes for Groovy, bundled versions of the critical dependent jars and all of the classes from the module jars
- optionally we may support other "profiles" - profiles being other "fat" jars we bundle together for other environments, e.g.
groovy-android.jarmight exclude the JMX or Swing modules for instance.
Recommendations/suggestions for jar groupings are welcome. See some more details in the accompanying discussion: Groovy 2.0 modularization.
One of the goals of this bundling effort is to facilitate Groovy's evolution as a language by enabling:
- less relevant modules to become deprecated and removed from the main project but still available as external libraries, e.g.
groovy-bsfmight be deemed inessential now that most users will have jsr-223 (but it can be moved into a separate module and still available for anyone who needs it)
- the controlled migration from legacy to new versions of some functionality, e.g. we could produce a groovy-xml-v2 library which might have breaking changes - the v2 library might be an optional module at first but later become the main supported option - legacy users would be able to "point back to the old version" so that their scripts don't break if they wished (further details later)
- external modules could more easily be incorporated into the core distribution (with users able to customize certain aspects of what gets bundled)
- we can provide "legacy" jars which contain deprecated features or unforeseen breaking changes - library writers can incorporate the legacy jar into their libraries to more easily support using their libraries across multiple versions of Groovy
Configuring a Groovy installation
Groovy bootstraps its configuration using a file in the
conf/groovy-starter.conf file. It has entries like this:
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# load required libraries load !{groovy.home}/lib/*.jar
with required jars being in a
lib directory which is part of a Groovy install.
The groovy install will now likely have a "
modules" (or components or repository) directory.
groovy-starter.conf file will have additional entries such as:
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# load SQL component grab org.codehaus.groovy groovy-sql 1.9.0 # load XML component grab org.codehaus.groovy groovy-xml 1.9.0
Grapes are loaded via Ivy and configured from a settings file. This file might have an additional entry:
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<ibiblio name="modules" root="file:${groovy.home}/modules/" m2compatible="true"/>
The Ivy library (or perhaps the wharf or aether libraries) will likely become a required jar - though it may be
that only a very limited form of grab is supported in which case no additional library might be necessary.
Runtime hooks/registration
When downloading a grape, the classes from its jar are added (currently appended) to the classpath. In addition, we are planning on supporting additional integration points:
potential hook
allow the module to define additional category methods
allow the module to define additional static category methods
allow the module to define additional expandometaclass methods
allow the module to define additional metaclasses similar to the current magic package mechanism**
allow the module to define additional category methods which have been serialized
allow the module to define additional normal, star, static imports, aliases
allow the module to define supported file extensions
allow the module to define AST transforms
provide a way to register builder metadata
should there by a way to 'publish' new commandline level startup scripts e.g. java2groovy
provide a way to register a runner class, e.g. EasyB - there might also be a need to detect runner types
provide a way to register special compiler flags, e.g. '--indy'
provide a way to inject special AST customizations
**This needs to mesh in with the existing magic package mechanism for defining custom metaclasses.
This is also where we could specify additional requirements, e.g. require 'invoke dynamic' - but see later also. Could we declaratively specify our security policy requirements. Or can we disable specific aspects of functionality, e.g. disable some standard global AST transform because we want to provide a better one. (There are obviously security implications for this!)
Another question is whether all these features will be available also via an API. Would such an API allow modules to be "unregistered"?
Groovydoc/source pointers
Some modularization systems support the "installation" of documentation (and/or sources) along with the module.
Should a module have a pointer to (or be bundled with) its GroovyDoc and/or source.
In the Java ecosystem, many libraries are published with their javadoc/sources according to common conventions or have javadoc available online. Do we rely on these established conventions or provide additional support? For users without access to sophisticated IDEs it could be convenient to have all the documentation available in "merged" form in one place.
Build Impacts
Mostly discussed here: Groovy 2.0 modularization
Should each "submodule" be able to be built on its own? Will it have its own javadoc, own coding style rules, own coverage metrics etc.
Module robustness
Should we provide a standard hook/mechanism to try to combat the following scenarios:
- you are loading a jar that depends on classes managed by the root classloader?
- a class with the same name is already on the classpath before yours?
- a class with the same name as one of your dependencies but from an incompatible version is on the classpath already
- an ability to register a "ping"/health check method to quickly test the component
Runtime Introspection
In Groovy you can currently determine the Groovy version using:
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println GroovySystem.version
which returns a String.
In GROOVY-2422 it talks about the desire for additional version checks.
It also talks about listing capabilities. This could be "is invokeDynamic" available or could really just be about available loaded modules. In general, we would expect our dependencies to be specified as part of our pom and loaded for us automatically but it can sometimes be useful to do special things.
In general, should we be able to find out the list of loaded modules and versions? Or ask about which module/version a particular class belongs to?
Assisting IDE support
We may define a standard place or convention, e.g.
META-INF/services/groovy/dsld or
META-INF/services/groovy/gdsl where IDEs can find DSL descriptors relevant for that module.
Should modules themselves have a standard way to do logging? Is that j.u.l.Logger? Perhaps bridged with slf4j?
JIRA issues
- GROOVY-2422 API for checking version and capabilities of Groovy runtime
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January 15, 2014
MISENHEIMER, N.C. - Despite a 16 point performance from freshman Alexis Stallard, the Pfeiffer University women's basketball team lost a hard-fought battle to conference foe North Greenville on Wednesday night. Stallard is currently averaging 11.6 points per game and tonight marked her sixth game in double-figure scoring this season. Stallard was also 6 of 16 from the field, shot 50% from the charity stripe, and currently leads the team in steals with 21, adding two to her total this evening. The loss drops Pfeiffer to 1-5 in Conference Carolinas action and 2-12 on the season. With the win, the Crusaders improve to 5-9 overall and pickup their first conference victory making them 1-5 in conference play.
The evening began just the way the Falcons had planned and following a barrage of shots over the first eight minutes of play, Pfeiffer found themselves up on the visitors by five, 14-9. The next six minutes however, would be all North Greenville. Following a 19-0 run by the Crusaders, Pfeiffer found themselves staring at a 14-point deficit with 6:10 left to play in the half. A layup by junior Carter Williams broke North Greenville's streak, but the hole would prove to be too deep, and the Falcons would not come within ten points of the visiting team for the rest of the game. The Crusaders were led by Alisha Hope who finished with the game's only double-double and led all players with 24 total points. Hope rounded out her double-double with ten total rebounds, also a game-high.
Stallard got a little help on the scoreboard from junior Lauren White who chipped in eight points and shot four of seven from the field in only 11 minutes of playing time. The Falcons shot 72% from the charity stripe as a team, put up seven blocks, and 40 total rebounds.
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April 10, 2009Misenheimer, NC -- On Saturday afternoon the Pfeiffer Falcons split a Conference Carolinas baseball doubleheader with the visiting Knights of St. Andrews Presbyterian College. The teams traded ninth inning rallies to prevail in their respective games. The Knights scored six runs in the ninth to win 6-4 in game one and the Falcons scored two in the final inning to win the second game 14-13.
Game One – Pfeiffer 4, St. Andrews 6
Game one started on Friday afternoon and finished Saturday afternoon thanks to a three hour rain delay on Friday that postponed the conclusion of the game until Saturday. On Friday both starting pitchers held the bats at bay.
Pfeiffer scored one off of Knight starter Travis Lee (Frederick, MD) in the third. After a one-out single by Ryan Brown (Concord, NC), Josh Strickland (Liberty, NC) reached on an error. Eric Shoemaker (Huntersville, NC) then doubled to score Brown, but Lee ended the threat there.
Nick Fogleman (Waxhaw, NC) started for the Falcons and was at his best. When the game stopped during the sixth he had thrown six innings allowing only three hits while striking out seven.
The Falcons had runners on first and second after consecutive singles by Zach Pou (Stanley, NC) and Will Davis (New London, NC) when the game was halted, but when the game resumed Lee once again worked out of trouble and did not allow a run to score that inning.
Pfeiffer added a run in the seventh when Josh Strickland brought Preston Lyon (Gastonia, NC) home with a SAC fly. Then the Falcons added two more in the eighth when Lyon added a two-run single.
Jonathan McDaniel (Mocksville, NC) relieved Fogleman when the game resumed and was cruising until the ninth when the Knights rallied for six runs on four hits to take a 6-4 lead. The big hits of the inning were a three run homerun by Josh Axelsen (St. Charles, IL) and a two run double by Michael Ficarro (Pine City, NY).
Lee returned to the mound in the ninth and shut the Falcons down to earn the win. He went nine innings giving up four runs on eleven hits. Ficarro led the Knights with two hits and two RBI while Axelson contributed a big three run homerun.
Fogleman took the no decision while McDaniel suffered the loss. McDaniel gave up six runs on five hits through three innings. At the plate Pou, Davis, Lyon, and Brown had two hits apiece for Pfeiffer.
Game Two – Pfeiffer 14, St. Andrews 13
Game two was a slugfest in which the teams traded big innings and another ninth inning rally.
Pfeiffer got on the board in the bottom of the first with four runs on six hits. Singles by Strickland and Shoemaker got the inning started. Davis then doubled to left center to bring home the pair. Myles Pearl (High Point, NC) tripled to left center to score Davis and then he scored on a RBI single by Ethan Marsh (Asheboro, NC).
SAPC scratched back in the second by scoring on an RBI single by Ivan Rodriguez (New York, NY) after a big Pfeiffer error that allowed the inning to continue.
The Knights jumped ahead when they scored eight runs in the third to take a 9-4 lead. Ethan Powell (Greenville, NC), Kyle Norris (Laurel Hill, NC), Axelson, Charles Weber (Concord, NC), Jeremy Fisher (Catonsville, MD), and Rodriguez all added RBI in the inning for SAPC.
Pfeiffer battled back in the bottom half of the inning with four runs of its own. Lyon got the inning started with a single and later scored on a single by Strickland. After a Shoemaker walk, Pou lined over the left field wall to cut the lead to 9-8. The Falcons tied it up in the fourth on a solo shot by Lyon.
The Knights jumped ahead 12-9 in the sixth after a two run homerun by Norris and a solo homer by Axelson.
The seventh saw Pfeiffer chip away at the score after Brown scored on a wild pitch. SAPC got the run back in the top of the eighth after Weber singled home Axelson to take a 13-10 lead.
Pfeiffer again chipped away in the eighth when Davis singled to start the inning and was followed by a two-run homerun off the bat of Pearl.
Chris Russell (Chadbourn, NC) held the Knight bats at bay over three innings to set the stage for the ninth inning comeback by the Falcons.
Brown started the ninth with a single and after an error on a fielder's choice Strickland reached. The Falcons had runners on first and second with nobody out. Shoemaker bunted the runners to third then after an intentional walk to Pou that loaded the bases, Davis singled home Brown to tie the score. Pearl hit a deep fly ball to center and brought Strickland home for the win.
Russell picked up the win for Pfeiffer. He went 3 2/3 innings allowing one run on four hits. At the plate Strickland, Davis, Pearl, and Lyon had three hits, while Shoemaker and Brown added two apiece.
For the Knights, Fisher picked up the loss in relief. He went six innings allowing four earned runs on seven hits. Norris, Axelson, and Rodriguez had three hits for SAPC and Norris and Axelson each added a homerun.
Pfeiffer returns to action on Tuesday at Catawba with a scheduled start of 6:00 PM.


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|All Children's Hospital Announces Executive Level Promotions
All Children's Hospital is pleased to announce promotions within its executive level administration.
Arnold Stenberg will become Executive Vice President for Administration. He will assume day-to-day operational responsibility for many areas of the All Children's Health System, which includes the hospital and its research holdings. For the past eight years, Stenberg has served as Senior Vice President/Finance and Chief Financial Officer of All Children's Hospital. The change is aimed at streamlining operations and systems.
Bill Horton is being promoted to Senior Vice President of Strategic Business Services, with responsibility for strategic planning/business development, marketing/community relations and All Children's Specialty Physician group. Horton has more than 25 years of experience at All Children's Hospital in a variety of positions, most recently as Vice President/Strategic Business Services. The addition of Marketing & Community Relations to this division will help to facilitate greater integration of strategic planning and marketing/communications activities.
Both titles are new within the All Children's Health System and will take effect on October 1, 2008.