Dave's WMP Kit as arrived!

[davejmw]

Hey guys,

Well the big day happened on Thursday. I got the first delievery of my new (to me) 1968 Ludwig WMP Kit. I am soooo pumped.

I will post pictures once everything has arrived. I have purchsed a 1969 WMP snare, a vintage flat base snare stand, a vintage hi hat, and vintage L arm for the bass drum.

Question for you: Anybody know where to get a cool vintage looking "lambswhool" bass drum beater. One of the puffy ones? I love that look,,..and have heard the sound is killer.

I also wanted to mention that I changed all the heads on the drums with Aquarian Vintage/Modern satin finish. THey are a cream in colour and sound unreal. Do you guys use these at all?

BEst

Dave

[gregdrum52]

I use the vintage heads by Aquarian on my 1977 Slingerland drums and love them, greg

[quinntheeskimo]

repercussions.org carries lambswool beaters

[davejmw]

OMG that website is a mess. it takes like 10 minutes to download all the images and then there is so much to look at you don't know where to begin..

gorgeous kits however...

[MarkD]

Hi Dave, Glad all is coming together for you, and that things are looking up. keep us posted.

As far as the Aquarian Modern Vintage Heads go, I think they're crap, and I personally can't stand them. While they do appear to be better made, and of very high quality appearance wise, in comparison to Evans, and Remo, every head I ever bought all sounded like wet cardboard to me. And I also didn't like the stick feel of them neither. Of course other's mileage may vary, but I've heard this a lot about Aquarian Heads from others.

Essentially, I have a few boxes of 14's lying around here, and they'll never go back on any of my drums.
For me it will always be the Remo Diplomat Diplomat-M-5, Remo Ambassador, or Evans G-1.
Mark

[MarkD]

Dave/All I should've elaborated a bit further, in that I never liked the Modern Vintage Head on any of my Snares. After not liking them on my Snares, I never felt the need to go any further with these on any of my other drums (Toms/etc)

For my snares it will always be the Evans G-1, Diplomat, and preferably the Diplomat M-5, but these are a real SOB to get lately.
The thinner, and livelier a head is, the better I like it.

I reckon it all depends on personal taste, the sounds you are looking for, and the style you play/like to play. As long as you like the head, that's all that counts! Mark