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What's going to happen to all the VHS & cassette tape collections?
I traded in my old Dodge Caravan for an old Volvo wagon recently. The Caravan CD player had died. When I discovered the Volvo had both working CD play...
13 years agoPaul McCartney's Drummer
I think you have to defer to the artist. We have tons of old bands out there vainly trying to replicate their youth. Not a pretty thing. 'sides, t...
13 years agoAjax Snare
Yeah, I think you two entities tangled up. Ajax = Boosey Hawkes Rose Morris=John Grey There is lots of good info on John Grey (Rose Morris) here:...
13 years agoPaul McCartney's Drummer
Just shut your eyes and enjoy the drumming. He is awfully good.
13 years agoLevon Helm snare on Last Waltz
Hi, Here is one possible snare candidate, not sure what it is myself, check the tensioners. Three shots, first and third from Toronto show, other fro...
13 years agoSlingerland - are they less loved than other US brands?
Slingies stodgy? I dunno. Maybe if all we think about is their iconic WMP stuff. But they were active participants in flashy rock and roll. Two exam...
13 years agobrand new snare batter dented after 1band rehersal?
Coming in late, Sometimes you just get a junky head. And it won't matter what stick or force you use. This is just a fact of life for working drummer...
13 years agoBlack Diamond Mystery Snare
If you have more than one snare in the same diameter, and you plan on drumming for more than a few years, I have to say I see no harm in purchasing so...
13 years agoHow to mount a floor tom with NO HARDWARE
I would hunt out the right brackets and legs, and add some Pearl isofooties to really open up the sound. It's not that hard to mount the brackets, the...
13 years agotiredofdrummerjokes
What do you say to a drummer in a three piece suit? Will the defendant please rise.
13 years agothoughts on cymbal impurities and metal fatigue
Hi, I interviewed Bill or Andy Zildjian (cannot remember which, though I do recall the inimitable Nort Hargrove vividly) in the early days of Sabian...
13 years agoPearl tom
Hi I have 6x8 and 8x8 Maple finish Pearls from 1979-80. Double headed. Once I owned a 1980 8x8 double headed in orange flash. The 1980 Pearl Catalog...
13 years agoWho made La Boz Drums, stencil folks?
Boy, the goofiness of some of the stencil brand names seems to know no bounds. Crown, Del Ray, Pearl etc, all cool. But a lot of weird drum names, t...
13 years agoHow do I put these snare wires on?
Yeah, One end of each string goes in each of the outside holes--going up toward the batter head. Then loop each if the the strings back down (toward...
13 years agoHow do you all store your cymbals?
From drums2xs...
13 years ago