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"Guilty Pleasure" Cymbals
Zildjian Pitch Black 22"ride . Heavy dry ping made for cutting through loud amps. Basically a Paiste Signature Series Blue Bell Ride Cymbal at a dir...
6 years agoPearl B4514 Resto-Mod
The Jupiter strainer was not a very good design. It was kind of a generic that folks from other companies used too(and they all pretty much sucked)....
6 years agoAssembly of the "new" Dynasonic
Back in the day I played quite a few Rogers sets as well as setting them up.(hundreds of times) On a pretty consistent basis the tom holder would slip...
6 years agoAssembly of the "new" Dynasonic
Watch Chicago at Tanglewood at about twenty minutes. Seraphines Rogers kit proceeds to fall apart. And notice he doesn't use the tom holder ,but a sn...
6 years agoAssembly of the "new" Dynasonic
From Gvdadrummasum...
6 years agoCanada Day, Part Two
There's the old saying which rings true on many fronts ,you don't miss what you never had.
6 years agoCanada Day, Part Two
The taste of today's stuff just doesn't have that "it" factor. Colombian, Thai stick and Acapulco gold had a unique flavor and aroma. No wonder vapi...
6 years agoCanada Day, Part Two
I remember reading an interview about the difference between studio work in the UK and US(I think it was Clapton). He said in the UK they would get s...
6 years agoCanada Day, Part Two
Having been friends with the ganja back in my earlier years ,I can see a certain amount of trepidation that folks have about legal dope and driving....
6 years agoDrum Companies and Their Worst Ideas
From O-Lugs...
6 years agoDrum Companies and Their Worst Ideas
The Nickelworks snare throw with the plastic throw arm. Just a matter of time before it broke.
6 years agoEbay selling Aluminum snare 14 inch die cast hoops cheap
Found two pairs of new ones out on Ebay for $70 bucks. Looks like there's a company over in China selling direct. Considering one is about $125 retail...
6 years agoBest way to clean brushed metal wraps?
Very few drum companies do metal wrap anymore. I doubt if it is metal. So I would treat it just like any other plastic wrap.
6 years agoYamaha SD-055M Snare
I had a wood Yammie with that system and it sucked. Almost impossible to tune. Reminds me of the Tama ImperialStar Kingbeat vs the ImperialStar Powerl...
6 years agoIdentify this Snare Drum Stand?
Old style 70's Pearl.
6 years ago