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Most desirable-sounding pre-60's drums?

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From fungus amungus

First off, this is my opinion & my opinion only.My studio kit/kits are NEVER gigged! If you've got a sweet a$$ studio set-up, you don't take it to the Do Drop Inn so Billy-Bob & his inbreed sister Eunis-Bobbette can play wipeout on a vintage kit as soon as you head home from the gig! Get a banger kit to drag around if your clubbing...if you're doing stuff that requires something that someone in the crowd can appreciate the sound difference in, buy a custom boutique. Not GC custom boutique...a real custom boutique...you can even build it yourself!...or I CAN BUILD IT FOR YOU! D' Drummer There are guys out there starving to death that can build you a custom kit that will sound 10 times as good as most old vintage drums in a club setting & be 50 time more reliable. Not trying to sell my or any of my friends services here, I do that on many other sites. Just hate seeing guys take beautiful vintage drums to night clubs & then bring them to me to repair. There's nothing that sounds better than a great old Radio King kit in a well EQ room with some old tube mics loving on them...but don't take it to the club! It's earned the right to sit back & make sweet music...those lil' darlin's shouldn't ever be subjected to wipeout again!

Ding! Ding! Ding!!!!

you tell 'em!!!!!!!!

Yeah- I'm THAT guy!!!

Dead dogs like rusty fire hydrants!!!
Posted on 13 years ago
#11
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I never said I was going to bring these drums to the Spittoon Saloon. There are some drums that almost NEVER leave my sight: my early 50's RK snare, early 80's 8x14 Slingy Magnum, 70's Black Beauty. There's simply no reason to risk anything happening to them. I have a well-worn 80's Tama Superstar kit for that. They would make it through the Apocalypse, and I never have to apologize for the sound.

Dan

Posted on 13 years ago
#12
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For me in the studio i use alot of drums and a mix of drums..One of the go to set's that i used is a mix-match set of R.K. from the 30.s-40.s with calf heads on them.Size of these drums are 28" bass, toms are 13" and two 16's" snare drums are a mix brands R.K's,30's Ludwig B/B's, 50s Gretsch,50's rogers most are 5.5 x14 some are wood shells some are brass shells...I have used also 50's Gretsch,Rogers,Ludwig drums in all sizes bass drums from 20" to 28",toms 11" to 18"...I just used alot of drums when iam in the studio to fine the sound they want..Mikey

Posted on 13 years ago
#13
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From equipmentdork

I never said I was going to bring these drums to the Spittoon Saloon...Dan

Love the description!!!!!!!! Sounds like the last few places I have played!!!!

Yeah- I'm THAT guy!!!

Dead dogs like rusty fire hydrants!!!
Posted on 13 years ago
#14
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i personally like the late 40,s early 50,s Beverley nice shells with solid bearing edges state of the art then and still used by the biggies today

April 2nd 1969 scarfed pink champagne holly wood and 65/66 downbeat snare, and , supra same year very minty kit old pies
66/67 downbeat with canister
Super 400 small round knob
1967 super classic obp





once the brass ceases to glitter, and the drum looses its luster, and the stage remains dark, all you have left is the timbre of family.
Posted on 13 years ago
#15
Posts: 1597 Threads: 96

From fungus amungus

First off, this is my opinion & my opinion only.My studio kit/kits are NEVER gigged! If you've got a sweet a$$ studio set-up, you don't take it to the Do Drop Inn so Billy-Bob & his inbreed sister Eunis-Bobbette can play wipeout on a vintage kit as soon as you head home from the gig! Get a banger kit to drag around if your clubbing...if you're doing stuff that requires something that someone in the crowd can appreciate the sound difference in, buy a custom boutique. Not GC custom boutique...a real custom boutique...you can even build it yourself!...or I CAN BUILD IT FOR YOU! D' Drummer There are guys out there starving to death that can build you a custom kit that will sound 10 times as good as most old vintage drums in a club setting & be 50 time more reliable. Not trying to sell my or any of my friends services here, I do that on many other sites. Just hate seeing guys take beautiful vintage drums to night clubs & then bring them to me to repair. There's nothing that sounds better than a great old Radio King kit in a well EQ room with some old tube mics loving on them...but don't take it to the club! It's earned the right to sit back & make sweet music...those lil' darlin's shouldn't ever be subjected to wipeout again!

Fungus I have to call BS on that post it is total Crappola Mikey got it right Leedy,Ludwigs Gretch Slingy's and rogers (my personal choice is Rogers eagle badges) all sell for good money today 50 years later now where is a custom set of drums 50 years later? 10 times better sounding LOL really I would have bought them in a heartbeat... I started in 64 not pre 50 but early rogers drums had everything I wanted in a drum set great quality, great sound, and the very best hardware IMO ever built for a drum set I gigged them all over the mid west south and northwest drug them into many doo drop inn's and drug em out again threw them on the bus drove to the city drug em into a studio and made records rinse and repeat 100's of times guess what they are still ticking..... sorry no offense meant just had to call BS... my answer to the threads question is Rogers...

Posted on 13 years ago
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