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Sewing day

October 23, 2012
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Backstitch — makes a strong seam [UPDATE: My sewing job survived the tour, despite being tested fairly extremely; I had to lighten my rolling duffle before checking it, and put my snare drum stand (a […]

More on Pinstripes

March 1, 2012
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The distressed font indicates rockingness to me. Ever since reading T. Bruce Wittet’s piece about the drumming equivalent of the fusion mullet, the Remo Pinstripe, I’ve been sort of half-determined to try to them out […]

Some observations on a Brian Blade performance

February 12, 2012
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Last night Brian Blade played in town, and I thought I’d share a few impressions from it. I can’t promise they hold any sway outside of that concert as perceived by me from the side […]

Best values in used cymbals

February 12, 2012
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By the way, during this recent bout of eBay-trawling, I noticed that the best deals on used cymbals appear to be: Dirty, filthy old Paiste 2002’s – A lot of drummers have the bad habit […]

Three Paiste cymbals

February 11, 2012
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UPDATE: I think I’ve correctly ID’d one of the other cymbals. I’ve been on a vintage Paiste cymbal-buying kick recently. Here are the findings on my finds: 22″ Formula 602 Dark Ride – circa 1975-76 […]

Cymbal post coming up

February 4, 2012
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We don’t write much about gear around here- there’s something of an epidemic of misplaced priorities surrounding the topic. But I’ve been on a cymbal-buying kick the past couple of weeks- a heavyish vintage Paiste […]

Billy Higgins’ instrument

September 30, 2011
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Here’s a nice follow up on my recent Billy Higgins solo analysis. I was just surfing around and getting discouraged at how little of value I was coming across, when I stumbled across this 2000 […]

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A start

June 30, 2011
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It’s kind of a joke, but the idea of a micro-size drum set that is a viable instrument is kind of interesting. It wouldn’t have to be this small- maybe if you could fit the […]

80″ Gong

May 18, 2011
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I have nothing to add. It’s an 80″ gong. Cost is $23,000, which has to make it one of the more expensive instruments in the world for the number of notes that are going to […]

Sabian AA’s are amazing

April 9, 2011
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I just received my 22″ Sabian AA Raw Ride (purchased blind on Ebay) in the mail the other day, and continue to be really impressed by the quality of the AA’s- these beautifully refined-sounding cymbals […]

Zildjian cymbal set-ups of the 70’s

March 15, 2011
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In the mid-70’s the Zildjian cymbal company put out what has become a classic booklet of cymbal set-ups of their pro endorsers. Who were all using those same bright, middle-of -the-road 70’s A’s across a […]