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My 2 and a Half Kits: Ludwig, Premier, GiantBeats, etc.
Hey ever'body! Here's a few pics of my kits. First, my current Ludwig gigging kit, then a Premier FT/BD conversion "baby kit" that I actually gigged with for a year and a half and then the rest of that original Premier 7-Piece kit with the normal size kick and different cymbals.
Ludwig Birch Classic, Gold Sparkle:
10x12, 14x14, 16x16, 16x20, 6.5x14 Ludwig LM304 Brass
Paiste Giant Beat:
15" Hats, 18" Multi, 20" Multi, 24" Ride
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Next is a version of my "Holly Golightly Kit", this time with 15" Sound Edge 2002 Hats and the same Giant Beats starring in a bit of a "small drums/big cymbals" snuff film, apparently. Please excuse the hideous carpet.
1989 Premier Projector Series, Black. They're thin (3 or 4 ply) Birch with Beech re-rings:
9x10, 11x13, 16x18 (FT/BD converted), 6.5x13 Yamaha Musashi Oak
I also used to have the 12" tom stand mounted as the higher floor tom in a one up - two down setup. This kit is ultra-compact and insanely fun to play on. It punches way above its weight tone-wise and volume-wise. When mic'd up the kick drum is incredible. I got away with playing rock with this kit before I got the Luddies, which are much less of a hardware hassle when playing live. I'm pushing the flat-based Gibraltar hardware to it's limits with this setup.
I fold down two of the floor tom legs to act as BD spurs. I like to get a little more height off the floor with a stack of two foam rubber practice hockey pucks ("spucks") glued together. They work great!
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Now here's the rest of this Premier kit in our practice space, living the life of a four piece kit with another cymbal setup, mostly B20 this time.
1989 Premier Projector Series, Black:
10x12, 16x16 (actually it's a 15x16), 16x22, 5x14 1976 Ludwig Supraphonic
15" early 60's Ludwig/Paiste Hats (nickel-silver alloy), 18" K. Zildjian Med. Thin Dark Crash, 21" Sabian HH Vintage Ride, 16" 80's block letter Sabian AA Thin Crash
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Hey ever'body! Here's a few pics of my kits. First, my current Ludwig gigging kit, then a Premier FT/BD conversion "baby kit" that I actually gigged with for a year and a half and then the rest of that original Premier 7-Piece kit with the normal size kick and different cymbals.
Ludwig Birch Classic, Gold Sparkle:
10x12, 14x14, 16x16, 16x20, 6.5x14 Ludwig LM304 Brass
Paiste Giant Beat:
15" Hats, 18" Multi, 20" Multi, 24" Ride
.....
Next is a version of my "Holly Golightly Kit", this time with 15" Sound Edge 2002 Hats and the same Giant Beats starring in a bit of a "small drums/big cymbals" snuff film, apparently. Please excuse the hideous carpet.
1989 Premier Projector Series, Black. They're thin (3 or 4 ply) Birch with Beech re-rings:
9x10, 11x13, 16x18 (FT/BD converted), 6.5x13 Yamaha Musashi Oak
I also used to have the 12" tom stand mounted as the higher floor tom in a one up - two down setup. This kit is ultra-compact and insanely fun to play on. It punches way above its weight tone-wise and volume-wise. When mic'd up the kick drum is incredible. I got away with playing rock with this kit before I got the Luddies, which are much less of a hardware hassle when playing live. I'm pushing the flat-based Gibraltar hardware to it's limits with this setup.
I fold down two of the floor tom legs to act as BD spurs. I like to get a little more height off the floor with a stack of two foam rubber practice hockey pucks ("spucks") glued together. They work great!
.....
Now here's the rest of this Premier kit in our practice space, living the life of a four piece kit with another cymbal setup, mostly B20 this time.
1989 Premier Projector Series, Black:
10x12, 16x16 (actually it's a 15x16), 16x22, 5x14 1976 Ludwig Supraphonic
15" early 60's Ludwig/Paiste Hats (nickel-silver alloy), 18" K. Zildjian Med. Thin Dark Crash, 21" Sabian HH Vintage Ride, 16" 80's block letter Sabian AA Thin Crash
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