The worse they sound, the better you do.
To an extent, yes, but I'd much prefer all drums at exhibitions to be well tuned. That way, not only can players make an informed 1 - 1 comparison, but it presents a much more stimulating & worthwhile atmosphere for visitors.
Not all people don't care.
Thankfully larry, this is true. For every lazy b*^%d in the business, there's some real passionate people too. I just wish some of that passion would rub off on the others. By means of inspiration preferably, but if not, then by means of shame.
Best kit I ever played was at London Drum Show. Was Guru stand and the bloke honored me by letting me play on the free floating kit.... My dream kit and always will be but I will never be able to afford that.... Tuned perfect, looked amazing. Not only that but the owner complimented my playing and actually gave me a nice chat. Went out of his way actually, incredible. If only I could afford a guru kit, any kit.... Sucks having around £600 as a limit for next kit...
This is great to hear
I'm fairly certain that was me, but please excuse me if I don't remember specifically. Alternatively, it might have been Dean. I'm 20 years older than Dean.
Either way, it tells me something about you. You must have approached us in a way that gave us the confidence to let you play that precious kit, actually, my kit. We restricted playing on that kit for good reason. As you're aware, there's a lot of visitors who just want to thrash any kit they can find. It doesn't matter what it sounds like, because they mostly want to "impress" their friends.
As an aside, you've played probably one of the rarest kits on the planet in modern times. It is the very genesis of the Origin series drums, & crafted from 300 year old mahogany. There will only ever be one prototype kit, despite numerous requests to build more. If we ever become successful enough to have a Guru museum, that will take pride of place. Thank you so much for your kind words. It makes our struggles that bit easier to work through