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Did he use a 24" bass drum throughout his career, or did he switch to a 22"
the 1980 Ludwig catalog shows a 24x16, which I actually saw him play at Disneyland in 1979.
No. Carmine Appice has Ludwig make him 24x15 bass drums when he played for Rod Stewart, and there is a distant rumor that one of Bonham’s kits had a 26x16 in the early days. But although Ludwig called the catalog “ ‘80”, it was published in late 1978, and it featured the new power sizes that were to become popular soon after.You lucky SoB. My historical hero. You lucky SoB! Do you think that kick was a prototype?
Now I have a 26x14, and I like it better for some reason.
Which I think was the reasoning behind the 24x16. You get more boom like a 26 in a smaller diameter?Probably because the shorter depth gives more punch and less boom. Punch will carry more into the audience than boom, so maybe Buddy liked that more.
You get more boom like a 26 in a smaller diameter?
Jim Keltner said nice things about Buddy.
Everyone cites those bus tapes as some kind of definitive evidence that Buddy was a terrible person, but I just don't think it's that bad. I don't know what precipitated that rant. It could just be a veteran bandleader dealing with a bunch of young musicians who aren't taking their gig seriously enough. I'm no Buddy fanboy, but there's other stuff he's done or said that I would probably consider before those tapes.I hope he meant nice things about Buddy’s drum skills. Always figured it was fair to judge a man based on how he treated the people around him. I ain’t perfect buuuuuut.
Everyone cites those bus tapes as some kind of definitive evidence that Buddy was a terrible person, but I just don't think it's that bad. I don't know what precipitated that rant. It could just be a veteran bandleader dealing with a bunch of young musicians who aren't taking their gig seriously enough. I'm no Buddy fanboy, but there's other stuff he's done or said that I would probably consider before those tapes.