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No problem with nylon tips. I don't use them. But plenty of good jazz drummers do. Kenny Washington for one. It's just your preference...

My Dad was a jazz drummer in the 40's through the 80's. He loved nylon tips. They gave him a nice lively, crisp, clean, consistent...

"So do you find it interesting as well or only swear by wooden tips when in a jazz setting?" Swearing by anything in any setting is...

I've used nylon tips for everything. My flat rides love them!

When I was a wee lad of 6 or 7, my sister had the Bee Gees album Trafalgar which came out in 1971. I hated it and at one point mocked my...

Just picked up the Trafalgar LP this week, such a great record!

When I got back into drumming after a way-too-long hiatus, I grabbed a PST 7 16" crash, a 20" ride, and some 14" HH. I believe they...

Ha the Pearl mounts on my old export kit are one of the main reasons I tend to think low end when I see drums mounted on the kick. I...

completely agree. And as a happy owner of a set of PST 7s thins, I’d say they are decent period.

As others have stated Paiste cymbals do something the other brands don’t do. My points of reference are similar sized sets of Bosphorus...

Arguably an even better strong point for Paiste is its rigid consistency (albeit some might consider that a drawback). Unlike brands...

Always played Zildjian K and K Custom for 35 years and finally bought Paiste Masters dark and dry set at a discount ( 21 Dry ride, 17...

Yeah I can normally hear a fellow drummer from a few blocks away, not sure how that’s going to fly in an apartment. Even e-kits aren’t...

I agree 1000%. If OP ain't gonna gig and is new to playing drums and doesn't wanna upgrade then nobody else is gonna hear the OP play...

My kicks will forever stay celibate. They won’t be fooling around town with every Tom, dick & Harry. My kick drums think Virginity...