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John Robinson was sitting at the bar of a club I was playing 20 years ago. I only knew that because he came over and chatted with me...

My drum teacher was in a house band in Boston in the early mid sixties. They were backing up Jackie Mclean. A young kid named Tony...

I don't usually like 1" intervals. 8/10/12/14/16 or 10/12/16 or 13/16/18. If you like the 12/13 set up though I would go with...

Bench seats? I had and olds and crammed my Ludwig 7pc super classic set in the back seat

You should probably state what kind vehicle you drive when you say that. I was able to transport TWO 24" x 14" bass drums in the back...

I'm pretty sure that the bass drum in that photo is actually 24".

I would say get the Tama then. The DW9000 feels nice, but the Tama is way easier to make multiple adjustments, and feels just as nice -...

Do you normally leave your left foot in the depressed position like that? I was going to suggest the Tama Speed Cobra, but it appears...

Like so many things I post here, I'm generally misunderstood. I posted, because the new low volume firmware was out and was to address...

That would be really great. They could just add two XLR (or even 1/4") inputs, which if connected, would bypass the built-in mics and...

Get any kit. Tune it down low and flappy. Get an analog mixer with built-in effects and enough mics to cover each drum, remove mids at...

For that wet paper bag sound, you want 2-ply batter heads, tuned on the looser side of things.

You should be able to get ANY set of drums to sound like that with the right heads and the right sized concrete room.

Any drums, tune the bottom head moderately high, top head pretty low (maybe try Pinstripes or Emperors on top), get some 5Bs and play...

I’d sell them all and get a Pearl Reference bank with 20 and 22 bass drums 😉