Bo Eder
Platinum Member
I got to play the blues with a couple of musicians today for actual money. What was cool about it was that I got to fly completely by the seat of my pants as there were no set lists, no pre-rehearsals, nothing! It was just keep your ears open and go for it. I love gigs like this.
But I digress, what this post is really about is my favorite pieces of gear. As some of you now, drums come and go around my house as I'm always getting into new ones, or re-built old ones. But a favorite piece of gear is something I've bought and never think about replacing. I got to the gig today, and it was outside where I could see my gear very clearly in the noon day sun (and heat in SoCal STILL in November). My cymbal and stick bags looked worn and tired, but I remember I had bought them new 34 years ago!
I remember attending an Ed Shaughnessy clinic near my parents house back in 1982 and I arrived early. Ed comes walking in with this battered old leather cymbal bag, and proceeded to tell me that he'd had that bag for at least 40 years at that point. Of course, I started saving pennies to get a cymbal bag at least of the leather variety for protection. It would be the adult thing to day. When I bought the bag, Reunion Blues informed that they had a matching stick bag to go with it. So I bought that too.
But these two bags have been with me on every gig I've done for the last 34 years. Amazing. check them out!
But I digress, what this post is really about is my favorite pieces of gear. As some of you now, drums come and go around my house as I'm always getting into new ones, or re-built old ones. But a favorite piece of gear is something I've bought and never think about replacing. I got to the gig today, and it was outside where I could see my gear very clearly in the noon day sun (and heat in SoCal STILL in November). My cymbal and stick bags looked worn and tired, but I remember I had bought them new 34 years ago!
I remember attending an Ed Shaughnessy clinic near my parents house back in 1982 and I arrived early. Ed comes walking in with this battered old leather cymbal bag, and proceeded to tell me that he'd had that bag for at least 40 years at that point. Of course, I started saving pennies to get a cymbal bag at least of the leather variety for protection. It would be the adult thing to day. When I bought the bag, Reunion Blues informed that they had a matching stick bag to go with it. So I bought that too.
But these two bags have been with me on every gig I've done for the last 34 years. Amazing. check them out!