What's your latest purchase?

ToneT said:
I'm sure you'll love it! Cheers!
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So far so good! I've owned a 6.5" Supra and an old 5" Acro, and I wanted the bastard child of these two.

The P88AC throw-off looks kind out of place on an Acro IMHO, but wow it an improvement on the old P85! When engaged the adjustment knob is locked in place, which I guess would bother some (have to disengage to adjust) but at least it never budges!
 
Bought one of these for the batter side of my pearl masters maple reserve snare. It came with Fat Tone hoops which are nice but don’t have the rim shot I want.

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wildbill said:
I like the concept of S hoops, but they're a problem for me because I mostly use brushes
and had problems with them getting stuck if I got a little energetic. :eek:
For stick playing they're great though.
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Yea I don’t play with brushes much. I mostly want to just try these out as I’m not a huge fan of die cast hoops and I think these are a good middle ground
 
I just got this really great sounding '78-'82 20" A Zildjian Swish TODAY!
One of my favorite models of cymbal, and one that has been discontinued for many years.
Super happy with the sound of this one.

It's pretty tarnished and has some green on it, and has probably not been cleaned in decades, but I WILL be cleaning it. There are no logos left visible anyway. The open style logo is barely visible on the bottom, so I'm not going to miss anything without it there.
I know some with say (or, cry) "NO!!!", but, I like my cymbals clean, and as close to how they sounded when I bought them (since metal gets played in over time).
I'll be doing some before and after pics too.fdborgefxl1idz7efmi8.jpg
 
hey guys ! for me lately it's this --> used 16 x 24" Yamaha tour custom from '85 in piano black (goes NICE w/ my 22" kit built in '88), Aucuda drum rug (amazing! for DW velcro / like glue). KickBlock (really great w/ smaller BDs that "hop around" more), 6.5 x 14" Fortune drums custom snare drum (1 mm brass bead-less shell. Black satin powder coat. Aztec gold tube lugs, matching cast Fortune badge. 2.3 mm hoops, Trick Multi strainer system, Hi-spec rods w/ steel and ABS Washers, German hi-ferro 25 strand wires). xVive U4 In-Ear Monitor wireless / bluetooth system (been running wired in-ears for years & really nice to be completely untethered, walk around w/ a cowbell like a complete nut). i hope all great w/ my drum brothers ! WE are awesome. best, GBG

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KarlCrafton said:
I just got this really great sounding '78-'82 20" A Zildjian Swish TODAY!
One of my favorite models of cymbal, and one that has been discontinued for many years.
Super happy with the sound of this one.

It's pretty tarnished and has some green on it, and has probably not been cleaned in decades, but I WILL be cleaning it. There are no logos left visible anyway. The open style logo is barely visible on the bottom, so I'm not going to miss anything without it there.
I know some with say (or, cry) "NO!!!", but, I like my cymbals clean, and as close to how they sounded when I bought them (since metal gets played in over time).
I'll be doing some before and after pics too.View attachment 114641
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I am so jealous of you right now!!!! When I was a kid - from 75-85 - they had one of thise at the drum shop and I always dreamed about having it Great finnd!!
 
I had one of these that I bought new in 1978. Unfortunately I donated it with my Ludwig green Vistalites to the local school over 20 years ago. The school can’t even tell me what happened to them. One of the biggest regrets of my life😩
 
I've completed my switch from Dyna-Syncs (which were too smart for my left foot, unfortunately) back to DW pedals. I'm officially on the 9000 train, and I picked a near-mint double pedal at a very nice price through FB marketplace.

About two weeks ago I invested in some left foot clave, to keep my horn players from dragging the time so bad. For this I picked up a 3000 single pedal (the round cam is consistent and the spring did sorely need some felt in it), blue jam block, and a Gibraltar bracket.

Unfortunately I think this means I'm also going to need a 2-leg hihat stand for gigs if I decide I want to bring that clave out into the public...

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double_G said:
hey guys ! for me lately it's this --> used 16 x 24" Yamaha tour custom from '85 in piano black (goes NICE w/ my 22" kit built in '88), Aucuda drum rug (amazing! for DW velcro / like glue). KickBlock (really great w/ smaller BDs that "hop around" more), 6.5 x 14" Fortune drums custom snare drum (1 mm brass bead-less shell. Black satin powder coat. Aztec gold tube lugs, matching cast Fortune badge. 2.3 mm hoops, Trick Multi strainer system, Hi-spec rods w/ steel and ABS Washers, German hi-ferro 25 strand wires). xVive U4 In-Ear Monitor wireless / bluetooth system (been running wired in-ears for years & really nice to be completely untethered, walk around w/ a cowbell like a complete nut). i hope all great w/ my drum brothers ! WE are awesome. best, GBG

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I have piano black 88 Tour Customs also they are great drums.
 
Just bought one of these. I already own an 18” version of this 20” Meinl Byzance Extra Dry crash

But lately 18” crashes feel really small. I want to eventually replace all my favorite 18” crashes with 20 and 22 inche versions.

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lefty2 said:
I have piano black 88 Tour Customs also they are great drums.
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1000% agreed. over the years i have bought custom kits, ludwig, sonor, etc...but i keep collecting old tour customs or Yamie 9000s because that sing-song tom sound is etched in my brain. back in the 80s...the musical tom tone from Gadd / Vinnie / Weckl was just a game-changer i thought.
 
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