What's your latest purchase?

I hadn't bought anything drum-related for many years, but a couple of weeks ago I went and bought a set of felt/cotton muffling rings for experimenting with those super-dead 70s sounds. They sound a bit silly compared to the open tunings I usually go for, but I love 'em nevertheless! Popping them on is a quick way of completely transforming the sound of the drums.

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Arrived a few weeks ago and was only able to pick it up yesterday, well my wife did as I can’t lift the damn thing. It’s heavy, crazy and absolutely glorious.

Welcome home 14x5 True Cast.

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3 Yamaha crosstown cymbal stands $49 each used at G.C. I paid for them but I can’t take them home till a week from Tuesday. I guess in Kansas there is a 14 day hold on used music equipment before it can be sold. Something about a stolen search or something. Anyway I've been thinking about buying some of these and boom there they were. They wanted $99 for the hi hat stand. I'm not really sold on it with no tension adjustment or swivel legs. But I think I'll like the cymbal stands.
 

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I just can't help myself...:oops:

Picked up this very tidy Premier Artist Birch (Fusion sizes) yesterday for not much money. Perfect for gigs where I wouldn't want to take my British Drum Company Legend kit.

Of course, Her Ladyship is unimpressed by my continued profligacy, & is currently considering my punishment....
 

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Finally wrapped up my large, multi-player gear trade with my local shop. The last two goodies arrived today. 14” 602 Medium Hats and a 5x14 brass DW True Sonic snare drum. The hats took 6 months to get here! o_O 🤯

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I wasn’t looking for another jam block/wood block but a dude on marketplace offered me this in addition to a bargain cowbell I bought from him. Very impressed, I think it’s better than my LP red jam block, really full tone, I suppose I’d better not hit it too hard but it has a rubbery bouncy suspension mount that seems to reduce the shock. I think it’s the large sized Ash woodblock.

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I've had a DrumKat, KicKat and HatKat with a Yamaha RY30 drum machine for sounds for decades but never an actual e kit. I finagled a Yamaha DTX8 with the folding light weight compact rack and a DTX10 ProX drum module. I never had a direct drive pedal either so I threw that in the mix. Everything is so smooth and easy to play I feel like I'm cheating.

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striker said:
Thanks for sharing. Yet another signature snare winner from TAMA.
Focus the sound with that top die cast hoop. Control the extra overtones and rings with the paint.
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The hoops are special Starphonic style flanged hoops with a straight top edge. Stick Chopper style. Quick release. Very cool.
 
dwsabianguy said:
The hoops are special Starphonic style flanged hoops with a straight top edge. Stick Chopper style. Quick release. Very cool.
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Thanks for the correction. From a distance they looked like the standard die cast hoops. I checked again and I think TAMA calls those hoops "Grooved Straight Hoop". Very nice overall design, looks, and paint color. Excellent sound.

https://www.tama.com/eu/news/detail/20240527163024.html
 
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