Mad About Drums
Pollyanna's Agent
Hi guys
I read some posts lately that's influenced my thoughts on what could be my future drums.
It could includes differents types of woods and/or differents brands of drums.
The post by Keep It Simple regarding Lutz visit's to Andy's Guru drums had a video of Lutz playinng a kit with different wood shells on it.
The post by The Scorpio had a video of Kyle playing a song live and upon discussion about the sound of the kit, it transpired that Kyle has a "mutant" kit using a Yamaha kick with Ludwig Toms.
I know that Simon Phillips had, at the beginning of his career, a kit with Ludwig bass drums with Staccato toms (looking like toilets sink to me, ha ha)
Steve Gadd used a different wood combination between toms and kick on his Recording Custom.
Steve Jordan use kits with different woodshells from various brands (mostly vintage) to have the sound that he desire within a recording session.
While we're already mixing/using differents snare drums in terms of sizes, depths, types of shell constructions, but also from differents brands to have choices for the context of the music being played. I, for one, had differents snares on my kits over the years, various Tamas, a Premier Resonator, a Ludwig Black Beauty and a Sonor Signature.
A "hybrid" kit could have the sound you're looking for and it couldn't be achieved with a given brand's line set up (ie: all with the same shells)
Loyalty to a brand could be a problem for some drummer, if it implies buying drums from a different brand than the one they've played for years.
I've been loyal to Tama drums for 29 years and Zildjian cymbals for 25 years.
But as a concept, I think I would use a "hybrid" kit and cymbals regardless of brand's names, putting the sound I want to achieve/produce first.
Maybe endorsments contracts could be a barrier to some drummers, but in the studio, the brand's not important, only the sound's matters.
What do you think? would you consider a "hybrid" kit?
I read some posts lately that's influenced my thoughts on what could be my future drums.
It could includes differents types of woods and/or differents brands of drums.
The post by Keep It Simple regarding Lutz visit's to Andy's Guru drums had a video of Lutz playinng a kit with different wood shells on it.
The post by The Scorpio had a video of Kyle playing a song live and upon discussion about the sound of the kit, it transpired that Kyle has a "mutant" kit using a Yamaha kick with Ludwig Toms.
I know that Simon Phillips had, at the beginning of his career, a kit with Ludwig bass drums with Staccato toms (looking like toilets sink to me, ha ha)
Steve Gadd used a different wood combination between toms and kick on his Recording Custom.
Steve Jordan use kits with different woodshells from various brands (mostly vintage) to have the sound that he desire within a recording session.
While we're already mixing/using differents snare drums in terms of sizes, depths, types of shell constructions, but also from differents brands to have choices for the context of the music being played. I, for one, had differents snares on my kits over the years, various Tamas, a Premier Resonator, a Ludwig Black Beauty and a Sonor Signature.
A "hybrid" kit could have the sound you're looking for and it couldn't be achieved with a given brand's line set up (ie: all with the same shells)
Loyalty to a brand could be a problem for some drummer, if it implies buying drums from a different brand than the one they've played for years.
I've been loyal to Tama drums for 29 years and Zildjian cymbals for 25 years.
But as a concept, I think I would use a "hybrid" kit and cymbals regardless of brand's names, putting the sound I want to achieve/produce first.
Maybe endorsments contracts could be a barrier to some drummers, but in the studio, the brand's not important, only the sound's matters.
What do you think? would you consider a "hybrid" kit?
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