I think that the majority of us who got interested in drumming at a young age had that drum catalog that fed our adolescent daydreams and whose pages we wore out, thumbing through it incessantly.
I actually had two, representing the present and the past: one was a Tama catalog from either 95 or 96 where I spent many hours being amazed by what was the last gasp of power toms, as well as exotic things like gong drums, octobans, and suspended snare drum stands.
Then there was a Ludwig catalog from around 1971 that was my father's. Canister thrones, some weird kit with timbales instead of rack toms, simple hardware. Everything seemed so quaint by comparison but I really liked the vintage cool of it all too. Maybe that's why these days I'm more into older drums.
I actually had two, representing the present and the past: one was a Tama catalog from either 95 or 96 where I spent many hours being amazed by what was the last gasp of power toms, as well as exotic things like gong drums, octobans, and suspended snare drum stands.
Then there was a Ludwig catalog from around 1971 that was my father's. Canister thrones, some weird kit with timbales instead of rack toms, simple hardware. Everything seemed so quaint by comparison but I really liked the vintage cool of it all too. Maybe that's why these days I'm more into older drums.