great article.

Does the Nashville store still sell them?

Does anyone know of the name?

I will be in Nashville first week of November.

Thanks

Wayne

Many thanks! Which drum are you asking about with regard to the Nashville store ?

Best wishes,

Bob

John is a fantastic person and does unbelievable work, a real artisan. He worked closely with me when he engraved my "legacy snare". and did a fantastic job. I am looking forward to part 2 of the article.

I was lucky enough to get one of the Ludwig 100th Anniversary BB's. I had some questions for JA and found that he was really easy to communicate with. He's really a nice guy, I thought he might not want to share some information but he was really generous, taking the time to respond to me and providing the information I was looking for!

Great article, looking forward to the installment. Thanks for posting the link for us.

Hi Bob,

it was mentioned in the article.

NSMD: How did you get involved with Joyful Noise Drums?

“Kurt Waltrip (Joyful Noise) called me when he was thinking about building his drums. He started talking about spun shells and so on. I finally stopped him and said, ‘You’re trying to do what I did, and I screwed up horribly.’ He said, ‘What do you mean?’ I told him that everything he was trying to do I had already done. I replied, ‘I could tell you how not to do it. I can pretty much steer you the right way on how to do it. By learning from my own mistakes, I think I’ve learned where to go.’ That was the start of our relationship. My phrase to him was, ‘Let my ceiling be your floor’, and that’s what it’s been. I’ve tried to act as a mentor. Joyful Noise are very high-quality drums and made in the United States. Every person that touches those drums is a craftsman. I engrave on several models specially built to dealer specifications. [COLOR="red"] He has one called the Blackbird model. It’s sold exclusively through a studio in Nashville. That was just going to be a one-off. We’ve probably done 30-40 of them so far. [/COLOR] It has just one panel I engraved with the blackbird logo around the Joyful Noise badge. Memphis Drum Shop has their own logo, ‘Memphis’, (e.g., Memphis Studio Line bronze snare), and Drum Center of Portsmouth has a lighthouse (e.g., Beacon bronze snare). All of these are engraved around the Joyful Noise badge. For C&C drum company, on their metal shells I put two little circles and an interlocking ‘C’ on them.”

Wayne

I think there were only about 10 made for Blackbird Studios in Nashville. Sorry, I should have been more specific. I've seen at least 2 on Reverb in past...

Bob

Part 2 of The Drum Engravers:

https://www.notsomoderndrummer.com/not-so-modern-drummer/2019/10/25/the-drum-engravers-part2-john-aldridge-custom-works

Best wishes, Bob