what a beautiful kit here. restored by the forums own PurdieShuffle. he was kind enough to sell me this kit. a tribute to my favorite, Levon Helm.
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Posted on 11 years ago
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I love it, I hope it sounds as warm as it looks it should. Nice one.
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60's Ludwig Downbeat Silver Spark
70's Ludwig Super Classic White Marine
60's Gretsch RB Champaigne Spark
70's Rogers Big R Black
90's Sonor Hilite (Red maple)
00's DW Collectors Broken Glass
00's DW Jazz Series Tangerine Glass
10's DW Collectors (Acrylic) Matt Black Wrap
10's PDP Concept Wood Hoop kit (Maple)
Proud ambassador of the British Drum Company
Posted on 11 years ago
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That is an awesome, beautiful kit! Good job to everyone involved.
Posted on 11 years ago
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I made that kit to please myself, I'm happy to see it pleases you too now. That little honey of a kit was my way of saving three orphans and turning them into a kit again. Those shells are aged African mahogany from the greatest era of American drum making. As the new owner will testify, they are a very warm and resonant set of drums. I'm proud of how they turned out. All the hardware I added was taken from a 60's set of ludwig Standards (or so the seller informed me). Those lugs never looked better on a set of drums!
It is my honor to know that the kit is being used on gigs to back a musician like David Bromburg. It takes the sting out of having to sell them, to know you are enjoying them, playing them in front of audiences and appreciating them for the one-of-a-kind beauties they are. It blows my mind every time I see them how great my (place-holder) paper-sticker badges look on the shells! Can't tell them apart visually from the real McCoy!
John
Posted on 11 years ago
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John you did a wonderful job on that set! I wish I had been the one to buy it! Congrats to the new owner. I'm glad he is enjoying them.
-Justin
"People might look at you a bit funny, but it's okay. Artists are allowed to be a bit different."- Bob Ross
"After silence, that which comes closest to expressing the inexpressible is music..." - Aldous Huxley
"People might look at you a bit funny, but it's okay. Artists are allowed to be a bit different."- Bob Ross
"After silence, that which comes closest to expressing the inexpressible is music..." - Aldous Huxley
Posted on 11 years ago
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You gotta hear the bass drum... you can feel the thump in your chest.
John
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I like my own kits a lot - but this one is one of very few I´ve seen that I like so much better, I think I would swap all my 6 Premiers for it.
Very, very nice!
Jon
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Your drummers not much good is he!? What you need is someone that's as good as me. ! John Henry Bonham !!
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