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I have managed to acquire a 12" tom and a 14" snare--both Japanese and both with different badges, but I am almost certain they came out of the same factory as my Zimgar 16x24. If the wrap isn't identical, it's certainly close enough. The Zimgar is oldest. Over the years most of the clear ...

Correct, Zorf. 16x24 I've heard from other people, that the "feel" of a 16 was "off" as far as a snare was concerned. It also seems certain that the snares will buzz every time you kick the bass. I have a Japanese 14" snare in a similar gold sparkle and a concert stand that ...

True enough about the weight. The hardware is pretty beefy, but these old japanese shells are pretty thin. I'm going to put a backplate behind it to spread the stress out. I'm still looking for just the right clamp(s) to work with the snazzy chrome consolette. There are no snare wires on this, nor d...

No one ever got fired for using a 57. That's my "desert Island" mic. My son is going in the opposite direction--from a cajon to a cocktail kit. When he played cajon, I gave him a 57 and a Shure beta 52 so he could mic the front with the 57( to capture the attack and the snare wires) and th...

Is that a concert stand holding up the snare? I just bought one and I was wondering how that worked out.
Nice groove, by the way! Kind of Rockabillious.

No replies? I thought this was where the cocktail elite meet!

How do they know the stage is level at a rock festival?

The drummer will be drooling out both sides of his mouth.

This flat consolette on a Zim-Gar I just picked up on E-Bay looks like it might be useful, but I am not sure how. http://www.cocktaildrum.com/rap/gallery2.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=1413 The drummer would like the flexibility of being able to play it either as a cocktail drum or as ...