Clamps for Porcaro Racks

[Gene Okamoto]

I was at the Professional Drum Shop in Hollywood today and I found FIVE PC-3 clamps in their junk parts pile!

These are the rare and no longer made clamps that fit the DR-1/DR-2 Porcaro Racks.

If you're interested in them please call Jose at (323) 469-6285.

Each is missing the BT-3 bracket/gasket and the carriage bolt/wingnut. The BT-3's are common and the carriage bolts are available at hardware stores.

[DZ1Hsr]

Gene,

I have an opportunity to buy a DR-1.

I remember seeing one when I was a teenager. Walked into a music store...the clouds parted...the sun shone down upon it from the Heavens above! Next to it was a life-sized cardboard likeness of Jeff Porcaro.

I am no longer a teenager and forget the actual dimensions of the DR-1. Would you be so kind...?

thanks in advance...

cheers!

../Mark

Love the Discussion Forum!!!

[rockdrummer00]

what are pacaro racks?where can I get info on them?

[kimboy]

he just said porcaro.
i think it a surname.

[DZ1Hsr]

...was the drummer for the group Toto. He past away in 1994. He along with Pearl developed the first ever drum rack...the DR-1 back in the 80's. The rack isn't nearly as up to date as the ICON but it's a cool rack....a classic!

cheers!

../Mark

[antiviolent]

Anynone happent o have any pics of this particular rack?

[DZ1Hsr]

Here it is! Like I said...it's cool because it was the first ever! This is a pic of one that was selling on eBay a while back. The kit in the pick is just sitting there to give you a size reference.


cheers!


../Mark

[Ciaran]

RIGHT BAN AND LOG THIS MOTHER****ER, DON'T CLICK ON THE LINK! I only realised as soon as I clicked it, cause this is the only site I feel safe to click links on.

[theodrum]

You're all wrong regarding Pearl being the first rack ever. In 1978, a drum rack was introduced by Collarlock in Vancouver, BC Canada. It utilized existing cymbal stands with numerous clamp configurations to support drums, cymbals etc. on 1" round tubing. Pearl & Jeff Porcaro collaborated on the square tube design several years later. It was then re-designed as a free standing A-leg model, which was replaced by the T-leg system. The company was in existence for many years before being bought out by DW who still owns the tooling & has introduced entry level drum sets with the Collarlock name in recent years. I still use various Collarlock clamps today on my Pearl MRX and electronic kits.

[Ocean]

Gene, I swear I thought i saw a Porcaro rack with Jeff standing next to it in one of the old archived catalologues, do you remember?

[abugazi]

...was the drummer for the group Toto. He past away in 1994. He along with Pearl developed the first ever drum rack...the DR-1 back in the 80's. The rack isn't nearly as up to date as the ICON but it's a cool rack....a classic!

cheers!

../Mark

Mark,
Jeff actually passed in 1992. But his contributions to the Pearl Rack as we know it today, along with his drum tech Paul Jamieson, cannot be denied. It's a very cool rack that many people used during it's time! :D

[abugazi]

Gene, I swear I thought i saw a Porcaro rack with Jeff standing next to it in one of the old archived catalologues, do you remember?

I have a poster of one of his ads with the DR-1 in it, as well as the Omar Hakim ad from the same time frame... also with a DR-1. :) Here's the Omar pic...