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Pearl Reference in Purple Craze| Remo Heads | Vic Firth/Zildjian/Vater Sticks (basically anything in a 3A)| Paiste Cymbals
Sorry these are bad pics:
My kit a few months ago: Sequioa Red w 24" BD
Followed by the new configuration for my band (dropped the 8" tom)
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BLX Sequoia Red: 24-16-14-12-10-8 Session Studio Sequoia Red: 22, 14x6.5 snare
14x6.5 Phosphor Bronze snare Zildjians: 21" Rock Ride, 18" A China Low, 16"-17"-18"-19" K Dark Thin Crashes, 13" K hats, 10" Armand Splash My Kit My Band: Couch Professor
Pearl MLX sequoia red (long lugs)
Pearl "All maple shell" snare 14x6.5
Ludwig Supraphonic "Chrome over brass" snare 14x6.5
Yamaha brass snare 14x5.5
Pearl free floating brass snare 14x6.5 Sabian and Zildjian cymbals.
After looking closely at your pics, I think you have a Sequioa Red kit there also. It was the only red color that featured the wood grain visibly. The old Cherry red was an opaque color, and I believe wine red was darker, more burgundy-ish. Nice kit! I do love that color red.
BLX Sequoia Red: 24-16-14-12-10-8 Session Studio Sequoia Red: 22, 14x6.5 snare
14x6.5 Phosphor Bronze snare Zildjians: 21" Rock Ride, 18" A China Low, 16"-17"-18"-19" K Dark Thin Crashes, 13" K hats, 10" Armand Splash My Kit My Band: Couch Professor
Oliver, is that a 10, 12, 13, 14, 16 set-up with 22 inch kick? Looks great! I've only got the 13, 16, and 22 with a 10 inch MMX to round out the kit as a 5 piece. (Which I will redundantly post an old photo. New pics will happen soon.)
I'd love to have a 10,12,13 rack tom configuration with 16 and 18 inch floor toms even though it would be rare that I would play out on that many pieces. carring 5 pieces is all I have room for right now and all I care to set up and tear down.
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"I want you to boogie my woogie 'til my face turns cherry red." ~Rose Marie McCoy's song"Cherry Red"
Oliver, is that a 10, 12, 13, 14, 16 set-up with 22 inch kick? Looks great! I've only got the 13, 16, and 22 with a 10 inch MMX to round out the kit as a 5 piece. (Which I will redundantly post an old photo. New pics will happen soon.)
Ron - no, it's a 8-10-12-14-16FT-22BD combo - I got it from ebay about a year ago and I love this kit (follow the MLX-link in my sig).
I'd love to find a MLX 18FT in Liquid Amber - there have been some MLXs around in #114 but it seems to be quite seldom that someone sells a single 18FT...
I have a video from TV where Dennis Chambers is playing a 10-12-13-14-16-18-22 MLX in #114 (together with the Brecker Brothers and Mike Stern) and if I don't stop viewing it again and again it will be worn out in some weeks... so inspiring to see him playin my (our) kit...
I already viewed the link. Loved the rest of the pics. What kind of heads are you using on the tom batters? I use clear G2's on top and clear G1's on the bottom. I'm considering EC2's for the batters or coated heads. I feel like the laquered interior adds a lot of top end to these shells. Do you agree?
"I want you to boogie my woogie 'til my face turns cherry red." ~Rose Marie McCoy's song"Cherry Red"
I already viewed the link. Loved the rest of the pics. What kind of heads are you using on the tom batters? I use clear G2's on top and clear G1's on the bottom. I'm considering EC2's for the batters or coated heads. I feel like the laquered interior adds a lot of top end to these shells. Do you agree?
these are RMV Original (coated single-ply) - compareable to (coated) G1s or Ambassadors. Have you listened to the clip with the toms? They sound so delicious...
I personally don't like all the 2-ply-heads on toms - sound to muffled for me, and I think with single-ply-heads you can really hear what quality (or not) your drums have - but that again is only me...
The laquer sure adds some top-end (more on the BLX, but that again might also be the birch) - they are projecting quite good in a live situation. Some drum-techs back in the early 90s said this laquer has to be sanded out of the drums to sound good - well, they sound good as they are and only a fool would do this to almost vintage drums (classics they are anyway).
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