I sarted with 14" depth bass drums, played them for a long time, but for the last 20 years, I've really liked the deeper shell sound.
Now, I'm kind of "coming home", and really digging my 16 and 14" depth bass drums a lot again.
I'm liking the look of them again too. I never
didn't like the look of the regular shells, but the longer ones DO get noticed more--and that helps in the "entertainment" aspect of what my bands do. The longer ones also sound friggin'
great through the PA's we go trough in the big places.
*BTW, Carmine's Maple kit bass drums were around '69--JB got the same exact kit (gong and all). Also those kits had 12x
15" front tom, NOT a 12x14....that's per Carmine, not some internet listing or book. I'll go with the original source.
By the time of the 2 connected bass drums, AVH would have had some place to store that stuff or a truck--probably partied inside the things after the gig anyway hahaha!
The Silver Sparkle kit was the first one I saw with the super long drums. He had triple toms in front too. Insane, but cool! He did some goofy stuff in the front of those drums back in the day. The Honeycombed PVC pipes were about the goofiest--looked cool on stage though, and that's the point anyway. Now he's back to 16x26's.....
My fave kit of his was the Stainless Steel kit with the Clear Octobans on the sides and two in front. That kit was Badass.
Never had a problem with my 20x26's, or 20x28 (when I used that size) getting through any doors with the case....yet
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...Sorry for the long post, I just like bass drums hahaha!!