Anybody Own or Play a British Drum Company Set?
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Larry
"Uncle Larry"
All due respect Mr. Bozozoid, the British Drum Company is a company that makes drums. Presumably in Britain somewhere
He's not taking about a British made drum, he's asking about a specific company called British Drum Company.
Hey!...i thought I told you guys when I signed up not to make me look like an idiot!. I did that myself!?..shit!. I'm havin an extra beer this afternoon..this is bad and now I'm the forums Barney fife...frikkin great..im not eating for 3 days now. British drum (COMPANY)..got it.All due respect Mr. Bozozoid, the British Drum Company is a company that makes drums. Presumably in Britain somewhere
He's not taking about a British made drum, he's asking about a specific company called British Drum Company.
Chunkaway
Silver Member
All due respect Mr. Bozozoid, the British Drum Company is a company that makes drums. Presumably in Britain somewhere
Yes, that is correct. I am specifically looking for any input from people who own or who have played a drum set made by British Drum Company. (Not just a drum set made in Great Britain/UK.)
Larry
"Uncle Larry"
Lol priceless remark! I missed the idiot memo but from now on I won't publicly correct you anymore. I stopped at moron so I never sunk to idiot, just sayin....So, sorry about that Chief
I'm glad I didn't embarrass you lol.
Barney Fife lol. I'm gonna have to call you Barney from now on. Na Na Na Na Na!
Barney's Fife and Drum Corps.
Legitimate name I'd say
Ransan
Senior Member
I’ve always enjoyed the taps from Barney’s theme.Lol priceless remark! I missed the idiot memo but from now on I won't publicly correct you anymore. I stopped at moron so I never sunk to idiot, just sayin....So, sorry about that Chief
I'm glad I didn't embarrass you lol.
Barney Fife lol. I'm gonna have to call you Barney from now on. Na Na Na Na Na!
Barney's Fife and Drum Corps.
Legitimate name I'd say
jaykaydrums
Silver Member
ive played one of their kits before, the bass drum was MIGHTY!! the toms sung beautifully as well <3 but that was a 20/12/14 setup, i want to play one in 24/14/18 setup sometime
Iristone
Silver Member
IIRC BDC IS the re-incarnation of Premier (R.I.P). Keith Keough left Premier (R.I.P), demolished two factories (or warehouses? I can't remember) back there, and started his new project at BDC. I wonder where did the workers of Premier (R.I.P) go?All due respect Mr. Bozozoid, the British Drum Company is a company that makes drums. Presumably in Britain somewhere
He's not taking about a British made drum, he's asking about a specific company called British Drum Company.
I was under the impression that there was some sort of connection from Premier to BDC too.
Chunkaway
Silver Member
I was under the impression that there was some sort of connection from Premier to BDC too.
That is what I understand too, but they definitely use a different method for forming the shells. The snare drum I own is fantastic. I mean, it sounds excellent in a variety of tunings and with head combos. That's what got me thinking about their sets.
Not quite. Keith originally ran KD Drums near Manchester. They were bought out by Premier who moved them about 20 miles up the road (further from Prem's head office than KD had been). Keith and crew then made what were fundamentally KD drums with Premier badges (One Series, later iterations of Modern Classic kits and snares etc) for a few years as Premiers top level offering, whilst Prem were still sub-contracting Jinbao to make Elites, Genistas, APKs etc for them in China. Keith never made shells for Premier using Premier's own classic techniques (undersized shells etc), they were all to his own design as Premier had no design capability by that point.
When Premier yet again got into trouble Keith et al bailed out. He was then bank-rolled by a UK comedian called Al Murray, who's a decent drummer himself, and BDC was formed. The only employees that Premier had in the UK by that point, other than the owner and one or two admin people in Leicester, worked further north for Keith, they stopped all other UK warehousing, manufacture etc in 2012.
Many of Keith's staff still work for BDC as I understand. Premier still exists, but has circled the drain for the last 5-6yrs, it was owned by a businessman with no music industry background and made significant losses. The name was recently bought by Gear4Music, which is really a UK equivalent of Thomann with only one retail store, at its HQ in York but a large international online presence. They intend to use Premier as their house brand for drums, so I wouldn't expect anything of any real quality to appear again, that's not the market G4M are in for their own label stuff.
All BDC stuff is top end, there's no budget/intermediate lines and in reality they're successors to KD Drums rather than Premier, as the Keith Keogh built Premiers were really KD Drums with a different badge.
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I don't know but it wouldn't surprise me if Nicko had invested some money into BDC. He also owns a drum shop in Manchester, called Drum One and which has one of Nicko's kits permanently on display, so the links with that part of the country are already there.
Jeremy Bender
Platinum Member
I heard one of their birch kits being tapped on at DCP and was really impressed by the tone and build quality.
Had I not already owned a Sonor kit, these would have convinced me to buy a BDC birch kit.
Had I not already owned a Sonor kit, these would have convinced me to buy a BDC birch kit.
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Iristone
Silver Member
Good to hear!
It kinds of makes me wonder though, is it possible to 'snatch' a Genista kit out there? Kind of like how we still see stray Ludwig Centennials out there.
cbphoto
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Hmm. Cold-press molds.
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GetAgrippa
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I just never see the Premiers or BDC or Canopus or Sakae in my neck of woods- which just feeds my curiosity. You can fake anyone out on a video as nothing replaces our in person sensory experience. Finally got to play a Brady and that was only one I’d seen around here. I think the Drummer for Bean Jovi plays a BDC? LOL
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