The mad drummer
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I switched to Evans 30 years ago & never looked back
You play your Pearls and I'll play what I play. I don't know anything aside from what I like. I've had 6 Gretsch kits and never had a problem with their hardware. I don't think your statement is accurate. Ask some other Gretsch peeps and see what they say.Right and your kit was still less.
Not sure if your privy, other than kit fixtures, Gretsch isn’t known for hardware.
I could’ve got the BB3 bracket stocked on bass to mount toms, and TH 930 arms, but you know options and stuff.
Now your calling for backup?You play your Pearls and I'll play what I play. I don't know anything aside from what I like. I've had 6 Gretsch kits and never had a problem with their hardware. I don't think your statement is accurate. Ask some other Gretsch peeps and see what they say.
Dude, take a freaking xanax or something. I said ask some Gretsch people because I can't see you agreeing with me about ANYTHING! Which is fine. I don't care. If I want to use heads as a gauge to what I'm willing to buy I will. Because it's an easy way for me to separate the budget stuff from the semi-pro/pro stuff.Now your calling for backup?
Who’s screaming for/raving about Gretsch pedals, cymbal stands, mount solutions?
If UT came stock in CS dots series I’d play the crap out of them and never bat an eye.
My Gretsch comment just as subjective, though I’d venture more concrete, as the asinine ‘lousy kit head’ hypothesis your trying to make.
I had to google xanax - that’s a hard pass lol.Dude, take a freaking xanax or something. I said ask some Gretsch people because I can't see you agreeing with me about ANYTHING! Which is fine. I don't care. If I want to use heads as a gauge to what I'm willing to buy I will. Because it's an easy way for me to separate the budget stuff from the semi-pro/pro stuff.
Give me a set a these and I'll go on tour right now, right out of the box with some Gibraltar 6709 cymbal stands.
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I have my own snares, pedals and stuff. All I need is any old Ludwig, DW, Gibraltar 12mm L-arm clamp and I'm gone. Pearl? You gotta have all that proprietary arms and clamps. Hard pass for me.
I definitely have "proprietary issues" ! LOL.I had to google xanax - that’s a hard pass lol.
Listen, I’m with ya buddy, we have preferences all around, some are essentially fine playing stock heads, and are happy with what they have.
It’s a bit snobbish to come off as saying lousy this or that. I honestly didn’t think anything about whether a Remo skin was US or not - it doesn’t matter to me.
All I’m saying is you can’t be so absolute, it doesn’t fair well when you are met with opposition or someone who simply can’t find a means to have something nice, or better yet, with ‘proprietary’ issues such as yourself.
Yessr! I agree and can dig that -I definitely have "proprietary issues" ! LOL.
I didn't mean to be snobbish and I know what poor is in that I was at a few points in my life. Everyone should have what they want and enjoy what they have.
I've heard that Amati, Szpaderski, and Duban (these brands at least), are actually quite nice drums. I almost bought an Amati snare drum too - too bad the seller was a bit busy at that time and couldn't arrange it. I heard they were beech with some rather flat bearing edges, seems sort of like Sonor Teardrops on paper (it certainly looked the part).Just because you haven't seen any in the US doesn't mean there are none. To name a few from that era:
Trowa (East Germany)
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EPOIMI (Soviet Union)
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KOZMOSZ (Soviet Union)
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Dezső Dubán (Hungary)
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Medveczky (Hungary)
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Tacton (East Germany)
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Tromsa (East Germany)
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Szpaderski (Poland)
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Noble and Cooley lets you do that.I‘d like the option to choose my favourite head combo when buying upper scale drums. My Pearl MMPs came with clear USA Ambassadors top and bottom. Nice as reso but no use for the batters for me. For the manufacturer it would be no difference if you could spec in your order „clear Emps over Diplo clear“ or whatever heads you want. I‘d wish there was the option to select the desired set of heads at the dealer. They could throw card box protectors overthrew bearing edges in the packaging.
On the other hand if there would have been UTs on it I would have probably changed them out immediately.
Ok, this means I have to buy a NC next time GAS is lurking around…Noble and Cooley lets you do that.
Better drums = better choices.Ok, this means I have to buy a NC next time GAS is lurking around…
I've heard that Amati, Szpaderski, and Duban (these brands at least), are actually quite nice drums. I almost bought an Amati snare drum too - too bad the seller was a bit busy at that time and couldn't arrange it. I heard they were beech with some rather flat bearing edges, seems sort of like Sonor Teardrops on paper (it certainly looked the part).
One of the problem with these is that the companies didn't survive the economical crisis in the 1990s (the influx of good quality imports didn't help either). Some companies making other musical instruments did survive, such as Jolana from Czechoslovakia (where Spector Euro basses are made), Oktava from Russia (GREAT microphones), and Vermona from East Germany (synthesizers).