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Correct. Micah at Cask supplies many "builders"After investigating a little I think the Sweeny drums are built by Cask , hard to know who builds what for who without some disclosure ..
Correct. Micah at Cask supplies many "builders"After investigating a little I think the Sweeny drums are built by Cask , hard to know who builds what for who without some disclosure ..
From what I gather, Doc Sweeney simply puts drums together. Their solid shells are made by Cask. Why not just buy from Cask? Their hardware is all kinds of stuff. I just see nothing that would make me want a Sweeney drum over another boutique maker.I think Evetts only do ply, not sure though. There is also PA Lovetone doing Solid Snare drums in Western Australia. Doc Sweeney never seems to get a mention here.
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And I would love to own a snare by Adrian.
I almost pulled the plug on this full kit but he didn’t want to make more shells because the seller had tampered with them.
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Because my brain sees those amazing drums as fine furniture or pieces of art. Sculpture. It’s not a matter of “they’re too good for the bar”.Why would you not take your nice drums out to gig ? I take all my kits to gigs regardless where I play whether it be concert halls or bars . I keep an eye on my equipment and I am careful with it . This whole idea of keeping your best drums at home and playing a lesser model kit for gigs illogical to me .
Because my brain sees those amazing drums as fine furniture or pieces of art. Sculpture. It’s not a matter of “they’re too good for the bar”.
Edit: if I had a Star kit, I’d definitely take it out for every gig.
It’s illogical if you spent $1000 or less on drums. It’s highly logical not to want to take a DW 50th Anniversary kit to an outdoor gig at Hurricane Charlie’s Bucket o’ Blood on the beach.Why would you not take your nice drums out to gig ? I take all my kits to gigs regardless where I play whether it be concert halls or bars . I keep an eye on my equipment and I am careful with it . This whole idea of keeping your best drums at home and playing a lesser model kit for gigs illogical to me .
So, that’s an absolutely extreme situation, but if I’m playing a local pub/club or somewhere at least reasonable, I see absolutely no reason not to bring your best gear.It’s illogical if you spent $1000 or less on drums. It’s highly logical not to want to take a DW 50th Anniversary kit to an outdoor gig at Hurricane Charlie’s Bucket o’ Blood on the beach.
So it doesn’t get clowned by drunks. But yeah, more polite gigs with less annoying load ins, sure.So, that’s an absolutely extreme situation, but if I’m playing a local pub/club or somewhere at least reasonable, I see absolutely no reason to bring your best gear.
Why have nice gear if you aren’t going to gig with it at least some/most of the time? So you can look at it at home? Huh?
I have enough pieces to make 2 kits that I use for two types of shows & locations:Why would you not take your nice drums out to gig ? I take all my kits to gigs regardless where I play whether it be concert halls or bars . I keep an eye on my equipment and I am careful with it . This whole idea of keeping your best drums at home and playing a lesser model kit for gigs illogical to me .
Why would you not take your nice drums out to gig ? I take all my kits to gigs regardless where I play whether it be concert halls or bars . I keep an eye on my equipment and I am careful with it . This whole idea of keeping your best drums at home and playing a lesser model kit for gigs illogical to me .
Absolutely onboard with this thinking. Life’s too short to leave my nice gear at home.The only (and I mean ONLY) reason I take a B-rig out is for multiple-band bills where I'm responsible for backlining a drum set. In those cases, I don't want other people playing my A-rig, because I'm that guy. LOL. Otherwise, it's all A-stuff, all the time.
With regards to boutique stuff, nothing really blows my hair back these days. I've been through a ton of boutique drums and cymbals and am now to the point where I just want high quality, off the shelf stuff that sounds as vanilla as possible and looks equally plain.
Absolutely onboard with this thinking. Life’s too short to leave my nice gear at home.
Lol…it’s a sharp ass kit. I like the stripped down look too. And it’s black. I wanted my Ludwigs black but couldn’t get the black diamond Ampeg tolex since Yamaha is so hard to get parts from.My B-rig looks almost exactly like my A-rig, so most people don’t even notice the difference when I’m backlining the “lesser” drums. I used to be that guy who left the good stuff at home in fear of it getting beat up. Finally realized (after 40+ years) that all my favorite sets were always the most beat up ones. Now, I’m on a quest to get this last A-rig set of mine beat up as much as possible before I stop playing.