Gear Reviews
Detailed assessments of the latest drum kits and accessories
RTOM’s bh single zone triggers usher in a new era of hybrid drumming.
RTOM corporation is proud to announce the launch of bh single zone triggers, a new product that instantly transforms acoustic drum heads outfitted with Black Holes into a hybrid kit. With RTOM’s bh triggers the days of requiring mesh heads,…
Proel North America Releases the Dave Black Student Signature Snare Drum Pack
Tamburo Drums unites with Alfred Music and Vic Firth to create the Dave Black Student Signature Snare Drum Pack, an extraordinary collection of musical products and accessories in an all-in-one convenient bundle. This world-class drum pack represents the first product…
TAMA unveils a new Starclassic Walnut/Birch kit
TAMA is proud to unveil a beautiful new Starclassic Walnut/Birch kit featuring a compelling Light Charcoal finish over a Tamo Ash outer ply. This finish provides a fantastic complement to the texture of the wood grain, creating an intricate, intertwining…
ASI 3DME BT G2 In-Ear Monitor System
I’m a drummer. I make music by banging on things with wooden sticks. My relationship with my instrument is purely organic. Cords, wires, buttons, and knobs make me nervous. Don’t even get me started on downloading an app. For playing…
1928 Ludwig Black Beauty Moose Drum Trap Set
Let’s take a trip back in time to the year 1928, the early jazz age. Drummer Jack “Peacock” Kelly, of Chicago’s Mark Fisher Orchestra, is one of the world’s highest paid drummers. Jack is featured on the cover of the…
Evans introduces dB One Heads and Cymbals
EVANS Drumheads, the most technologically advanced drumheads on earth, is introducing a revolutionary new suite of products, dB reduced volume drumheads and cymbals. The dB product suite includes dB Zero, a rebrand of the popular SoundOff mesh drumheads, and the…
Offset Eclipse Double Bass Drum Pedal
I have played on a double bass kit from a young age. I had two 24″ bass drums with one of those hoop clamps for the hi hat stand so I could fold the legs and set up the hi…
Gretsch Drums Introduces the USA Custom Ridgeland Snare Drum and New Colors For USA Custom, Broadkaster & Brooklyn
Gretsch Drums proudly introduces the USA Custom Ridgeland Snare drum to their celebrated range of snare of drums. At almost half-inch thick and made from a fusion of woods, this new drum has a sound that is warm, powerful and…
Dunnett acquires Intellectual Property Rights to Milestone Percussion
Ronn Dunnett is pleased to announced he has acquired the intellectual property rights to iconic Canadian drum company Milestone Percussion. Milestone Percussion was founded in Vancouver in the early 1970’s by Michael Clapham. At the time. Milestone quickly became the…
Meinl’s Pure Alloy Custom 20" & 22" Medium Thin Rides
Warm, Somewhat Dark, and Extremely Articulate The folks at Meinl sent over one of their Pure Alloy Custom Medium Thin Rides for us to look at, and we’re glad they did. Unlike the Byzance line which is hand hammered in…
Donn Bennett’s Drum Vault: Stan Lynch’s Mitch Mitchell Inspired Ludwigs
In 1983, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers were on a roll. They’d been steadily cracking out gold and platinum albums and racking up hits with songs like “Breakdown,” American Girl,” “The Waiting,” “Don’t Do Me Like That,” and “Refugee.” The…
RETAIL GIANT THOMANN ADDS ADORO SILENT STICKS TO ITS INVENTORY
Europe’s largest music instrument retailer, Germany-based Musikhaus Thomann, with its massive online Thomann Cyberstore, is the latest retail giant to add Adoro Silent Sticks to its drum and percussion offering. Says Adoro CEO Stefan Korth: “Thomann’s inventory of Silent Sticks…
RTOM Releases New Single-Zone Triggers
RTOM is proud to announce the launch of their new bh Single-Zone Triggers to usher in a new era of hybrid drumming. RTOM Corporation (“RTOM”) Single-Zone Triggers are a new product that instantly transforms acoustic drum heads outfitted with Black…
ddrum NIO
In today’s musical landscape incorporating electronics has become commonplace, from creating hybrid acoustic/electric setups, to looping and accompaniment, percussion pads have opened up a world of sounds and creative possibility for musicians. Compared to its predecessors, ddrum’s NIO model cuts…
