Gear Reviews
Detailed assessments of the latest drum kits and accessories
Pat Petrillo Music - The Practice Station
A simple, sturdy stand to keep your woodshed space organized. The Practice Station by noted New Jersey–based drummer/educator Pat Petrillo provides an easy solution for arranging all of your daily practice tools into one tidy place. All of the components…
Mono - 24" Cymbal Bag
Simple, comfortable, and durable—everything you need to transport your prized pies with ease. For most of us drummer, a cymbal bag is a necessary piece of gear but one of simple utilitarian nature. Most of us skimp out and go…
Zildjian, Latin Percussion, GrooveTech, DW and more
Zildjian Armand’s Personal Collectio In celebration of what would have been Armand Zildjian’s 100th birthday, Zildjian is releasing vintage cymbals from the Zildjian family vault for the first time. This release features 200 hand-selected vintage 20" cymbals from Armand’s collection.…
Donn Bennett’s Drum Vault
Tico Torres’ 1984 Bon Jovi Pearl Drumset By 1984, Tico Torres and his band Bon Jovi had worked their way through the ranks of the New Jersey bar scene, had recorded their first album, and were opening for established acts…
ASBA - Rive Gauche Shell Pack and 6.5x14 Snare
The Legendary French Brand Makes a Brilliant Resurgence Maison ASBA was founded in 1927 near Paris, France, by Alfred Boudard, a musician and inventor. ASBA is an acronym for Alfred and Simone Boudard Accessories. The company initially focused on instrument…
Malletech - SP2 and SP3 Scholastic Packs
Build a proper stick/mallet collection with theseselections of core essentials. Malletech is one of the most respected and creative keyboard instrument and mallet manufacturers in the world. It is owned and operated by marimba virtuoso Leigh Howard Stevens. Stevens not…
Canopus - 4x14 Solid Bronze Snare Drum
A slim but ultra-thick drum with unthinkable sonic prowess. Tokyo-based company Canopus, one of the world’s premier custom drum makers, prides itself on crafting some of the finest instruments on the planet. Over the years, we’ve tested many Canopus snare…
Gretsch, 64 Audio, DW, Malletech, Dust Palace, Craviotto
In 2011, Gretsch introduced the special-edition Renown 57 drumset, which had a unique look borrowed from classic car colors and the chevron logo. Ten years later, the company revived the series for a limited run of drumsets and snares featuring…
Donn Bennett’s Drum Vault
A few of Bun E.’s Ludwig bass drums. Over the last three decades, Bun E. Carlos assembled one of the largest and most renowned collections of Ludwig drums in the world, with over 200 snares and drumsets dating from the…
Revolution Drum T-Loks, Survival Drum Key, Brass Cymbal Fasteners, and Capitola Suede Stick Bag
An assortment of smart, innovative, and high-quality accessories for the working drummer. Revolution Drum is a small accessory manufacturer that focuses on creating fresh, outside-the-box ideas that are innovative, practical, and trustworthy for drummers of all styles and levels. You…
Papa Roach’s Tony Palermo
Tony Palermo has been a Pearl endorser since 2008, and for his most recent set the company custom-made shorter-sized floor toms to give them a faster decay. MD caught up with Palermo to get more details about his setup changes.…
Angel Drums - Segment-Shell Maple Drumset
Massive, upfront tones that will steal the show live and in the studio. Angel Drums is a small Hungarian company that prides itself on making no compromises when it comes to the quality of the snares and drumsets that it…
Zildjian - Aaron Spears and Kaz Rodriguez Artist Series Drumsticks
Extra-long but perfectly balanced models for two of the most versatile drummers around. With such a deep history in cymbal making that dates back hundreds of years, Zildjian still seems like a relative newcomer as a drumstick manufacturer. Yet the…
DW, Adoro, Gibraltar,Black Swamp, Tama, Roland
DW Collector’s Series Private Reserve Exotics Exotic finishes over available DW shell configurations include Tortoise Shell Pommele, Moabi, Horizontal Padouk, Vertical Padouk, Super Maple Curl, African Chechen, and Monkey Pod. Each can be ordered in a hand-sprayed polyester gloss or…
