John Cutbill, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, wanted a kit that was portable and had a small footprint, although he didn’t want to sacrifice the functionality and sound of a typical full-size drumset. So he sketched an initial design of what would become this month’s featured set, and he refined his idea with assistance from Allan Harding, manager of Vancouver’s Rufus Drum Shop, and Jay Deachman, a Drumeo instructor and drum tech.

January 2019 Issue