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SABIAN Players' Choice - Neil Peart Demos the 21" HHX Groove Control Ride

Players' Choice is a new program from SABIAN that allows drummers to determine which new cymbals SABIAN will introduce for 2012. In this video Neil Peart tries out the 21" HHX Groove Control Ride.

Modern Drummer
Jun 30, 2021

SABIAN Obsessed with Neil Peart

Neil Peart is Obsessed with sharing his experiences through words - like bicycling over the Alps (twice), the Pyrenees and the Rockies, and throughout West Africa. And since '96, he has traveled to every RUSH show, from Berlin to Buenos…

Modern Drummer
Jun 30, 2021

Neil Peart's New Paragon Crash Cymbals from SABIAN

Filmed at Drum Channel - Neil Peart discusses adding "new things to hit with sticks" "before a tour I often look at my kit and think what can I change". Sabian suggested that he try out slightly larger crashes from…

Modern Drummer
Jun 30, 2021

Neil Peart - Time Machine VLT Snare

Join Rush stickman Neil Peart as he discusses the genesis of his beloved Time Machine All-Maple VLT Snare Drum and why it continued to be his #1 snare both on stage and in the studio. Created to commemorate Neil Peart's…

Modern Drummer
Jun 30, 2021

DW R40 ICON Snare Drum feat. Neil Peart (RUSH)

FIFTEEN-HUNDRED YEARS IN THE MAKING DW Drum Designer John Good and Neil Peart teamed up to create a one-of-a kind R40 kit crafted from Romanian River Oak and a plethora of intricate laser-cut exotic woods. To commemorate Rush’s 40th Anniversary…

Modern Drummer
Jun 30, 2021