Featured Some Guitar Players, Lovers, Addicts?

Lifelong drummer here. Was in bands on and off from high school to my late 20's/early 30's with years in between pursuing other endeavors(see profile page). At one point I had a Tama 8 pc with a dual set of Zidians and Sabians but I gigged w/only a small portion of it. Then overseas work put the long term kibosh on all that and we parted ways. I'm contemplating picking up a DW or Grestch 4 pc and putting something together again. For me it's 2nd nature, like riding a bike. Give me a set list and a couple weeks to get my chops back. I also dabble in bass and have a Fender acoustic.

 

If you’re a gigging drummer you learn sooner or later to economize your kit. Even w/my 8 pc, w/in a couple months of playing out I minimized things down to a 4 and sometimes even a 3 pc(bass, snare, 1 riding tom) with 2 cymbals and the high-hat. Maybe doesn’t look as cool, but it’s WAY more sensible logistically, esp. post-gig after a few beers.

If you know your rudiments, you can make a 4 pc kit sound like something much more. A double bass pedal augments this as well.

Remember- in bar gigs your audience is typically more drunk than you are.

 

John Bonham... he was master of a small kit!

 

Bonham knew his rudiments, you could tell. It makes all the difference. A triplet or a quadruplet utilizing multiple drums is just something that gets past most players that never mastered their rudiments. There’s a lot of signed, famous drummers out there that have ad-libbed their entire careers.

Not this one. I crushed it.

 

I presume it’s going on a hard tail?

 

A few of my recent builds , the buckeye burl blue is natural ! Cocobolo is toxic to work with but gorgeous, the quilted maple got about 20 shades of dye , each back sanded to give it the finish , it shifts in the light.

 

Wow… just wow! Work or hobby?

 

Didn't notice this thread before. I'll rumble up some pictures of my guitars, to show.

 

Obsession ... I've been building for the last 23 years, now that I'm retired other than riding it's what I do for fun. And Like riding I'll do it as long as I'm able to.

two more I built for local artists . the top one is quilted Sapele over granadillo semi hollow, and the bottom is quilted maple over chambered spanish cedar

 

My current collection.

 

Pretty Taylor!!!

 

My stuff: