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Frank Ippolito was a New York based drummer in the 1930s through 1960s, who toured with big bands and later opened his own drum shop. Along ...

I’d had one of these several years ago, but when I couldn’t work due to Long Covid I had to sell it to help pay some bills. I’d always misse...

Chris Mattoon is based in the mid west and tours with a couple of different bands. A student of Bernard Purdie, he became interested in maki...

When I went looking for gum rubber for my Moeller homage pad, the smallest size I could find was 12” square, for around twenty bucks. Since ...

Readers here will remember my first attempt at making a tilted wood practice pad, during the pandemic. It was a rough job, and the tilt was ...

I picked up this vintage Ludwig pad in a bundle that also included some cool, old Rudimental instruction sheets. It’s one of the older pads ...

Yeah, okay, "vintage" is pushing it a little. But this was a cool find that I decided to spring for. In the mid-2000s, Xymox Percu...