Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Vintage corner: Fibes 3S marching sticks, 1978.

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Another find in my quest to regain Sticks I Played In High School. All you need to know is that they’re beasts. Gigantic. Impossible to hold...
Thursday, December 23, 2021

Vintage Corner: Fibes 2B sticks, late 1970s

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I mostly played with CB700 sticks in middle school, and Fibes sticks in high school. (They’re what the local music store had in stock and th...
Monday, December 6, 2021

A talk with Brian Pettry of RCP Drum Company

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I just got off the phone with Brian Pettry of RCP Drum Company, makers of purpose-driven pads for the marching percussion market. He reached...
Thursday, December 2, 2021

Product Review: Offworld Percussion's Orbit -- a sustainable, American-made pad.

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Offworld Percussion , known for innovative and durable practice pads made right here in the Pacific NW, have something new that I've fal...
Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Refurbishing, part two: HQ RealFeel Tan pad, Re-tanned

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 If you’ve followed me this far, you know that there’s a high demand for the original, first-generation RealFeel tan pad by HQ. A generation...
Tuesday, November 23, 2021

DIY Drummer: Odds-n-Ends -- repurposing, refurbishing

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 On my way to swapping out for a smaller bass drum for my West Craft kit, I had an idea. I asked Kaleb if he'd be interested in taking o...
Friday, November 19, 2021

More about the Remo TSS. It’s a weird thing.

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 So after hanging out with this thing a couple days, I wondered if it was really all that. I wondered if I wanted to keep it, and in fact I ...