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I asked Bill at Drumslinger Percussion if he could repair my Marching pad. ( If you remember , the bottom panel was damaged when it hit the...

Per Jay O'Brien’s suggestion, a word about sourcing materials so you can make your own practice pad: Materials can be sourced from all s...

In celebration of homemade pads, here’s my current stack. L-R:  — made by Jim Dinella, 1970s. — home-refurbished. This may have started life...

I got this drum last year, when I fell down the CB700 rabbit hole and found this online for a good price. It arrived, I found an old bag to ...

I believe my cymbal setup is complete now, with the swap-in of the Rose Gold ride from Name Brand Cymbals . Still pretty washy closer to the...

Is-it-a-pad, UPDATE. So it wasn’t a practice pad. I think the seller didn’t know what he had. It’s actually a little stand for a potted plan...

I bought a set of Name Brand hi-hat cymbals a couple years ago from Jon’s Third Floor Bazaar on Facebook. They were clean, bright, and $125...