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Friday Flashback! Cocktail Drum Extravaganza…

Dennis — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:31:10 +0000

The other afternoon I was looking for a file, and came across a folder of some really early cocktail drum builds. Most of these are from 2000 and 2001, when things were just starting to take off. You can see how the cocktail drums have evolved, and what they have become by checking out CocktailDrumsets.com for the latest and greatest. Here’s your old-school Friday Flashback, check it out…

Pre-Aged Marine Pearl on a killer 13″x7″ Phattie Snare

Dennis — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:56:58 +0000

This Phattie snare features a Pre-Aged Marine Pearl finish, a beautiful finish that looks just a little creamier than White Marine Pearl, for a classy appearance. The 10-Ply maple shell combined with the deep 13″x7″ size sounds incredible when tuned up into the higher ranges. Very tight & articulate sound, but with plenty of body and oomph. A Trick strainer completes the package, as part of our push to use American made components whenever possible. Check it out:

Friday Flashback! Rootbeer Sparkle Lacquer

Dennis — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:59:09 +0000

This Friday Flashback features a beautiful rock setup in a Rootbeer Sparkle Lacquer finish. Dating from sometime in early 2006, this kit features a 13″x9″, 16″x16″, 18″x16″, 26″x18″ and a matching 14″x8″ snare. The finish is an automotive lacquer featuring House of Kolor Kandy over a base made from heavy silver flakes, and is absolutely stunning under the lights. Our unique PhatRat lug with polished brass inserts compliments the finish perfectly, check it out:

Classy Black Label setup in True Gold Glass, headed north…

Dennis — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:30:53 +0000

This kit is on the way to our friend Jay who runs Blueberry Hill Bass. Blueberry Hill specializes in finding the most talented, skilled, and experienced luthiers and connecting them with bass players looking for a unique world-class instrument. I like to think that Jay’s exceptional taste in bass guitars also applies to drums, and look forward to the feedback on this beauty. This kit features a 13″x9″ rack tom, 16″x16″ floor, and 22″x16″ bass. Custom features include regular key-rods on the bass (vintage t-handles are standard on Black Labels), 2.3mm hoops for a fatter sound, and a Fiberskyn resonant head with 6″ Holz and custom Black Label logo. Check it out:

Friday Flashback – Big & Chrome with some flair…

Dennis — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:48:55 +0000

This monster rock kit featured a 13″ rack tom, 18″ floor tom, and 28″ bass drum. The special part about this kit is it was build using NOS Slingerland shells sold off during a move or liquidation of some of the Slingerland inventory and tooling. It’s been about six years, so I don’t recall the exact details, but the shells were NOS Slingerlands and made for a great sounding kit. The black stripes and stars over the chrome wrap made this kit visually striking, a great compliment to the sound and perfect for some pounding rock. Check it out:

Phunkie Phatties in Coke Bottle Green

Dennis — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:36:00 +0000

This beautiful example of Coke Bottle Green features 10″x8″ and 12″x8″ rack toms with special order Yamaha-style mounts, 16″x14″ floor tom, and a killer 20″x18″ bass. Coke Bottle Green is one of the best acrylic colors around, and for good reason, check it out:

Friday Flashback: Frank “Knuckles” Walker

Dennis — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:19:07 +0000

This months issue of DRUM! Magazine (July, 2010) has a great feature on Frank Knuckles Walker, the percussionist for the Roots. Frank is a killer drummer and got the gig as the Roots percussionist in 2001, after the Neda Stella tour with Erykah Badu, where he was holding the tight beat on a set of wood-hooped Phatties. Sizes included a 10″x8″ rack tom, 16″x16″ floor tom, 24″x20″ bass, and a variety of 20-ply piccolo snares. Ten years, my how time flies…

Tuesday is for Puzzles

Dennis — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:55:18 +0000

This unique set of Phattie drums features a puzzle finish made from sparkle drum wrap. The sizes on this kit are 10″x6″, 12″x7″, 16″x14″, 24″x20″, and a matching 13″x7″ snare. This is an exclusive finish to Phattie, and we’ve got another kit in the works right now that features different colors and is built from Glass Glitter, not sparkle, which has a different look to it with a lot more pop. Check back for photos of that kit in a couple of weeks. In the mean time, here’s a few good shots of our unique puzzle finish made from a sparkle base:

Friday Flashback! Racing stripes visit the Bristol Motor Speedway…

Dennis — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:36:01 +0000

This Friday we’re looking back to 2006, when we built some sweet kits for use in the ’07 catalog. This kit features a Viper Silver base coat with Orange Kandy stripes over a sparkle base, and was photographed on the drag strip at Bristol Motor Speedway. The rack tom was 13″x9″, floor toms of 16″x14″ and 18″x16″, with a beefy 24″x20″ bass and matching 14″x8″ snare. A huge rock’n'roll setup with a sweet paint job, one of my favorite kits from the last 10+ years:

Deluxe Cocktail Kit in a High Gloss Tobacco Burst

Dennis — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:22:48 +0000

This Deluxe Cocktail Kit features a beautiful high-gloss Tobacco Burst lacquer that looks outstanding in person. The snare and tom were airbrushed with a one-way fade that lines up with the top half of the burst on the main drum, looks stellar when setup. The photos tell the story on this one, check it out: