This beauty is the new house kit at Echo Mountain Studios here in Asheville, NC. The sizes are 10″x8″, 12″x9″, 14″x12″, 16″x14″, and 24″x16″. The finish is a water based lacquer over a custom deep red mahogany stain with flecked maple inlays, and the contrast is beautiful. Inlayed wooden hoops combine with the Phattie bearing edge for a pre-eq’ed sound, a perfect blend of punch, sustain, and minor overtones for recording. Custom Echo/Phattie laser engraved badges round out the look, for a smooth modern appearance with a vintage vibe. I could go on and on about this kit, but I’ll cut short the wordy description and let the photos do the talking:
Posted September 2, 2010 at 8:24 am. Add a comment
This sharp looking set turned out great, a perfect blend of modern touches that keeps an overall sharp look. The contrast between the purple satin lacquer, the chrome, and the clear acrylic turned out even nicer than I anticipated. The sizes include a 12″x8″ rack tom, 14″x12″ and 16″x14″ floor toms, and a thumping 22″x20″ bass. Check it out:
Posted August 31, 2010 at 5:52 am. Add a comment
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:
Posted July 15, 2010 at 9:36 am. Add a comment
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:
Posted June 29, 2010 at 2:55 pm. 1 comment
This week we had the opportunity to supply some cool prototypes to Chris Thompson of the Eli Young Band. He’s got some cool new snares to try out on the road…but more on those next week! Today’s Friday Flashback is the first kit we built for the Eli Young Band sometime in early 2006. This kit featured a 12″ rack tom, 14″ and 16″ hanging floor toms, and a deep 22″ bass. The finish is a red glass glitter with silver sparkle stars, and custom silver metallic/sparkle powder coating that shimmered under the lights. This was the first of many cool kits we’ve built for them so far, check it out:
Posted May 28, 2010 at 8:57 am. Add a comment
Bronze Acrylic is perhaps one of the perfect colors for Acrylic kits, up there with our popular Coke Bottle Green. Lighter than the Smoke acrylic, it lets more light through for a great stage presence, but dark enough that its not totally transparent. This kit features a 12″x9″ rack tom, 14″x12″ and 16″x14″ floor toms, and a thumping 24″x18″ bass drum. Finished with chrome hardware and chrome-wrapped maple hoops, it’s one smooth looking setup:
Posted April 21, 2010 at 7:30 am. Add a comment
