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
Last week I refinished an older Phattie kit into a high gloss natural maple finish using 100% water-based finishing products. Water based products have come a long way in the last several years, and the current stuff used on all Stauffer Percussion products provides the same level of performance you get from traditional solvent-based finishes, but without the harmful fumes and toxic clean-up. Spray guns and other equipment can be cleaned out using tap water, no need for lacquer thinner or acetone in the shop. This kit featured a 10″ rack tom, 14″ floor, 22″ bass, and 13″ snare. Here’s a couple detail shots of the finish quality, I’m quite pleased with how the new water based system is working out:
Posted August 30, 2010 at 8:54 am. Add a comment
This recently finished Black Label kit is beautiful work of art, both in tone and visual appeal. The all-maple shells are veneered in Birds Eye Maple with a 1/4″ abalone shell inlay. Over the veneer and abalone a golden-amber toner was applied, than many coats of beautiful clear, buffed and polished to a silky smooth mirror shine. The sizes are 12″x8″, 14″x14″, and 20″x16″, with special order DW mounts on the 12″ and 14″, and heavy duty spurs on the bass. The photos tell the story on this one, check it out:
Posted August 11, 2010 at 9:51 am. Add a comment
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:
Posted July 23, 2010 at 7:59 am. 1 comment
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:
Posted June 25, 2010 at 9:36 am. 1 comment
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:
Posted June 24, 2010 at 1:22 pm. 1 comment
