The hue of this Vintage Gold Glass Glitter shows great with the classic styling of the Black Label series. The sizes on this big rock kit include a 14″x10″ rack tom, 16″x16″ floor tom, and 24″x18″ bass drum. Classic touches include the inlaid black-lacquer bass hoops, Radio King style lugs and rail mount. Modern touches include the deeper bass drum, Gauger Alloy RIMS mount and Pearl-style fold out spurs. The result is custom kit that is a perfect blend of new and old, check it out:
Today’s kit is a Deluxe Cocktail Kit in True Gold Glass Glitter. Featuring the standard 10″x6″ snare, 10″x8″ tom, and 16″x24″ cocktail drum, the finish on this kit really pops. The wrap is new-old-stock pulled for this project. Vintage wrap features crushed glass that catches the light in more ways than the current wrap on the market, and I always dig a chance to pull some of the vintage stock out and use it to make something really stunning. Check it out:
Here’s a close-up look at a recently completed snare that was part of this cool kit. The shell is a 14″x6.5″ 1-Ply Steam Bent maple with matching reinforcement rings, wrapped in a pre-aged marine pearl with the Top Hat & Cane pattern recreated over it. The hardware includes individual radio king lugs top and bottom, stick saver hoops, Dunnett R4 strainer, Puresound wires, and the classy new Steam Bent 1-Ply round badge. Check it out:
With the recent Top Hat & Cane kit, we took it back to the 40′s with the finish and the 50′s with the hardware. Today we step back another decade to the late 20′s and mid 30′s with a true Trap Kit style build. Built with the goal of capturing the sound and style of the era with modern touches that make it tour-ready. The sizes include a 14″x5″ main snare, 14″x12″ field drum/snare, 16″x14″ floor tom/cocktail drum, 22″x10″ bass, and an 11″ traditional Chinese tom. The long list of custom touches includes pre-aged and inlaid wood hoops, an original 1920′s/1930′s Ludwig wood block, a clip-on tom mount, reproduction 3-point style strainers, low-boy hihat stand and much more. For a full run-down of all the features check out this kit-tour video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LolMfua4mGw Check it out:
Today I’m keeping it old school with this special kit that has some awesome vintage details on it. This is the first kit to wear the new Steam Bent 1-Ply Shell round badge, and the first drums ever to feature the rare Ludwig Top Hat & Cane pattern accurately reproduced on Pre-Aged Marine Pearl. The results are nothing short of amazing, as we combined the best hardware and components the past has to offer with the best shells and craftsmanship available in the present. A few of the vintage highlights include the Ludwig Top Hat & Cane custom reproduced wrap, Rogers Swiv-o-Matic Tom & Cymbal Mounts, Slingerland Radio King style lugs, Stick Saver hoops, and a matching canister throne. A few of the modern highlights include steam bent 1-ply maple shells, Dunnett R4 strainers and Puresound wires on both snares, modern style Gull-Wing spurs, clam shell leg brackets and clam shell bass drum claws that match the classic Radio King profile. There are many more small details, but lets get to the photos as those are much more fun:
The sizes include a 13″x10″ rack tom, two 16″x16″ floor toms (Buddy Rich style), a 24″x16″ bass drum, a 14″x6.5″ snare with radio king lugs, and a 14″x5″ snare with tube lugs and solid-brass single flanged hoops, and a matching canister throne. Special thanks to www.Drummaker.com for supplying original scans and samples of the Top Hat & Cane pattern and using the unique Color Wrap process to get the pattern printed over the aged pearl, and the Grey Eagle for providing the perfect old-school listening room to take these photos.
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