Posted in Rock Gear, Uncategorized, tagged Buddy Rich, CBS, CBS Musical Instruments, COB, Drum Restoration, Dyna-Sonic, Dynasonic, fender, Percussion, Powerstroke, Powerstroke 3, Project Drum, Project Snare, PureSound, REMO, REMO Ambassador, Rogers, Snare, Snare Bridge, Snare Cradle, Snare Drum, Snare Frame, Snare Tuning, Vintage Drum, Vintage Snare on April 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »
After having so much fun with my Project Ludwig Snare Drum, I decided I needed another project…
Are you familiar with the Rogers Dyna-Sonic snare drum? If not, you should be. They were once called “The Cadillac of snare drums,” and they featured some of the most unique innovations. And I just bought one off of [...]
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Posted in Rock Gear, tagged Drum Heads, Drum refurbish, Drum Rewrapping, Drum Wrap, How to wrap drums, Ludwig, Ludwig Accent, Ludwig Snare, Matching Snare, Silver Sparkle, Snare, step by step guide to re-wrap drum, Throwoff on March 6, 2008 | No Comments »
A brief update on the Ludwig project snare…
Jammin’ Sam came through and delivered the silver sparkle wrap that will nicely match my Ludwig kit. If you have never wrapped a drum before, Jammin’ Sam makes it really easy. You call him and give him the measurements on the shell. He pre-cuts the wrap and applies [...]
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Posted in Rock Gear, tagged Drum Heads, Drum refurbish, Drum Rewrapping, Drum Wrap, Ludwic Accent, Ludwig, Ludwig Accent, Matching Snare, Silver Sparkle, Snare, Throwoff on February 29, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I always like a project. Just that kind of guy I guess. So, here is the idea behind my latest undertaking…
If you read the post, then you know I have an old 1970’s Ludwig four-piece kit which I re-wrapped in silver sparkle. I love the kit. It looks and sounds great. The kick, tom and [...]
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Since I graduated from Michigan State University back in 1990, I’ve not really considered additional education or advanced degrees. First off, how much smarter can I get? I may have peaked around my sophomore year. But also, I have never been interested. Simply put, not in to it. Until now!
Yep, I’m going to go back to school.
Tuition is [...]
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I know how concerned EVERYONE is on the status of my new Tele, and the good news is that it’s back from Oatley’s Guitar Garage, and I must say that Tom Oatley really outdid himself. The guitar is a peach. Love it. It plays great and feels great too. Cheers Tom.
The set-up required removing [...]
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I like playing the drums. And I like working on them, because I am a bit of a tinkerer. But I don’t particularly enjoy putting new heads on because I’m simply not great at tuning drums. My brother is an ace at this, but he’s in Michigan and I’m in Texas, so I’m on my [...]
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This is the is the companion article to “Good Lord, that’s a lot of guitars.”, but with the focus on amplifiers this time. Granted, I’ve not owned as many amps as I have guitars, but there are fair amounts, as the headline indicates. Also, this article further supports my claim to total embarrassing guitar nerd-dom, [...]
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Posted in Rock Gear on February 4, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Just a quick post to update EVERYONE on the status of the new guitar… I know so many people are on the edge of their seat wondering, What is going on with Jed’s new git? Or am I just practicing my typing skills and talking to myself (more likely)?
The guitar arrived Friday by the time I arrived [...]
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Posted in Rock Gear, tagged fender telecaster on January 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I bought a Fender Telecaster over the weekend on eBay. I’m so fired up to get it and the seller tells me it will be delivered to my work on Friday (tomorrow)! Awesome.
For you git-heads, it’s not anything super collectable or rare, just a Fender Telecaster Custom ’62 reissue. This is basically a replica of [...]
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Posted in Rock Gear on January 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I have a sweet ‘70s Ludwig drum kit. I bought it when I lived in North Carolina for about $300. It had originally been black, but had since been stripped of the wrap and brush-painted in natural. But the drums are nice and big (24” kick, 13” tom, 18 floor) and I thought they would [...]
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Welcome to the pinnacle of guitar nerd-dom. The following is a list of every guitar I have ever owned (off the top of my head, I may be missing a few). Trust me, I could go in to a lot more detail, but I’m afraid I’d be creating a black hole in the web with [...]
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