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My First Drum Set

My First Drum Set

When I started playing drums at age 14 I had the most not amazing $80 drum kit that you could imagine. It was a 5 piece Ludwig kit that was not very well managed or maintained. I bought it from a kit at my school with the idea that we were going to "start a band". We were 14 and this kit was a "drummer" that had moved off the kit to pursue his goal of becoming the next Phil Anselmo. He used to carry around this Shure SM58 knock off with electrical tape wrapped around it. Every change he got to pull it out and throw down some Pantera lyrics it would happen. It was like Phil on demand! Whether it was a 1,2,3,4 or a Walk on Home Boy, it was alway cocked and loaded. (Read More....

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Watch this GIANT kick drum in action

Watch this GIANT kick drum in action

Joey Bones just got an amazing new Love Custom Drum drum kit and it's awesome! He's getting his first taste of playing those awesome drums on a hard surface without a drum rug by adding KBrakes and the KBrakes Grips attachment. The KBrakes Grips are an attachment that allow you to play your drums on any hard surface without a drum rug. Watch him kick this drum with the force of 10 men and watch the drum not move 1 mm. Big Drums, Big Beard, Big Beats, No Creep! 

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KBrakes and Vintage Drums

We get a lot of question of people asking us "If KBrakes will fit on their vintage drums?" We have  created a video showing KBrakes attaching to several vintage kits. In this video you will see KBrakes attaching to kick drums made by Gretsch, Drum Workshop, Ludwig and Slingerland. Some of these spurs have threads and some don't it all depends on the brand and when they were produced. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IvESAGQqIvM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <script data-shopify-buy-ui>//<![CDATA[(function () { var scriptURL = 'https://sdks.shopifycdn.com/buy-button/latest/buy-button-storefront.min.js'; if (window.ShopifyBuy && window.ShopifyBuy.UI) { ShopifyBuyInit(); } else { var script = document.createElement('script'); script.async = true; script.src...

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