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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....

There are a a lot of really amazing drum companies that are just making cool stuff. Over at KBrakes we deal with a good amount of them. There are so many amazing people behind these companies. Some of them are just one man show drum making machines and some are father and sons or just friends that want to pump out fun drums.  Over the years we have seen some pretty "weird" and "innovative" things and it's always hard to tell what will catch on and what will not. Innovation that solves a problem and creates something new is very different...

  KBrakes 512's is an anchoring system designed to stop your kick drum from sliding away from you as you play. With 512 stopping points KBrakes 512s dig directly into the carpet locking your kick drum in place. KBrakes 512s also creates a more solid drumming experience with a large base and shock absorbing material. Designed with intent inside of the 512 shaft is designed with a similar shape to your kick drum spur meaning that instead of losing your low end and tone into the floor with the spikes they are actually lifted off the floor giving your kick...

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! 

Full Article - Mitigate kick drum creep with these simple-to-install feet. I don’t know how you feel on the matter, but I think drums sound the best when they are being beaten to the brink of exploding. Especially kick drums. Unfortunately, laying into a kick drum with the force of Thor’s hammer leads to an issue every hard-hitting drummer has experienced: the dreaded sliding bass drum. This brings us to a product I’ve had the pleasure to gig with for the past month called KBrakes, which is the brainchild of Wes Keely, a frustrated touring drummer with an entrepreneurial spirit....