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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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KBrakes Grips

KBrakes Grips

Check out KBrakes Grips and HiStops on the Ludwig vistalite in the KBrakes Drum Room! KBrakes Grips are the only hard surface kick drum anchor of their kind. With KBrakes Grips you can play you drums on a hard surface with out a drum rug. The kick drum creep is annoying but it's even more annoying when you aren't playing on a rug. Drummers have always had to play on a rug because there was never a low cost option that provided the stability that a drummer would need to be able to kick the drum 5000 times a night...

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