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Jalapeno Drums 21st Anniversary Kit – Drummer’s Review

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Jalapeno Drums 21st Anniversary Kit – Drummer’s Review

Here’s our review of a Jalapeno Drums 21st Anniversary Shell Pack, featuring…

  • 24″ x 13″ bass drum,
  • 13″ x 9″ rack tom,
  • 16″ x 16″ floor tom,
  • 14″ x 7″ snare drum,
  • 21-ply, 11mm thick birch shells,
  • birch flanged hoops,
  • aluminium shell hardware,
  • natural oil finish,
  • Aquarian heads fitted throughout.

Jalapeno says…“In a world full of mass-produced drums, Jalapeno Drums stand out as a shining jewel, offering the customer complete customization combined with hand-made individuality. Now in it’s tenth year of trading, each and every drum is still lovingly hand-crafted, to order, by drummer / craftsman David Nuttall: an Englishman who is as passionate about building drums as you are about playing them!

Using only the finest quality Finnish Birch plywood, solid brass lugs, and tone-enhancing oils, combined with construction techniques which maintain the natural sound properties of the shell, the fullest-toned, most resonant and responsive drums are achieved. David’s philosophy is simple: “aim to please.”

Many ‘custom’ drums in today’s market are simply mass produced shells with your choice of finish added. With Jalapeno Drums, your drum is hand-made from scratch for you.  With choices of plies, colours, finishes, depths and diameters, you get to choose exactly what you want. Plus you get the opportunity to talk through your ideas, enabling a fully informed choice that will ensure that the sound you want is the sound you get. As they say; ‘the world is your lobster…’”

Find out our thoughts in the video above!!

RRP: £2800.00

www.jalapenodrums.co.uk

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Flagship American Drum Brand Joins DW Family

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Flagship American Drum Brand Joins DW Family

Drum Workshop, Inc. (DW) recently announced the acquisition of the Slingerland drum brand from the Nashville-headquartered guitar icon Gibson. Principals from both companies inked the undisclosed deal that will see the Slingerland name be shepherded by the award-winning, California-based custom drum maker.

“No question Slingerland is one of the great American drum brands. It’s also near and dear to my father’s heart.  He played Slingerland, as did many of his friends and fellow drummers. The history is undeniable,” commented DW CEO, Chris Lombardi.

Founded by H.H. Slingerland, the Illinois-based musical instrument manufacturer began producing drums in 1928 and has remained a favorite among vintage drum enthusiasts. The company’s most noted artist affiliations included greats such as Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa and Louie Bellson. Slingerland was family owned and operated for more than 60 years. During the ‘70s and ‘80s the name was procured by several different companies, including Gretsch. In 1994 Gretsch sold Slingerland to Gibson Musical Instruments, where it has remained until today.

“In recent months we’ve been working really hard to put the Slingerland brand and that amazing ‘drum essence’ into the right hands,” said Gibson CEO James “J.C.” Curleigh. “I’m really proud and pleased to say that DW is now the owner of Slingerland.” He continued “All of us here at Gibson want to thank Chris for persevering on this and we know Slingerland is in great hands.”

Slingerland joins a collection of American brands that also includes DW Drums, Gretsch Drums, Latin Percussion, Pacific Drums and Percussion and Ovation Guitars. DW is set to announce plans for a new generation of Slingerland instruments in the coming year.

For more information visit www.dwdrums.com

Mapex UK welcomes King King sticksman to their artist roster

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Mapex UK welcomes King King sticksman to their artist roster

Having recently joined British Blues-Rock group, King King, Scottish sticksman supreme Andrew Scott (currently in the studio recording the bands next album before hitting the road in 2020) has also joined Mapex UK’s ever- growing list of endorsees.

Hailing from St.Andrews, Scotland, Andrew’s passion for music began with the piano and bagpipes before he realised his appetite for drums. He went on to study Music at Glasgow University before heading to the Berklee College of Music, where he studied Drum Set Performance.

Since then, Andrew’s career has taken him on tour through the UK and US with band such as Firebrand Super Rock and Aviations and, band work aside, he also owns and runs Owl Shed Studios in Edinburgh where he specialises in remote session work for clients all over the globe.

Mapex UK Artist Manager, Martin Potts, said “Andrew was already a Mapex player and we’d been keeping an eye on his career with a view to developing a relationship with him. King King’s popularity is continuing to grow so the time was right to bring Andrew on board with Mapex and we’re looking forward to working with him”.

Andrew is playing a Black Panther Phatbob Snare with a Saturn V Tour Edition in Vintage White and has 10/12/13/14/16/18 with  20” and 24” bass drums to make up different configurations for the studio and live work.

www.mapexdrums.com

A&F Drum Co. A&F’ers Bell Series Copper Snare Drum – Drummer’s Review

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A&F Drum Co. A&F’ers Bell Series Copper Snare Drum – Drummer’s Review

Here’s our review of an A&F Drum Co. A&F’ers Bell Series Copper snare drum, featuring…

  • 14″ x 6.5″ rolled copper shell,
  • single flange bass hoops & claws,
  • brass hardware,
  • A&F secret patina finish,
  • Remo Ambassador heads fitted top & bottom,
  • hefty 10kg in weight.

A&F Drum Co. says…“All snare drums are made from our patented raw copper shells, brass lugs and hardware, and Remo Ambassador heads. We hand cut, roll, weld, and sand our exclusive raw copper shells and raw brass hoops, hand cut bearing edges and snare beds, and treat everything with our exclusive patina formula to jump start the aging process.  Then we add our patented raw brass center-mounted lugs, hardware, and finally Remo Ambassador heads. These snares weigh any where from 7-14 pounds depending on size of the drum.”

Find out our thoughts in the video above!!

RRP: £2715.00

www.anfdrumco.com

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Carlsbro Unveil New e-Kit Available In Time For Christmas

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Carlsbro Unveil New e-Kit Available In Time For Christmas

Carlsbro are pleased to announce the arrival of the all new CSD100 electronic drum kit, available to order now in time for Christmas.

The CSD100 features a compact foldable telescopic frame, 1×7” snare pad, 3×7” tom pads, hi-hat, crash and ride cymbals and 2x controller pedals for bass drum and hi-hat.

The drum brain features 108 high quality percussion voices, 10 preset drum kits, 10 demo songs, metronome, auxiliary input, line output, headphone output, MIDI output and a record and playback function.

With an incredible SSP of just £199, the CSD100 is the perfect drum kit for your Christmas stocking.

You can find details of the CSD100 and all other Carlsbro electronic drum kits at www.carlsbro.com/electric-drum-kits/

Alesis Unveils Feature Update For Strike Multipad

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Alesis Unveils Feature Update For Strike Multipad

Alesis have announced a feature update, v1.2, for their Strike MultiPad electronic drum pad. Since its introduction at NAMM in January 2019, the Strike MultiPad has established a solid reputation as an incredibly capable and versatile instrument that far surpasses the performance and creative potential of any previous electronic drum pad. Never before has such sheer percussive power been built into a single unit or been so easy to play.

Specifically feature update v1.2 offers these enhancements…

  • Setlists

Users can now save and arrange custom Setlists of any Preset or User Kits. Setlists can be edited from the Kit Menu by pressing F6-Setlist. See the full Strike MultiPad User Guide for more information.

  • Improved Kit Navigation and Loading Times

Users can now use the Main Encoder to browse kits without loading them in the Perform and Kit menus. While the kit name is flashing, press the Main Encoder to load the kit.2

  • Hi-Hat Playback Mode

Assign open and closed sounds to a single pad for quick and easy hi-hat pedal setup.

  • Footswitch Playback Mode

Switch between Wave A and Wave B of a pad with the click of a footswitch.

  • Quick Wave Copy

In the Sound menu, press and hold the F1-Wave button to copy a sound from one wave to the other

Strike MultiPad feature update v1.2 is available now as a free download at www.StrikeMultipad.com.

Sabian AAX FREQ Cymbals – Drummer’s Review

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Sabian AAX FREQ Cymbals – Drummer’s Review

Here’s our review of a selection of Sabian AAX FREQ cymbals, featuring…

  • 21″ AAX FREQ ride,
  • 15″ AAX FREQ hats,
  • dual-band lathing,
  • minimal hammering,
  • raw bell,
  • B20 Bronze construction.

Sabian says..“When you think AAX, think of a cymbal you can play all day long on modern or mainstream music – with a range as wide as Bruno Mars to Meshuggah. Definitely check out the brand new Thin and Medium crashes – they sound like HEAVEN.”

Find out our thoughts in the video above!!!

RRP’s: 21″ ride: £300.00 (approx.), hats: £360.00 (approx.) 

www.sabian.com 

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Yamaha Launch Rec’n’Share App For Android

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Yamaha Launch Rec’n’Share App For Android

Yamaha Drums has this morning announced that their Rec’n’Share app is now available on Android devices.

Connecting Rec’n’Share app to a Yamaha EAD10 module via USB allows drummers to use mobile devices to record drum performance videos with the great sound of the EAD10. Recorded material can then be trimmed and edited before being stored locally, uploaded to Dropbox or shared through social media.

The Yamaha Rec’n’Share app is available for iOS through the App Store and for Android through Google Play. The app is compatible with the EAD10 and the DTX402 series e-drum kits.

More information here: https://yamaha.io/2P9gVBv

Joe Clegg Launches ‘You’re So Hybrid’ Video Series

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Joe Clegg Launches ‘You’re So Hybrid’ Video Series

Everything You Need To Know About Electronic Drums For Live Performances

Joe Clegg is pleased to launch his ‘You’re So Hybrid!’ video series, an introduction to using Ableton Live with electronic drums for live music performance.

Drummer Joe Clegg, known for his long standing collaboration with Brit Award winner Ellie Goulding, is also the musical director for Grammy Award winners Clean Bandit and live music producer for fellow Grammy Award winners, Mumford & Sons. Joe has also worked as musical director for Sigrid, Aurora, Becky Hill, Tom Walker and more. In this online video series Joe breaks down his kit and rig set-up explaining in detail his approach to programming and playing on some of the world’s biggest pop gigs.

Ableton Live software is designed to help musicians, engineers and artists create and perform music. Joe incorporates electronic drum pads and triggers, hosting samples in Ableton, both in his setup and on his shows as a musical director, and explains how he uses it during live performances.

‘I personally think that there is beauty in the detail, that recreating a programmed drum part with accuracy is an art form in itself,’ Joe explains. ‘I might be the only person that gets excited at the thought of pop shows being played fully live, by musicians using technology as an instrument, without conventional backing tracks, but it’s more attainable than ever.’

In this three hour, fourteen part video series Joe demonstrates how to translate studio recordings into the live arena in a human and musical way. He also explains the techniques he uses when approaching electronic drums on a live show. In the videos he talks about selecting sounds, programming, automation, and how this works on stage in practice.

Within a musical context, Joe breaks down a track from the final mix to stems and back to the multi-tracks—rebuilding it piece by piece into a playable version, ready for stage. If you’re a drummer but totally new to MIDI, triggers, automation, and sample based drums from a DAW, you will discover a whole new world of possibilities.

Joe says ‘I use Ableton Live on almost every show I work on. It isn’t the only DAW used in the world of live music, but it is creative, versatile, and reliable. Ableton handles MIDI, samples, and software instruments in a unique way, designed with performance in mind.’

Recorded at Snap Studios in London, ‘Ableton Live for Drummers’ also includes three exclusive video performances of Joe’s original material, demonstrating how to incorporate electronic and acoustic drums, as well as outboard equipment, in three different set-ups together with downloadable samples. 

Priced at £95 for lifetime access, Ableton Live for Drummers is available via www.artclub.live/alfd

Mapex 30th Anniversary Drum Kit – Drummer’s Review

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Mapex 30th Anniversary Drum Kit – Drummer’s Review

Here’s our review of a Mapex Drums 30th Anniversary Limited Edition shell pack, featuring…

  • 22″ x 18″ bass drum,
  • 10″ x 7.5″ rack tom,
  • 12″ x 8″ rack tom,
  • 14″ x 14″ floor tom,
  • 16″ x 16″ floor tom,
  • Mapex SONIClear bearing edges,
  • 100% North American Maple shells – 6ply toms, 8ply bass drum,
  • SAS floor tom legs,
  • inner & outer veneer of figured maple.

Mapex says…“The MAPEX 30th Anniversary Limited Edition Drum Kit inherits the spirit of “Orion Classic” series drum kit, the most representative sound of MAPEX drums in the 90s. This special anniversary drum kit is an all-maple kit, made of 100% North American Maple wood like the original Orion Classic series. The sound characteristics of these drum shells provide Warmth, Presence, and Projection while the more modern features developed through the Mapex Design Lab enables the drum kit to produce an even warmer sound with minimum vibration transfer and maximum resonance.”

Find out our thoughts in the video above!!

RRP: £2399.00

www.mapex30th.com

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