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Very cool. Back when Papa Jo was perfecting the Bonham sound.

Your Mom was part owner of Tipatinas, Greg Juke owns a Low Boy. God bless the internets, I feel like I have things in common with other humans at long last. Not that my Mom had an interest in the arts, but her grandad was a drummer.
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I don't think I've ever seen even a picture of a low boy, only a drawing. Some of us have old gear, Juke has a thing that predates the trap set. Good on ya, mate.

Low Boy! Wow.

Not so much wear out as maybe dry out, but in the 24 years since I did it, I've never had a reason to open up a lug casing on any of the six drums I did it to. There haven't been any rattles. I'm sure I've changed heads a few dozen times and I haven't lost a lug nut into the lug casing so they're st...

Has no one tried replacing the lug springs with flexible vinyl tubing ala aquarium style pump tubing. I believe I heard of this in an old issue of Modern Drummer. Did this to my Rogers swiv o matic era kit twenty years ago and not a rattle since.
jarvis

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/sep10/a ... s-0910.htm

if you're not a subscriber $1.50 will buy you a PDF of the article.

Why no manual? It acts as DP's dongle. Just askin'.

the finger genius wrote:Yeah, when recording drums with condenser mics I've pretty consistently needed pads to avoid clipping.

Exactly. I'm using the Naiant 24dB pads, but I hear ya about that extra connection

caravan of dreams, 6 St between 1st & A is still open

Besides being cheaper, one of the reasons I share a space w/ other bands is to play my own kit. How about one guitar and amp for the guitar players to share?

i've been using the rough rider instead of the LMC-1. i haven't done a head to head in a while, but you can get very similar results with the rough rider, and it has a few more tricks in there as well. also free. http://www.audiodamage.com/downloads/product.php?pid=ADF002 I find the Rough Rider an ...

Ringo is one of the nicest guys I know. What has always amazed me is how he usually plays drums wearing flip-flops. really? that's awesome. i play either barefoot or socks, i don't know how anyone plays with shoes (other than chuck taylors) on. which of course everyone does so i'm the weird one i g...

Sir Hills thanks for the output tip, hadn't though of that.
jarvis