Custom Drum Companies You Should Be Watching 1. A&F Drum Co If you haven’t heard of A&F Drum Co, you must not be paying attention. “Simple Design, Practical Application, Brilliant Sound…these are the pillars that Antoun & Family Drum Co. (A&F) is built upon.” The genius behind A&F Drum Co is that they draw from the rich history of drum …
Bass Player – Turned Drummer Builds His 1st Custom Drum Set
Building a Custom Drum For The First Time This is a guest post from John A. Ledingham, PhD. He and his new custom drum set reside in Columbus, Ohio. I started out not as a drummer, but as a bass player in my hometown of Springfield, Ohio. One Thursday afternoon, the leader of a group I was playing bass with …
What does “100% Maple” Drum Shell really mean?
Maple Drum Shells The other day I was looking around Guitar Center for some inspiration and ideas for a new kit I’m about to start building and happened upon a drum set that advertised 100% maple shells. The thing that struck me funny is that the drum set was only $599 for a complete drum set with mounting hardware (kick …
Lessons Learned from: Contact Cement
Using Contact Cement to Apply Drum Wrap The past few weeks I’ve been waiting to get supplies in to build a new custom drum set for a P.Ellis Drums artist. I recently started the build process in my wood/drum shop. Like I have said before every time I build a new drum or drum set I learn something that changes …
What I Learned On My Recent Drum Build
Don’t Miss a Learning Opportunity Every time I build a new custom drum or custom drum kit I learn something that can usually help me improve upon a similar drum set the next time around. Each new drum I build gets better and better and I find more efficient ways to do some of the drum building tasks. Most recently …
How to Make an Inlay Jig for your Router Table and Cut/Install Perfect Inlay on your Custom Drum Set!
The follow section is taken right from the pages of “How to Make Custom Drums”. Like what you see? You might want to consider buying the full version to learn everything you need to know to be able to build your very own custom drum or drum set! Making an Inlay Jig for your Router Table Inlay’s can make your …
How to Wrap a Drum Shell Part 2
How to Wrap a Drum Shell This is the 2nd and last post on how to wrap your drum shells! Enjoy! Check out the first post here. Another important blog post to view along with this post is “How to Keep your Wrap Seams From Coming Up“. Applying Contact Cement After you have made sure there is not sanding dust …
How to Take Good Drum Photos
How to Take Drum Product Photos When you build your very own custom drum or drum set you’ll want to take some great product photos to show off your work to everyone you know. In the past I’ve been lucky to work with some amazing photographers who have shot some promo pictures of drums that I’ve built, one of them …
How To Keep Drum Wrap Seams From Coming Up
My Drum Wrap Seams Are Coming Unglued I have a confession to make. I recently discovered that the seams on the 2nd wrapped drum set I ever made are starting to come apart. This is unacceptable, but luckily you get to learn from my mistake. Wrapping your custom drums with a sparkle, glass glitter, onyx, pearl, or solid color wrap …
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