Been happy with Protection Racket soft. Not a big fan of hard cases.
hardcase, cost me about £200, bass, floor, tom, i got a free one with my snare.
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Premier Genista - Pearl Masters - Primus custom snare - Zildjian A Custom- DW 5000 pedal - Zildjian Zack Starkey sticks
I play lead Drums
Been happy with Protection Racket soft. Not a big fan of hard cases.
Hodge podge of soft Gator, Protection Racket and a few old Anvil cases:
I'm using kind of a hodgepodge right now too. I have SKB cases for my 14x6 snare (when I use a shorter snare I have a piece of thick foam I put in the bottom) and my 10, 12 and 14 inch toms, but my 16x14 tom goes in a Roadrunner soft bag, my bass drum goes in a Kaces soft bag, and my hardware goes in a Protection Racket hardware bag. I also have Kaces soft cases for the snares and 10, 12 and 14 inch toms and it just depends on the gig for which ones I decide to use.
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I have Humes and Berg fibre cases for all my drums, 12,13,14,15,16,22,24, and large rolling hardware case I have had for 33 years. Toured all over with them and my drums look brand new. I also have Gator Protector bags in 10,12,13,14,16,20 and Protection racket bags in 14 and 22. 1 24" Humes and Berg bag and a 22" Pulse cymbal bag. I use my bags a lot now and a small vintage H&B rolling trap case because I am doing mostly local gigs and can get my whole set in one trip with my dolly and i can zip all the bags up in my bass bag. I occasionally use my hard cases with my vintage kits when I know the stage is large and I can stack them backstage.
Ludwig Classic Maple vintage 1980 Silver Sparkle
Ludwig Classic Maple vintage 1960 Gold Sparkle
Ludwig Classic Maple vintage 1968 Champagne Sparkle
Premier Resonators vintage 70's Polychromatic Red
Slingerland 60's Vintage. Vintage Sky Blue Pearl
Slingerland 1972 "Avante" Red
Camco Chanute vintage. 1973 Silver Sparkle
Gretsch Catalina Jazz. Blue Pearl
Sonor Safari. Black Galaxy
Rogers Londoner V vintage. 1977 Silver Mist
Rogers Script Badge 9/72 1972 Black Nitro
Beverley of England 4 piece vintage. Red
Stewart 1966 Black Diamond Pearl MIJ
Vintage Paiste 2002
Vintage Avedis Zildjian
I'm using the Stagg Professional Series soft-cases. They're the best I've found so far. For hard cases, you can't go wrong with SKB or Humes & Berg. Though I'd like to try the new-er Stagg Hard-cases, they look promising.
For the record, I usually hate Stagg. Any hardware that I've ever owned from them was complete crap, and I've owned alot of their crap sadly, still using some of it for my overhead mics, but I love these cases.
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My 4 piece Vintage Ludwig's, Hardware, & Cymbals, packed up and ready to go.
Ludwig Classic Maple vintage 1980 Silver Sparkle
Ludwig Classic Maple vintage 1960 Gold Sparkle
Ludwig Classic Maple vintage 1968 Champagne Sparkle
Premier Resonators vintage 70's Polychromatic Red
Slingerland 60's Vintage. Vintage Sky Blue Pearl
Slingerland 1972 "Avante" Red
Camco Chanute vintage. 1973 Silver Sparkle
Gretsch Catalina Jazz. Blue Pearl
Sonor Safari. Black Galaxy
Rogers Londoner V vintage. 1977 Silver Mist
Rogers Script Badge 9/72 1972 Black Nitro
Beverley of England 4 piece vintage. Red
Stewart 1966 Black Diamond Pearl MIJ
Vintage Paiste 2002
Vintage Avedis Zildjian
Your = possessive - your stuff, your dog, your car, etc
You're = you are - a contraction.
Learn it. Love it.
SKB soft cases, Gator hardware bag and Gator hard shell cymbal case. I also still have an old trap case that I replaced the wheels on. I'm gigging for the first time in over 30 years next month, so I'll know then if I made wise choices.
Acoustic Kits:
Ludwig Maple 3ply White Cortex 4 pc
Rukus Mod Orange Club 4 pc
DW Design 6 pc
Tama Silverstar Limited Edition Mirage 5 pc
Tama Superstar 5 pc
Tama Rockstar 4 pc
Gretsch Catalina Ash 4 pc
Slingerland 7 pc
Electronic Kits:
Yamaha DTX532k
Roland TD-27, Roland PD-85 (x4), PD-125, KD9, CY-8 (x2) VH-10, Lemon 15 and 18 cymbals
Roland SPD-SX Sample Pad
Snares:
Tama SLP Black Brass
Tama SLP G Maple
Rukus Santos/Bubinga/Poplar/Wenge
Rukus Avodire/Maple/Mahogany
1972 Ludwig Supraphonic
Hardware:
Tama, DW, Yamaha and Sonor
Cymbals:
Zildjian A Series, A Custom and K Custom
Microphones:
Miktek, Audix and Shure
wow Rich,thats a lots of stuff in that truck. have you ever thought about a trailer ?
Tamaholic
rich, i learned backing up a boat , only use your side mirrors, and put your hand at 6 o clock on the steering wheel , then from the 6 o clock position just turn the wheel whatever way you want the trailer to go . it works very well, and easy .
Tamaholic
The longer the trailer the easier it is to back up.
I have a 6x12 that is so easy to tow I forget it's back there. It holds a ton of PA (literally) and my drums with room to spare for drink cooler, fans, guitar stack, etc.
I have a larger 8.5x20 trailer also. As you might imagine, I do not use it as often, because it is not as easy to maneuver / park. I have a picture of that one http://inconcepts.biz/~jsw/img/11202...h_suburban.jpg
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I have over sixty cases, most of mine (80%) are Humes and Berg and I love their products.
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