Originally Posted by
rickthedrummer
The set I use in my videos was bought at Sam Ash in NYC in either '71 or '72.
The basic set is: 24x14, 14x10, 16x16, 18x16, and there was a 13x9 that came with the set that I never used until a few years ago.
They were used in probably 80% to 90% of my gigs, and they were the set I kept when I retired. I sold 2 sets of Ludwig Black Pearls, a set of Rogers White Pearls, and a set of Slingerland White Pearls.
I was always surprised that for the few that watch my videos, that nobody ever noticed that the up tom holder was a Slingerland Set-O_Matic. While it's fragile by today's standards, it held a 14x10 tom for over 40 years.
With all due respects to my brother (and sister) drummers, I have never understood how drummers go through so many sticks. I broke 1 stick playing about a year and a half ago, and it was the 1st stick that I broke while actually playing in about 40 years. The same goes for heads and cymbals. I think the last head I broke, while playing, was when I was about 14, and I've never broken a cymbal.
As for all the broken sticks, I don't want to say that it's bad technique when we have too many accomplished drummers on DC, so I have to go in the other direction and ask, "How hard do you hit the drums and cymbals?"
In this day and age, where everything is mic'ed to the max, the need to beat the crap out of everything seems a bit redundant.
Just a opinion.
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