Any Hamer fans also drummers?

[SteveE9C6]

Not really much Hamer content but I'm curious. My main instrument is pedal steel with guitar as a close second. However, my first love was drums. I still play at home and also play drums in my churches praise band.

I got my dream set of drums finally a couple of years ago. It is seven piece Yamaha Maple Custom Absolute set (Birch Custom Absolute BD) in silver sparkle. I use Avedis Zildjian Mastersound HH's, and an assortment of Avedis Zildjian crash, ride, trash, etc cymbals. I've been using a tama Iron Cobra double pedal but find that I really don't need a double pedal.

I use a Sonor set at church which I really like.

Just curious if any others hanging out here...

[kurtsstuff]

My theory has always been that....Every male child wants to be a drummer but as the years pass they develop intellect and a sense of pride in themselves and do the right thing which is...become guitar players. Anybody who is a drummer never developed these things and so...a stunted growth ensued and they never developed into the higher being that they could have.....hehe...

[tafkathundernotes]

Shut up Kurt

I started as a guitar player, migrated to bass, and then picked up the drums about 4 years ago. I'm playing an old 80's Remo kit with all A-Custom cymbals and DW pedals and hi-hat. I think it's helped my bass playing.

I don't want to call myself a drummer per se because I'm afraid my car will break down and I'll lose my day job.

[BruceM]

I've had a drum kit for years. But mainly so that I can host jams with real drummers. That said, I do play in a band in which we all switch instruments frequently, so I've had to learn how to play rudimentary drums. It makes me appreciate good drummers all the more. Especially pretty blonde ones!

I can hold my own on a basic 4 beat, but if it require syncopation out of my right foot, I'm lost. Seems as though my body is tied to the rhythm of my right foot. Oh well, guess I could practice, huh?

[mrhappy]

Drummer here too. These days most of my drum work is studio stuff... live it's mostly guitar. All over the map as far as gear goes.

[Jack C]

I'm no Thundernotes, but I play. I agree that learing drums makes you a better guitarist/bassist.

I've been borrowing a Tama Rockstar kit for years but it pretty much lives in the closet now. The kit I use is a set of Pintech pads and an Alesis DM5 brain. I need the volume control that an electronic set provides and they also record better (for me) than acoustic drums.

[Scooter]

Another drummer here.

Kit 1: DW Collectors Series 8 piece in Gray Swirl/Black Hardware with Paiste Signature cymbals and MAY internal microphones.

Kit 2: Gretsch Maple 6 piece in Yellow Onyx with Zildjian A cymbals and MAY internal Microphones.

Kit 3: Phattie Custom Cocktail kit in natural maple with Sabian/Zildjian cymbals.

Kit 4: 1966 Ludwig Black Oyster Pearl "Ringo" kit with original hardware and Ludwig cymbals date stamped from THE DAY I WAS BORN! (Priceless)

Who says guitar players are the only gear whores?

[tafkathundernotes]

Those MAY microphones are great. My drummer has them.

[zzdat]

Drummer also, last few gigs have been drumming for a three piece blues rock band.

I've got a set of the old DW Pacific LX's with Sabian AAX and Zildjian A cymbals.

I love playing drums, it just feels natural to me. It also helps me to remember how important tempo is to a song.

BTW: I love my Audix D6 and Evans Emad kick drum sound, Fat bottom and that nice clear mid attack.

Cool Beans

Gene

[hamerboy_]

Count me among the drummer/guitarists here. I actually played a full set in June for my brother's band; it was at a local winery and the drummer was thirsty that night! He couldn't play the last set.

-Bobby

[Steve Haynie]

I took lessons for a little over a year, got busy, had to put drumming on standby, and never got back to it-- yet.

It was nice playing an "instrument" that doesn't require thinking.

[Jorge]

It was nice playing an "instrument" that doesn't require thinking.

+1 for Mr. Haynie!

I played drums, my first instrument, for 10 years.

That lasted until I saw Albert King playing one of his last concerts in 1992.

One week later, I had bought my first guitar, a Hamer Diablo.

Six months later, the drums were gone.

[Steve Haynie]

I couldn't resist getting a drummer joke in.

Now for a serious comment: A band is no better than its drummer. A drummer does not have to a great technician, but the drummer has to be solid. The feel of the music starts with the drummer.

[JohnnyB]

Count me in -- for the past 42 years. I started taking drum lessons in 5th grade. For Christmas in 6th grade I got my first drum set, a piece-o-shit 3-piece Kent set with one cymbal and no hi-hat. The pedal was so bad I had to keep a screwdriver handy to tighten it up just to get through a longer song. This set lasted me until my junior year of high school, at which point I bought a used 1965 pink champagne Ludwig Super Classic kit with full set of Avedis Zildjian cymbals for $200. That drumset put me through college and then some.

Sold it like an idiot when I got married 9 yrs later. Missed it ever since.

4 years ago, 23 years later (with the encouragement of my new wife), I started buying up old Slingerlands of various sizes from eBay.

Today I have an all-original 1958 Slingerland Sound King bass drum in rare black sparkle, Dallas Arbiter snare I got on closeout from MF, and an array of mostly Radio King tom toms in 9x13, 10x14, 12x15 and 16x16 sizes. My stepson and I re-covered two of the toms to match the bass drum with wrap that we made ourselves, and I have the materials and hardware to do the other 3 toms. I just have to wait for the weather to clear so I can sand them outside.

Hi-hats are 14" Zenjians (Leedy-branded Zildjians from possibly as early as the '30s), which are some of the best-sounding hats I've ever heard.

• 16" Sabian AAX Studio Crash
  
• 21" Sabian Rock Ride
  
• 22" vintage '60s Avedis Zildjian medium ride (Aaaaaaah!)
  
• 8" A. Zildjian splash
  
• 10" K. Zildjian splash
  
• 16" Wuhan China
  
• DW 5000 2-leg hi-hat
  
• DW 7002 double pedal
  

Always was a nut for jazz drums. My sister gave me a Gene Krupa album when I finished grade school. Soon I had a Dave Brubeck album, where I was captivated by Joe Morello's drumming. Soon after another sister started sending me Buddy Rich albums (and a Quincy Jones one with Grady Tate and Bernard Purdy on the throne).

Current favorite practitioners are Harvey Mason and Jim Keltner for knowing how to make a supreme groove and also how to punch the dynamics when needed.