Reviews

The concept of capturing the low end from a bass drum has been around for ages and started with people reverse-wiring old audio speakers to try and pick up the sound you can possibly more

A classic fit for toms and snare. The new Classic Fit heads are designed to fit older/vintage drums more comfortably. This is because many, if not most, drum shells these days are slightly undersized to

In 2016, the Gretsch Renown line was redesigned with working drummers in mind. The kit featured in the video is the configuration in silver oyster pearl; a 24x14 bass drum, 13x9 mounted tom, 16x16 floor

The Zildjian A Custom line is 25 years old this year so we thought we would take a look at a selection of them. The A Customs were originally created to have a contemporary feel

Mapex Heartbreaker Mapex has been hard at it again. All three of these snare drums come with Remo USA heads top and bottom and Puresound wires, which I really liked as it means

I could probably try and come up with lots of clever word plays and adjectives to describe how the drums in question here look, but would I see that as rather pointless in this instance

A couple of years ago I got to check out DW’s Machined Direct Drive bass drum pedals . These pedals represented a big step forward for DW, as far as kick drum pedals go in general. Roll

Coloured cymbals can be a bit polarizing – either people think they’re cool and love them or think they’re pointless and a gimmick. Me, I’ve always loved both the look and sound of coloured cymbals

I believe I’ve said before that I’m a big snare drum fan, so when something new lands in front of me that is a bit different and I haven’t seen or tried before, I get

I have to admit to knowing nothing about these cymbals before they were given to me to check out, the only brief I got on them was that they were ‘expensive’. However, as soon as