Reviews

PDP Bass Drum Pedal Selection More recently, I’ve been trying out some more new pedals from PDP; the single and double versions of the 700, 800 and Concept series. The 700 series is a single

Trick Aluminium Drum Kit And Copper Snare   Most people have to be reasonably aware of, or at least familiar with, the Trick GS007 snare strainer; it’s been included on so many high end drums

Meinl Pure Alloy Custom and Polyphonic Selection I really enjoy the variety of cymbals that Meinl produce and that I’ve been able to try so many of these different models and ideas over the years;

Tama Charlie Benante 14x6.5" Signature Snare DrumI find it strange that I seem to have never reviewed this drum before, but it appears I haven’t. I say I find it strange because I’ve owned one

Trick Dominator Bass Drum Pedal   I have been a fan of Trick products for a long time, mainly because their GS007 snare mechanism is my favourite currently on the market. I also like that

The FlexBeater - A Dynamic Beater I don’t think in all the time I’ve been doing these reviews that I’ve looked at an early version of something and then went on to also see the

Ebenor Percussion Snare Drums Back in 2021, I looked at a beautiful Applewood snare drum from Ebenor Percussion and was thoroughly impressed with it. You can find my thoughts on that drum here -  http://mikedolbear.com/reviews/ebenor-applewood-snare/ I

Sabian AAX Crystal Thin Crashes We were recently sent some of Sabian’s AAX Crystal Thin Crashes to try out. Sabian says about these cymbals that: Through an extensive development process we have discovered that the

Useful Things For Drummers! (And not particularly ‘gift ideas’) Yep, it’s after Christmas, so the concept of ‘gift ideas for drummers’ is a little pointless. But, I’m not going to be distracted by that sort of

Pearl Matt Mcguire signature snare drum Ok, two things I’m going to say at the top of this review, both of which are absolutely true. Number one; I have no idea who Matt McGuire is