Recent content by Level42

I can setup and tear down quickly, I can play very quietly, and I can learn and remember tunes in most styles quickly. One of the coolest touring gigs I ever got was with a now deceased jazz pianist/singer. I didn’t have near the chops of her longtime drummer but she called me for her last...

Yeah, the ads are really random. I have only seen one inappropriate one so far, but yeah, leaves a very bad taste in my mouth.

Popping back in to say that 9 months later I am still loving my Paistes for jazz. Had some cats over at the shop earlier to work out some ideas and the Swiss metal was just absolutely jammin. 15” Big Beat hats 20” Signature Traditional thin 22” Signature Rough Ride 22” Masters Swish Anyone...

I just assumed the site was down for the past few days, got the error message every time until a few minutes ago. Since they took our encyclopedia of drummers from us, I was worried they decided to kill the forum also.

Yeah, I know I said it in a previous thread but will say it again, it is a huge loss to the drumming community. Thankful for the archive.org link. Terrible decision by the new ownership, I am sure traffic is way down and that will and probably has trickled down to the forum.

I have a small bucket list of obscure cymbals that I’ve been after for years and today I got to check one off. I’ve loved my Paiste Signature Crystal square-bell crashes for years and I’ve always wanted to find a set of the Crystal hats. I just missed a set on Hazelshould a few years back and...

I had a now-defunct builder make me some 16.75" long 7As in about 2006. By the time I went through all of them and reached out to get some more all phones and emails were deactivated. Definitely a chance you take with that sorta thing. Really enjoyed the sticks for the few years I had them...

I was actually thinking about this a few weeks ago, it’s gotta be between 2000-3000. I wish I had kept logs. The one great thing I did was that I taped a lot of my gigs in the 90s with a stereo mic into a high end cassette recorder. I have boxes and boxes of tapes. About once a year I’ll...

I have mostly been playing my Eames 9 ply 14x18 lately. No issues with volume but I would say the P3 front and back takes a touch off the high end, which is a good thing for me. Even for trio jazz I don’t like a ringy kick. I play a lot of low volume gigs but I also used that kick for my...

I use the Fiberskyn PS3 on the batter and reso. No muffling. Best kick sound I’ve ever had!

Never used any sorta patch in 40 years. Coated PS3 or Fiberskyn PS3 are my kick heads of choice. If I want less attack, use a fluffier beater. If I want more attack, use a harder beater. I have some kick head on for 5+ years with no dents. I mix heel up and heel down depending on the...

Yeah man, never seen Ludwig offer that configuration in a catalog but per the date stamps my 20/13/16 were born together and I’ve seen two 60s Ludwig sets of that config for sale locally in the past few years so it must have been a common set for customers or dealers to order.

Earlier in this century I did some weekend touring with a jazz singer/pianist. There was no tour bus or van/trailer situation and the band kinda had a budget to get ourselves to the gig, the artist traveled separately. The artist also would not pay my rate to bring my own kit so I brought...

Any good shop will order the sizes you want to build your kit. 20/13/16 is what my ‘64 Ludwigs are, I like that config a lot also!

Great room, great sound, great band tonight. Had the 20/16 from my 64 Ludwig kit, 8x14 Nodar Rode, Paiste 15” Giant Beat hats, 20” Signature Traditional thin, and 24” Giant Beat.