NEWS & OPINION

Why I bought a Gretsch Catalina Ash Kit

THE EQUIPMENT

Gretsch Catalina Ash in Deep Cherry Red.
  • 8", 10", 12" rack toms + 14" floor tom all with Remo Emperor coated heads
  • Additional 16" floor tom to come.
  • 22" Kick with Remo Powerstroke III head
  • 14 x 5 snare with Remo Emperor X skin.
Cymbals
  • Sabian AAX 14" stage hats
  • Sabian AAXplosion 18" crash
  • Sabian AAXplosion 16" crash
  • Zildjian A Custom 18" crash
  • Zildjian A Custom 18" china
  • Sabian AAX 20" stage ride
Hardware & Accessories
  • Tama Iron Cobra double pedals.
  • Gibraltar GRSP Rack.
  • 5 x Superlux drum mics for toms
  • 2 x Superlux overhead mics
  • 1 x Shure PG52 kick drum mic
  • 1 x Shure PG56 snare mic
  • 3 x mic stands (1 kick & 2 for overheads)
  • Pearl Hihat tambourine
  • Generic metal cowbell
  • Mapex soft cases
Greetings, surfer types, I'm a web developer, I look after bucket fulls of domain names and websites and stuff, it's my job, but this is MY OWN little plot on the net, and so this is where I, "El Condor Mucho", talk about my beloved drums.
You'll notice I'm no Neil Peart or Buddy Rich but I love drumming to bits and this is where I share my lurve.

This is the first time I set the kit up after tuning the toms etc. It sounded great so I thought I'd try to get across how brilliant it sounded by doing a video, but the camcorder mic obviously isn't up to the job. I must record this kit properly one day :)



Legion Rock Band
The band I'm in.
email me at: paul@drumstudio.co.uk
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