This story starts somewhere around 2000. Whenever it was it was fairly early in the shops history. I got a call from my good friend Jeff Chonis. He’s been a huge influence in my career and my life. Jeff has been Ringo’s Starr’s tech for around 25 years and has worked with dozens of the … Read More

The first time I met Tre Cool was probably around 10 years ago. I pick up the phone and the guy on the other end asks if I have have any 1920s Ludwig Black Beauty snare drums in stock. I had a couple of them and started telling him about them. He says he from … Read More

I just stumbled on John Dechristopher’s drum blog.For those of you who don’t know John was Zildjian’s artist relations manager for many, many years. He just recently retired. To say he is one of the most well respected people in the drum industry would be a dramatic understatement. Dude is always first class. His blog … Read More

I’ve been unpacking what seems like hundreds of boxes of drum gear that I’ve collected over the years and have turned up some amazing treasures. A lot of this stuff I forgot I even had. I’ll be posting in the blog and on the website as I go through all of it. Check out this … Read More

Check out this cool photo Hal Blaine just sent me. It was taken at Sound Recorders in LA in the 1970s when Hal was there doing a Neil Diamond session. Paul was in the next studio and eventually came over to see what was happening. Hal’s huge “Monster Kit” was set up and always got … Read More

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