Cleaning up some old Ludwig Standard Drums

[dorfmeister]

From looking at this thread it appears Martin is using an old Rogers Kit from the 1960's.

http://www.gearslutz.com/board/drums/10 ... t-mmw.html

Martin also appears to have fairly recently released a DVD called "Life on Drums". Could be interesting. I've just ordered it.

http://www.amazon.com/Billy-Martins-Lif ... 518&sr=8-1

[dorfmeister]

Here is an interesting article that discusses Martin's Snare sound:

http://drumstudioblog.blogspot.com/2008 ... going.html

[dorfmeister]

I am finding some interesting stuff on Martin so I thought I would just put the links into this thread. I hope nobody minds. Hell its my thread!

http://jonmccaslinjazzdrummer.blogspot. ... drums.html

http://www.amazon.com/Riddim-Claves-Afr ... _sim_mov_1

[warwick.hoy]

I've seen the trailer for Life on Drums and it seems excellent.

I will look into those links when I get a bit more of a moment.

[warwick.hoy]

RE: Billy Martin's snare sound,...that's about what I thought,....low tuned with loose snares,....and sensitive.

[dorfmeister]

http://www.drummagazine.com/tag/billy+martin

[dorfmeister]

http://www.sonomawireworks.com/store/in ... cts_id=319

http://jazztimes.com/articles/26682-bil ... king-drums

[Jwar]

Dude. How are you going to plug a fuzz pedal into that?

[dorfmeister]

Dude. How are you going to plug a fuzz pedal into that?

Mic and send out to mixer. Add fuzz to taste.

[Jwar]

Dude. How are you going to plug a fuzz pedal into that?

Mic and send out to mixer. Add fuzz to taste.

Dude. That actually sounds killer. If you do this, please record.

[Fuzzy Fred]

i mic'd up my friend's baritone saxophone and ran it into fuzz, it was pretty rad, not gonna lie

[warwick.hoy]

Contact Mics on the Cymbals.

Truth be told,...my interest in drumming is a result of me wanting to be a better bass player and the fact that for the most part,....they style of drumming I hear in my head and want to make music to and be creative with is just not available with any drummers here in town. I'm sue I could get Mecha Shiva's drummer on board to play those sorts of styles,....but I don't really have the vocabulary to communicate with him what I'm looking for.

So it's very much a,...."if I want to do it,....I'mma have to do it myself". As a result I'm likely going to have to invest in a set of Mics (which is why I want to keep it simple),...a Mixer and potentially a Boomerang 3 or a decent DAW as well as a rudimentary kit.

[dorfmeister]

After much holiday travel and assorted nonsense I got home and tonight finished up the @ 9 x 13 tom. Now working on tuning it. Kind of mystified by drum tuning. It ain't as straightforward as guitar tuning it seems.

[warwick.hoy]

Oh wow,...looks sharp. Nice Work.

[dorfmeister]

Oh wow,...looks sharp. Nice Work.

Thanks. Next is the bass drum.