by pcastag » Mon May 27, 2013 3:29 pm
Fricken awesme dude, those drums are gonna be so nice. When Michel first started making his drums they were tsylized after juniors, his quote was I took what junior did and tried to improve it. Carved staves, stainless steel hardware, apparantly he was the son of a blacksmith. Anybody who has picked up and played his drums understands the quality of workmanship that goes into those, he's totally up and up on the business side. Some people don't like the fact that he does not use almas, but I've never seen any instance of his drums ging out of round, My buddy has an original set of five made from the honduran mahogany, even Michael Spiro said they were the best sounding drums he's ever played on. Matt and Jay have their thing for sure, but for a more modern sound and for something that will project without having to go to plastic heads I don't think there is a better drum. Congrats , if you ever get a chance to post some vids I'd love to hear what the afrian mahogany sounds like!
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