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CreepBeat Joined: Feb 25, 2016 Posts: 241 Seattle, WA	Posted on Dec 08 2016 11:11 PM I love 'em both too. Apples and oranges but they're both sweet. — Skins for The Delstroyers Last edited: Dec 08, 2016 23:12:12 Top
cambeezy Joined: Jun 26, 2007 Posts: 399 Cleveland, Ohio	Posted on Dec 09 2016 01:13 PM N0_Camping4U wrote: I'm trying to piece together a surf-kit Can anyone help a fella out? I recently got the Ludwig Breakbeats 4-piece Shell Pack ($350 at GC) for our new drummer, Jim to use in my living room practice space. They are compact and mix nicely with the band. I'm not a drummer, but Jim seems to like them. Check the reviews. The 16" crash and 20" ride are Paiste PST7. Hats are some old 13" Zildjian New Beats that I used with the now defunct Roland edrums. Top
MichaelK7 Joined: Jul 01, 2018 Posts: 106 NYC	Posted on Aug 25 2018 09:58 PM That's a really nice looking kit! — Deal with reality, or reality will deal with you. Last edited: Aug 25, 2018 21:58:50 Top
Surfing_Sam_61 Joined: Jan 15, 2019 Posts: 1515	Posted on Jan 15 2019 07:55 PM Yeah that is a nice drum kit. I use to play drums pretty good back in the day. Wouldn't last five minutes now . . lol It's amazing how small drum kits were in the 1960's and how good the drumming was as well. They only had a ride cymbal and a hi-hat, no crash cymbal they used the ride for that. The Big Band drummer Gene Krupa was definitely a major influence to all the Surfers on drums. He got a lot of his style from players in Chicago in the late 1920's and early 1930's, so the Surf Drumming style was already 30 years old in the early 1960's Last edited: Jan 15, 2019 19:59:20 Top
CreepBeat Joined: Feb 25, 2016 Posts: 241 Seattle, WA	Posted on Jan 15 2019 08:03 PM Surfer_Joe_1961 wrote: Yeah that is a nice drum kit. I use to play drums pretty good back in the day. Wouldn't last five minutes now . . lol It's amazing how small drum kits were in the 1960's and how good the drumming was as well. They only had a ride cymbal and a hi-hat, no crash cymbal they used the ride for that. The Big Band drummer Gene Krupa was definitely a major influence to all the Surfers on drums. He got a lot of his style from players in Chicago in the late 1920's and early 1930's, so the Surf Drumming style was already 30 years old in the early 1960's Crash/ride ala early Mel Taylor before going huge double kick and all that heh. Krupa was amazing... — Skins for The Delstroyers Top
Surfing_Sam_61 Joined: Jan 15, 2019 Posts: 1515	Posted on Jan 24 2019 10:15 PM Crash/ride ala early Mel Taylor before going huge double kick and all that heh. Krupa was amazing... Yeah Krupa was pretty much influential to every drummer in Surf and Studio players back at the beginning. Many grew up watching these guys in action at concerts back in the day. Krupa picked up his skills through Dixieland players being the drum kit was invented by them - he was the first guy to play interracially back then to pick up skills from other cats etc.... Last edited: Jan 24, 2019 22:16:35 Top
Tele295 Joined: Feb 16, 2012 Posts: 153 Rincon Beach, California, USA	Posted on Apr 22 2022 06:44 PM My current favorite surf drummer is Ben Marazzi from The Volcanics Top

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