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Here are some pics of the Slingerland kit. I purchased this kit from the original owner back in 2007 off of eBay. The concert toms, cymbals, Pearl Stands, cowbells and bass drum mounted cymbal holders were all found off of eBay in the last 4 years. I started playing the drums in 1969 by listening to Ron Bushy of Iron Butterfly and Dino Danelli of The Rascals. 1975, I discovered RUSH and Neil Peart. His drumming style instantly blew me away. I vowed if I ever had the opportunity, I was going to have Slingerland kit just like on the cover of "All The World's A Stage" It has taken me awhile, but I think the results speak for themselves. All drums by Slingerland in 3ply chrome over wood shells. Drum sizes are as follows, 6", 8", 10", 12" concert toms 8"x12", 9"x13", 10"x14" rack toms, 16"x16" floor tom two 14"x24" Bass Drums 5.5"x14" snare. Slingerland concert tom stands, Slingerland Dynamo Hi Hat stand, snare stand and early 70’s Pearl Cymbal stands. Late 60’s Ludwig bass mounted cymbal holders. Various 70’s Latin percussion cowbells and Pearl Tri-bells. Custom tour drum heads by awdrums. |
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Erik is 47 years young and have been playing the drums since the age of 11. He had this particular Ludwig Classic/Super Classic kit custom made in July of 1990. The kit was inspired by my mentor, Mr. Neil Peart of the band RUSH. The kit is in ultra-mint condition having never been played out and always living at home.
Ludwig Drums – Cherry Shadow Finish: (2) 14 x 24 Classic Bass Drums 5.5 x 6 Super Classic Concert Tom 9 x 6 Super Classic Power Tom 9 x 8 Super Classic Power Tom 9 x 10 Super Classic Power Tom 8 x 12 Super Classic Standard Tom 10 x 14 Super Classic Standard Tom 12 x 15 Super Classic Standard Tom 16 x 16 Classic Floor Tom 16 x 18 Classic Floor Tom Tama Drums – Cherry Lacquer Finish: 6.5 x 14 Artwood Maple Snare Drum Paiste Cymbals: 3000 10” Splash 2002 11” Splash 3000 14” Heavy Hi-Hats 2002 18” Crash 2002 18” Medium 2002 19” Crash 2002 20” Crash 3000 20” Power Ride 3000 16” China Type 2002 18” China Type 3000 18” Novo China Type 3000 20” Novo China Type Percussion: LP Cowbells Pearl Tri-bells LP Double Wind Chimes Mussler Glockenspiel Hardware: Tama Titan - Stands, Boom Arms, Ratchets and Multi-Clamps Iron Cobra Bass Pedals DW 5000 Hi-Hat Stand Ludwig Hoop Mounted Cymbal Holders. Single and Double Tom Holders. Heads: Remo Coated Ambassadors on all Tom Batters, Clear Ambassadors on Bottom of all Toms and Snare. Powerstroke on Snare Batter. Custom Ebony on Bass Drum Fronts with r30 Star Man from awdrums Evans EQ4 on Bass Drums with Evans EQ Pads Sticks: ProMark – Hickory 747with Wood Tips. Not Shown in Pictures: LP Granite Blocks, Various Sized Triangles and Crotales. |
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This is Mark's version of Neil Peart’s S.S. Professor. It is what I jokingly call the S.S. Imitation. Neil’s influence goes back to 1976 for me. This is the first replica kit I’ve finished, though most of my kits had the ”Neil” touch to them, with Roto toms filling in just fine for concert toms. The S.S. Professor is my third favorite of Neil’s kits. My favorite is The Candy Apple Superstar Tama’s, next the wood grain Artstar prototypes. I have always adored Neil’s sets and given the opportunity, I built one. The shells are built by the Keller Company and are Maple. I used Yamaha Hardware from the Stage series. I had custom shells built for my V-Drums and had all the drums finished by Mitch Smith in Dayton, Ohio, with black prizamitique automotive finish. Mitch usually paint’s hot-rods. I used DW, Tama stands, and Pedals. Kat Marimba (3 octave) Fat Kat trigger pedals. All the drum sizes are identical to Neil’s. The cymbals of course are Sabian Paragon. I chose not to remove the stands legs (though it would save hours of set-up time) out of respect to Neil. Everyone knows that’s his thing. I left out the “bling-bling” gold plating (didn’t care for it), and I had better custom electronic cymbals made. Custom tour drum heads by awdrums. |
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I've been a huge RUSH/Neil Peart fan for many years. No other drummer has caught my attention more than Neil Peart. I first heard RUSH when a friend played the drum solo from the All The World's a Stage version of Working Man/Finding My Way. From that moment on it's been a journey to learn as much as I can from him - his style and attention to detail is what I like most. I've had the pleasure (through a mutual friend and Jack Secret) of meeting the guys in the band (although they wouldn't know me if walked up to them) and attending several soundchecks when they come to town. One incredible moment was on the Presto Tour (after Neil painted the White w/Pink Ludwig's Purple). He came out with what appeared to be an 8x12 tom still in the White w/Pink (I believe those Ludwig's were 9" deep) and placed it in the kit, tuned it and played it with the 6, 8, and 10 (all in Purple). He was listening to that on tom for about 20 minutes or so - now that's cool. Another was standing side stage right of Alex on the Vapor Trials Tour while they soundchecked 'The Pass'. I couldn't believe how loud they were - and I was hearing the side fills monitors and hearing the echo in the house. Insane!!
For me, I've played in every form of band from first playing with intermediate/high school bands, local cover bands, original bands, and all the way to being signed to Arista Records in 1989. But after all that I still find my self wishing I was playing music full-time. For whatever reason it wasn't in the cards - to be the next 'big' band. So when I came to terms with all that - I stopped and thought. If I could play music what would make you the happiest - it was easy - RUSH. So after years of playing, I joined a guitarist (Andy) who was looking to start a RUSH Cover band. We quickly found our Keyboardist/Singer (D Paul) and plugged in our Bass Player (Michael) after that. So Blame Canada was completed just six months ago and we're now out and playing. The goal of this band is to have fun (much like Geddy, Alex and Neil do today). Not take ourselves so seriously like so many progressive bands do. Blame Canada sounds like RUSH but we look like Bob and Doug McKenzie. We've adopted an entire Canadian Theme for the live show. You find photos of Willilam Shatner, Count Floyd, misc. Canadian Beer references, the Canadian Mountie, and last but not least 'The Man Against the Leaf'. The name was inspired by South Park. I play the DW Collectors Series in the Candy Apple Red. All the shells are exactly as Neil Peart's R30 Kit (if you're a Peart Fan you know the sizes); The Cymbals are A. Zildjians with the exception of the 18" Wuhan China Type (Again, if you're a fan you'll find the cymbals sizes too); I play the MalletKAT Express w/ Kurzweil PC2 sounds and would like to thank Mario and Connie at AlternateMode for their support and the wonderful instrument; there are also the semi-melodic cowbells (for A Passage to Bangkok, The Trees, and Xanadu). Lastly, we carry all the drums around in Calzone ATA Road Case provided by Vin Calzone - special thanks to Linda Tilson. So thats my story - not very original - but alot of FUN!!! Check us out on the web at www.blamecanada4rush.com. Custom bass drum heads by awdrums. Vince |
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