Question for Jeff(or even Stewart). Drum geek stuff

[tamajt]

[quote="Spec A!"]This conversation is magical. Thanks Jeff for indulging these awesome questions![/quote]


Agreed Spec A! And just think, back in the day, we had to write to Modern drummer and hope you would get an answer 6 months later. God Bless this thing called the Internet!

A note about Artists and changing manufacturers: It seems like they weren't as big a deal back then also. I don't recall any blurb in a trade magazine about Stewart switching to Paiste. You know! Any announcements were in the back of MD in a small column. Nowadays, forget about it...How many drum forums are talking about Vinnie switching. Different times....

[TheEqualizer]

This conversation is magical. Thanks Jeff for indulging these awesome questions!

Yeah, SC.net tends to be magical

Magic Magic Magic
Magic Magic Magic

Eeeyoh ohh
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Eeehoh oh oh oh oh <add magical little hi hat stuff, synth, and piano>

A thousand rainy days since we first met . . .

[I'm in one of those off moods]

[zilboy]

I've always been on the fence with how I feel about the whole endorsement thing. It started out as a cool idea on paper: Someone helps design a new product or improve an existing one and then they get that product gratis as a thank you for their effort. Then it became a way to sell, sell, sell. One the one hand, It's great that loyal artists get gear as long as they hold up their end of the deal (which Stewart certainly does). Then again, it can be disgruntling to hear that a musician is getting good stuff for free just because they're the flavor of the month - even worse to know that a company pours lots of money, time and effort into producing custom gear for someone that winds up on eBay two weeks later, unused. Meanwhile, the rest of us little people scrimp, save, and make deals with the devil to aquire the latest and greatest.

Sorry to rant, but this subject always gets my philosophical dander up.

[drummike]

Just got a new 20" 2002 China cymbal today...sweet! My last cymbal purchase was a Ichtus 75 Ice Bell a few months ago. Now I need to check out these cymbals called Rude...

[jeffseitz]

That was another question for you Jeff...did you know what cymbals were used on Synchronicity & Ghost then? That splash on wrapped around your finger...2002? And were the Synchronicity sessions done on the Imperialstar kit with black dot heads like Ghost?

I have a 22" Rude also and is still one of my favorites. From the photos I have seen(Andy's photo book being one of them)Stewart used a 24" for the Ghost and Synchronicity tours. Those Impulse cymbals were pretty cool. They were taken over by the Z line in 85'ish.[/quote]

Yeah, I had a 22" Z Light Power Ride. Total manhole cover. The splash and power smash were awesome, though. I remember wanting the Zs just because they looked so cool. According to my Paiste 2002 brochure, Stewart did use a 24" Rude. I've seen pics of it on the Ghost tour, but in the Syncro. concert video, it looks like he's using a 22". He also used a Rude ride with Animal Logic.[/quote]

Ghost may have been 602s, but Synchronicity was 2002s with the possibility of a 24" rude ride.
Synchronicity recordings were done on the Imperialstars with Remo coated Emperors on the toms. The black dots were only on the Demolition Man video kit. The sequence of events was as follows.
The main tour kit was initially setup in the studio and recorded Demolition Man. Hugh Padgam was not thrilled with the drum sound he was getting in the studio. (Think of his previous drum sounds with XTC and Genesis) We decided to set the kit up in the living room of the studio staff house which was all glass, wood and had a vaulted ceiling. Hugh loved the sound in that position so the rest of the recordings were done there. A second kit, with black dot heads, had been shipped to Montserrat from TAMA. I set the new kit up in the studio for other purposes and never changed the heads. That is the kit that ended up on the Demolition Man video.

Stewart used a 24" Rude ride for all of the Synchronicity tour.

[zilboy]

Thanks for the clarification, Jeff! No wonder that ride sounded so terrific! Neat story, too!

[tamajt]

Ghost may have been 602s, but Synchronicity was 2002s with the possibility of a 24" rude ride.
Synchronicity recordings were done on the Imperialstars with Remo coated Emperors on the toms. The black dots were only on the Demolition Man video kit. The sequence of events was as follows.
The main tour kit was initially setup in the studio and recorded Demolition Man. Hugh Padgam was not thrilled with the drum sound he was getting in the studio. (Think of his previous drum sounds with XTC and Genesis) We decided to set the kit up in the living room of the studio staff house which was all glass, wood and had a vaulted ceiling. Hugh loved the sound in that position so the rest of the recordings were done there. A second kit, with black dot heads, had been shipped to Montserrat from TAMA. I set the new kit up in the studio for other purposes and never changed the heads. That is the kit that ended up on the Demolition Man video.

Stewart used a 24" Rude ride for all of the Synchronicity tour.[/quote]


Excellent! Nice to get back from a vacation and get this. I really thought Ghost was done on that black Imperialstar. Thanks Jeff!