@@christhedrummerkimball "To be honest", I WISH I HAD THEM!! I remember when North Drums first came out...Just saw you made a "tuning" video with them... will check it out! Good luck man- bp
I go back and forth on that. Sometimes with the ring off the natural sound of the drum really appeals to me. Other times, when I am in an 80s mood, the dead snare seems to fit the bill...
I used to have a set of North Drums. I love their sound, so did everyone that heard them. They didn't sound, or look, like any other. That in turn, helped me develop my own sound, and helped me stand out from the rest of the drummers. I really wish I hadn't been forced to sell them. My dream was to put two sets together, like you did, and build a new rack system for them, my original rack was all dented and scratched as well. It's really nice to see that 15 to 17 year old me had a great plan back then. Your set looks, and sounds, amazing Brotha.
Thank you very much. I had to wait from 1976 until 2017 to start accumulating these, and then the next 3 years restoring them and adding to them until I finally have the set I wanted for over 40 years!
Nice. I used to daydream about how fantastic the North drums must sound and how I just had to have a kit like that in order to get the sound I wanted and life would be perfect. I was a big progressive rock fan (still am, but I've widened my horizons). I loved the sound Phil Collins got on "Seconds Out" and then Bill Bruford's sound with UK. Of course North drums sound nothing like what I imagined. Teenage fantasizing. Bruford's sound came from Roto-toms, about as far as you can get from something looking like North drums. Maybe closer to Phil's resonant headless drums though. As I got into jazz I discovered that good looking drums don't always equate into good sounding drums and ugly drums can sometimes sound the greatest.
Absolutely. For projection and coolness North are arguably the best. For tonal quality and resonance, though, not so much. Still, it depends on what you're looking for. Some jobs require a hammer, others tweezers. Using either tool for the wrong job will lead to disappointment. Recognizing what each tool is designed for and using it for its intended purpose leads to satisfaction. That's why I have both a North Kit and a Sonor Hilite Exclusive kit.
CHeck out Alan White of Yes. He played a North kit. I've always used Evans Hydraulic heads on my North. Mine are from 1982, bought them new. They always sounded great and still do! They gave me a distinct advantage over other 80s metal bands that we would play out with because they projected so well, people could hear my tom fills. Back then you were lucky if the sound guy gave you 2 channels! Also they look awesome on stage! Sorry for necroing the thread. Big time north fan!
The North kit: God bless you for restoring such a beautiful antique. Only a certain age group of our current population (55+) will appreciate a vintage drum set such as yours. Music will never be the same... 1970s & 80s rock bands are pretty much history now days.
I'm here because NIRVANA'S first drummer Chad Channing played a North Kit. It was back late 80s early 90s. Right before they became famous. Can you imagine if the North Kit was featured on the album NEVERMIND :o
I like it whenever I discover another drummer who used or is using North Drums. It's really cool if they were famous! Thanks for watching I appreciate it.
I see the white set of drums and the only thing i can think of is the 'Drum Solo Of Life' sketch with Neil Peart on Aqua Teen Hunger Force *"NEIL! PLAY THE DRUM SOLO OF LIFE!!"*
@@christhedrummerkimball, I’ve known a few drummers. I knew a guy I worked with who had a big club van. He had nowhere to practice so he set up his kit in it. He could barely play in there all hunched over. It was hilarious! He would play while parked in the job’s parking lot. You could hear him a mile away. Never saw THAT before or since! We would hang back just to watch passers by looking around for the source. Ha ha! His nickname was Animal, as in Animal the drummer from the Muppets Show. He was the human equivalent of that character. Even looked like him! He played like him too! Real hard and aggressive! He was a cool guy.
I remember the North "marching drums" that the Blue Devils used. Supposedly very heavy. They did not catch on with the marching market but looked cool nonetheless.
I'm a huge fan of the Alex Van Halen snare dampening technique of placing strips of duct tape underneath the batter head, and then just barely applying the internal felt muffler inside the snare drum to taste.... doing that really does produce that nice deep "wooden:" sound accompanied by the sound of the sticks making contact with the rim and batter head
Very interesting video. I used to be a drum tech/roadie which means I did everything except play them. Part of our “drum kit from hell” was an eight piece Sonor Phonic set (eight-ply beechwood). These are meant for studio, yet I was shlepping these heavy mothers all over the place. Like you, my drummer preferred Tama hardware. I would attach a photo but you can’t here. I’m 62 now and have taken up guitars in my retirement. They are much lighter and I’ve always wanted to learn how to play. Now I have nothing but time on my hands so this is a perfect opportunity. So far I have eight electric guitars and an acoustic guitar.
That's funny--roadies never get enough credit, especially for taking care of huge drum sets! My dad, who was a pianist, always said I should play flute. He said he had helped drummers haul their stuff all over the place for decades, and he wasn't about to do the same with my drums! He did help though, and to make him feel better I married a flute player...:) Best of luck with your retirement--I'm almost there, too. Thank you for watching!
The best thing about this, other than the comparison itself, is the fact you have a Classic Mini Cooper behind the kit! I'll gladly take that Mini off your hands so you can make more room for drums!
@@christhedrummerkimball Yeah, been around forever. I'm tempted to go digging, but Im turning 50 in 22 days and holding paper that old might bum me out. 🤣👨🦳
Ha! Well, you know what they say, "Haters are gonna hate!" I love getting any kind of comments, even negative ones, because the more comments I get the more often the video gets recommended to other people by TH-cam and the more views it gets. I think that's why this video has gotten so many views--it's because of the "muffled or open" discussion. So many drummers feel strongly one way or another about whether to muffle the drums or keep them open that the video started a kind of holy war in the comment section between the two camps, causing the video to rise to the top of suggested videos. The whole thing is quite comical to me because I have no idea why anyone would care what I think about drums anyway! The only thing of note I've ever really done with drumming is start an even called "Woodstick" with my friend Donn Bennett back in 2003 where we broke the Guinness World Record of drummers playing simultaneously. That's been going on almost every year since then, and you ca an find videos of it on TH-cam. We raised tens of thousands of dollars for charity, and I had the opportunity to meet all kinds of celebrity drummers over the years (they volunteered to come and help with the event). Thanks for watching, and for your comment, I appreciate it!
Cool video! I actually paid my way through college playing a set of black Norths with a Ludwig Black Beauty snare. That kit was miked up so it sounded very present. Now, I use a Ludwig set with Tama snare and DW/Yamaha hardware, but I do use the Aquarian studio rings along with Evans UV1 batter heads, and really like the resonant tone with some of the excess ring suppressed.
@@christhedrummerkimball That was pretty much their only hit. They were pretty good live but not a lot of other folks knew who they were at the time. They gave out 45s of 5705 if you were early arrivals.
@@jamiesmith6838 I've always liked big drum sets, ever since I saw a band on TV play Indian Reservation by Paul Revere and the Raiders and the drummer used a Ludwig Octa-Plus for the big tom fills!
North Jerry Mercer cool old school kit ! Back when we were kids I’m 55 it was normal to not have bottom heads during the 70’s and we got good sound ! North took it a step further and put the sound in ur face pretty sharp concept at the time !
Wow that North kit sure must project sound to the audience but I don't know about not having bottom heads! Pretty crazy looking design though. Thanks for sharing!
Your kits are rad !!! Your drum skills are rad and you killed 7/4 like it was no big deal. Love to hear you do John Bonham's "fool in the rain" or "when the levy breaks"
Thanks very much for the kind words! I'm lucky to have the kits I do, it took a long time to finally get what I wanted, but they are fun to play. BTW, have you seen the video of the drums I made from sewer pipe? Those are pretty fun, too! th-cam.com/video/prKSmz729SE/w-d-xo.html
When I first started trying to tune double headed drums it took me awhile for my ears to get used to REAL drums. I remember reading quotes with bill bruford with him saying muffling has no place on drums. Some other famous drummers have said when you start muffling you have give up on tuning. I definitely agree with that statement. You get the truest pitch from having a single ply head top and bottom tuned the same. Emperors are closer to an ambassador, so if you use emperor (or Evans G2) top and ambassador (or Evan's equivalent) bottom you can get a cleaner pitch.
Thanks for your comment! What you say is true, but on the other hand there are many drummers who prefer a more muffled tone in certain circumstances. This is evidenced by the fact studio rings sell in the marketplace. Thanks again for your thoughts!
@@christhedrummerkimball People are like that. Didn't Motown's go-to bassist use the same set of strings his whole career, because he preferred that dead sound? I will never not put a pillow in my bass drum and then expect to get the quick, tight kick sound I love. I'd be a fool to expect that desired result without a pillow!
It surprised me how similar that white north Star kit sounds like my old single headed Tama imperial star. I put black dot heads on it to. I love my old Tama.
Old Imperial Stars are great. I had a silver wrapped kit with black Remo ebony heads as my first kit. Tuned the bottom heads as tight as I dared and the top heads so loose they were all wrinkled. Had a really fun and weird wet but dry (I know… how’s that even possible..) sound. Still have the kit but it was sadly damaged in transport years ago. Slowly being restored now (restomod would be a more fit word I think)
The North kit reminds me of better music days in the 70's and 80's. I will always have the image of Jackson Browne's Running on Empty album cover (1977). First time I ever saw them and wondered what they were. Distinct look. Distinct sound. Always reminded me of the tom's section of a marching band. They have that live sound to me. I think I saw YES when Alan White had a black set.
Both are really nice kits. I remember the North drums from the jazz fusion band Return to Forever. One of their drummers, Gerry Brown, played North Drums and this guy was a monster. Chris, in regards to your Sonor kit, I would be interested in hearing what they sound like using Moon Gel instead of studio rings. The rings take away too many overtones for IMHO, but of course that is a matter of preference. I just think you get more of the drums true tone with the gel as opposed to the rings. Just my two cents. LOL! Great video and I like your kits.
Thank you very much for watching and commenting! I do use moongels on some of the drums I have, depending on what kind of music I'm l'm playing and the size of the drum, The only thing I don't like about them is they sometimes fall off, or are a bit finicky to work with. They are very effective, though.
Hi from the UK (love the mini in the backgroud) we used to have a north kit in the studio and wow the toms were LOUD !!! the still look and sound great :-)
Thanks for watching! There were a couple of times I played live, and even though the guitar players had huge amps, they still put one of those plexiglass shields in front of my North kit. It sort of defeated the purpose of North drums, I thought!
@@christhedrummerkimball Yes your right modern kits must have caught up on sound level as you see quite a few kits with plexiglass shields, maybe we care more about our hearing these days
@@mySelf-yx4hw Interesting you should say that--I always wore (and still wear) earplugs when I played loudly (or wore headphones adjusted to a sane level!)
@@christhedrummerkimball Yeah, me too. It's free, and it's better than brand ones as they can be a lot heavier and you can cut out the exact size yourself. This goes for snare, where a homemade heavy ring from say a fiberskyn 3 head is superior to any brand ring out there I've tried. For toms, I go with the brand stuff. Works well on toms and looks clean. By the way, I love that Sonor kit. Wonderful look and sound.
I'm running out of space, so now I have the North kit in the garage, the Sonor HilIte Exclusive and the Sonor Bop kit in the drum studio, and the large, sewer-pipe North-like kit in my friend's basement where we rehearse. I have a very tolerant wife!
I make my own tone rings out of the old drum heads every time I replace them. Works just the same. Also, I love your Sonor kit, but that must suck to tear down, move, and set up for gigs.
Thanks for watching! Yeah, I rarely take the Sonor kit to any gigs. It's mainly for my own playing enjoyment at home. I do take it out once and awhile, though.
My big brother would have loved your north drums . He was a drummer until he got hit by a car while walking to the 7-11 in 1966. he was a damn good drummer, Ginger Baker type. I used to sit on the edge of the bass to keep it from sliding on him before he could get a persian . i was just a little guy but i felt like i was part of the band. thanks for posting this
@@christhedrummerkimball ; They say its good to talk about things but it still brings pain. two years after that my best friend Donald Sinatra ( not related) was killed right in front of me on his bicycle. We were riding when he lost control and was thrown to the street right when a man in a silver vett ran over him. That was just as hard as my brothers.............. Thank you tho. you seem like a really good person. keep banging the drums
@@captainmoretokin2172 Thank you again for sharing yet another terribly painful story. I can't imagine what that must have felt like. I think going through that gives a person a special empathy which allows him or her to relate to and comfort others in ways others can't.
You are correct--I misspoke; I meant "cloud badge." I was thinking of an old Gretsch bass drum I had years ago (which I now have again--see my later, really long, video for details) Thanks for catching that!
@Dale McComb i am a guitarist. i can't speak for anyone else but i hate drums that ring out as if they have a built in reverb - honestly, i would like to stuff a pillow into every single drum that i have to share a bandstand with. no offense meant to any drummers who do not agree with me.
@Dale McComb "24 bass" i assume that means inches - is that diameter or depth? either way that doesn't seem very big to my imagination. anyway i like a drum sound that goes "tap tap thump splash splash thump etc" - i don't like "bonngg bongg booomm crash!" wow i probably sound like an idiot. ok my 2 favorite drummers are mitch mitchell and stewart copeland.
I remember those names well. Slingerland, Pearl, Gretch, Rogers, Ludwig. Those name brands were during my days in the 60's. I think I wore out more sticks and drum heads than need be. The music store loved seeing me come b/c they knew I wore out more drum heads. I couldn't afford anything good and a drum head cost $15-osh dollars and that was a whole week's pay for me. Worked at McCroys 5&10 store for peanuts ($1.25 an hour). Sorry for rambling on about nothing but recognized the drum names. I can't play now. I had a stroke and my left leg and arm are in a world of their own but sometimes they respond to what I want them to do (haha). Anyways, enjoyed the full video. Have a fine weekend. 👍🏽🙂🎶🎵.
I am so sorry to hear of your physical challenges. I can't imagine how difficult it would be to be a drummer and not be able to play. I'm glad you still have a sense of humor. Thank you for watching, I appreciate it!
Thank you! I was really happy with the way it turned out. I had the hardware copper plated , but a furniture shop did the refinishing and did a great job. Thanks for watching!
@@CSPDesign I've never seen anything else like it, although it's been a while since I've looked. I would check the drum forums to see if anyone has a used Mapex Janus pedal.
The Mapex Janus Hi-Hat is getting very difficult to find...harder and harder as time goes on. I've searched it out on eBay before and that is a hit or miss scenario. Maybe Reverb or Music Go Round, but it will require time and patience. They go fast once posted (if in good condition). Would love to try it out myself.
I didn't know Stephen King could play the drums ;) The Norths look too cool for school, but they sound too tinny to me. Yes, as someone said, too bucket like.
They are definitely a "love it or hate it" kind of thing. I just think they look cool, though, and they remind me of my high-school days, and hey, you can't put a price on nostalgia! :)
Ha! You'd think so--but if you put them on the ground head-side down, they look more like what you see on the deck of an ocean liner! Thank you for watching, I appreciate it.
@@christhedrummerkimball Haha yes I can see why. Have seen this kit many times, oftentimes in glam metal MTV videos from around 1984 and I always thought that. And yes, your video and channel is highly enjoyable. :-)
I tune my kit with a tension watch. I have a 5 pc with 3pc roto tom. I set my tension to my rotos, tom toms and snare to the same number on the tension watch, and my floor tom tune it minus 10 below. I can hit any two heads at the same time no matter which ones and they all they all persist tuned. Kind of like tuning a guitar string. where you can hear when the string gets into tune. and it actually breaks down the note using flat notes in between full notes. It sounds amazing. With a big kit like yours try it, I bet you will be blown away.... Find the tone you want with your snare and 11/12/13 inch tom tom, bleed the number for them to both match, and go off of that. Now since you have two floor toms, keep the minus 10 equal to both floor toms. them hit any of two heads at the same time, and listen to how tight your kit is.
That sounds cool, but I guess I am not familiar with a tension watch. Do you have a link to a picture of one, or where I could get one? Thanks for watching and for your great suggestion!
Sounds like the camera mic is the guilty party here. There's no easy way around that, other than recording the sound differently and using the camera for image only.
@@voronOsphere.. The camera mic is a little of the problem but there's such a big difference with or without the ring. I have a couple drummer friends that do this. They have top of the line drums, heads and they tune them very well then kill the drum sound with a sound ring. I've never understood that.
Sadly, Mapex only made the Janus pedal for a short time and discontinued it years ago. You might find one on eBay, but they're pretty rare. Thanks for watching!
What a pleasure to see this beautiful North set up. Something you may not know about North drums, they were invented by my old friend Graham Davies (rip), NOT as claimed by Roger North, to whom he sold the original moulds. He had the original idea whilst looking at the flair on a trumpet and imagining what effect it would have on tom toms, visually and audibly. Among other inventions of his like the Octobans by Tama, originally designed with different lengths to be tuned to an octave, so a lot of them...12! A genius, started as a motor mechanic and even worked for Downton Engineering UK (who did engine developmant for BMC , Mini Coopers etc), their race cars which Graham worked on were legendary. And now so are his drums.👍🇬🇧🎺
@@dontworrybehappy8080 I'll take a venti mocha frappuccino made with heavy cream, four extra pumps vanilla, four packs of white sugar, whipped cream blended in and on top, and the whole thing triple blended. THAT'S a great drink! :)
I had a 7 pce set of Staccatos and I used Evans hydraulic heads and that was the absolute best sound I ever got using concert toms. Nice job and great kits Chris!!
Bella la Fibes La suonava anche Billy Cobhan, anche io ho la batteria in casa, ma se non viene un bassista o un altro strumentista a trovarti … ti rompi le balle🌶e poi fai dei video come questo perche’ ti annoi🧏🧏
This takes me back to a live recording (Matie Moss Clark, Greater Williams Temple Live) that I played a set of North Drums, it took a while to tune them to a "G" scale and preparing for the room temp to change. We got a great live mix on the kit. Big Fun,, Chris Colemans Uncle Rich
Here is one of the tracks on TH-cam of the live recording Part 1 & 2, th-cam.com/video/Cnwpfq7SDa0/w-d-xo.html - the North drums sounded great after tuning to play in a large full church that came to the concert. I used my Pearl hardware, Patise cymbals. Rich
@@RitchieColeman Sounds good! Awesome song, by the way. I toured with a Gospel band back in the early '80s out of Nashville. It was great group called Bridge.
It’s great how you interrupted yourself when talking to play another fill at 10:07
I find myself interrupting myself quite often...!
Dr Drummer and Mr Interuppter
@@EmperorsNewWardrobe :)
@@EmperorsNewWardrobe should be Dr Drummer and Professor Interrupter!
(Alan Parsons reference)
@@badeugenecops4741 Great song and great Album!
Both kits and your playing are great. Man, that copper finish is gorgeous.
Thank you--I appreciate the kind words! I do like the copper--I had the snare drum, rototoms and octobans plated to match the Sonors.
You should charge your neighbors for the concert
😅
Tried that, and they charged me with noise pollution
@@destroythenarrative9034 Some people just don't appreciate good music...:) Thanks for watching!
lool
@@christhedrummerkimball keep doing what you love and everything will be all right my friend !!
“If you flail around enough you’re bound to hit something!” Hilarious. Awesome kits 👍😎🇦🇺
Thank you, I appreciate your positive comment!
This dudes drums looks like he jams tom sawyer by rush every time he plays😂😂
If only I were that good...:)
@@christhedrummerkimball Well, you got the first part of 6 notes of YYZ @ 7:47 down pretty well ;)
@@blahuhm6782 :)
Chris Kimball actually you are that good man 👍🏽👍🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
@@princewarior2554 I wish! :)
‘Oh no big deal, my drum set is so big it hides an actual classic Mini Cooper!”
I never thought about it, but maybe I'm compensating with the North kit because my car is so small...:) :) :)
😂
Man buys pint-sized car to make room for second drumkit🤣
@@xp50player 😂yes!!
@@xp50player :)
Thanks for sharing, Chris! Great kits and obviously you're truly passionate about them and playing. Right down the the hardware! Nice.
Thank you for the positive comment!
@@christhedrummerkimball "To be honest", I WISH I HAD THEM!! I remember when North Drums first came out...Just saw you made a "tuning" video with them... will check it out! Good luck man- bp
Take that ring off the snare in the studio. It has a phenomenal sound, even in the room. Absolutely pure.
I go back and forth on that. Sometimes with the ring off the natural sound of the drum really appeals to me. Other times, when I am in an 80s mood, the dead snare seems to fit the bill...
Agreed! Sounded awesome with the ring off. But I'm a huge fan of that sound and loved a lot of Rim shots when I'm playing
So true! People deaden their drums too much.
If you like that really ringy Lars Ulrich St. Anger snare sound.
@@jamesbrennan5886 The snare resonance sounds nothing like Lars' trash-can snare. Not even close.
That’s some great drumming there, Pard!
I found this randomly but stayed for the talent & imagination! Say hi to your neighbors for me!😆✌🇺🇸
Thank you! I appreciate your watching. And I'll let my neighbors know you said hi... :-)
I used to have a set of North Drums. I love their sound, so did everyone that heard them. They didn't sound, or look, like any other. That in turn, helped me develop my own sound, and helped me stand out from the rest of the drummers. I really wish I hadn't been forced to sell them. My dream was to put two sets together, like you did, and build a new rack system for them, my original rack was all dented and scratched as well. It's really nice to see that 15 to 17 year old me had a great plan back then. Your set looks, and sounds, amazing Brotha.
Thank you very much. I had to wait from 1976 until 2017 to start accumulating these, and then the next 3 years restoring them and adding to them until I finally have the set I wanted for over 40 years!
Nice. I used to daydream about how fantastic the North drums must sound and how I just had to have a kit like that in order to get the sound I wanted and life would be perfect. I was a big progressive rock fan (still am, but I've widened my horizons). I loved the sound Phil Collins got on "Seconds Out" and then Bill Bruford's sound with UK. Of course North drums sound nothing like what I imagined. Teenage fantasizing. Bruford's sound came from Roto-toms, about as far as you can get from something looking like North drums. Maybe closer to Phil's resonant headless drums though. As I got into jazz I discovered that good looking drums don't always equate into good sounding drums and ugly drums can sometimes sound the greatest.
Absolutely. For projection and coolness North are arguably the best. For tonal quality and resonance, though, not so much. Still, it depends on what you're looking for. Some jobs require a hammer, others tweezers. Using either tool for the wrong job will lead to disappointment. Recognizing what each tool is designed for and using it for its intended purpose leads to satisfaction. That's why I have both a North Kit and a Sonor Hilite Exclusive kit.
CHeck out Alan White of Yes. He played a North kit. I've always used Evans Hydraulic heads on my North. Mine are from 1982, bought them new. They always sounded great and still do! They gave me a distinct advantage over other 80s metal bands that we would play out with because they projected so well, people could hear my tom fills. Back then you were lucky if the sound guy gave you 2 channels! Also they look awesome on stage! Sorry for necroing the thread. Big time north fan!
@@lanceh4653 Alan White y Billy Cobham los usaron.
The North kit: God bless you for restoring such a beautiful antique. Only a certain age group of our current population (55+) will appreciate a vintage drum set such as yours.
Music will never be the same... 1970s & 80s rock bands are pretty much history now days.
Thank you, I appreciate your perspective!
I think the video for Iron Maiden's "Flight of Icarus" might feature a North Drum Set played by Nicko McBrain. I believe he usually played Sonor.
There's good modern music. You just have to hunt for it.
Make your studio completely water proof and fill the walls up with water. Incredible sound proofing.
Sounds interesting, although during an earthquake the only songs I'd be able to play are "Black Water," "Waterfall," and "Peace like a River!" :)
I'm here because NIRVANA'S first drummer Chad Channing played a North Kit. It was back late 80s early 90s. Right before they became famous. Can you imagine if the North Kit was featured on the album NEVERMIND :o
I like it whenever I discover another drummer who used or is using North Drums. It's really cool if they were famous! Thanks for watching I appreciate it.
Oh hell yeah man, my head was considerably swinging during that 7/4 jam, huge. First time on the channel, love this.
Thank you! It is a!ways nice to get positive comments.
I see the white set of drums and the only thing i can think of is the 'Drum Solo Of Life' sketch with Neil Peart on Aqua Teen Hunger Force
*"NEIL! PLAY THE DRUM SOLO OF LIFE!!"*
If only I were that good...
That's from aqua teen hunger force movie lol cheers
@@jessenoneofyobussines7560 That's a new one for me--I'll have to look it up!
(Banging on door) Dad! Keep it down!
It’s a school night!
:) There's more truth to that than you know!
@@christhedrummerkimball, I’ve known a few drummers. I knew a guy I worked with who had a big club van. He had nowhere to practice so he set up his kit in it. He could barely play in there all hunched over. It was hilarious! He would play while parked in the job’s parking lot. You could hear him a mile away. Never saw THAT before or since! We would hang back just to watch passers by looking around for the source. Ha ha! His nickname was Animal, as in Animal the drummer from the Muppets Show. He was the human equivalent of that character. Even looked like him! He played like him too! Real hard and aggressive! He was a cool guy.
@@philstone3859 I received a t-shirt once with a big picture of Animal on the front! I still have it, actually, and wear it on special occasions!
Very cool video and awesome drum sets and playing..have a great day..
Thanks, you too! I appreciate your comment.
Cool.I sat in front of Billy Cobham in a London clinic and the North toms deafened me, the pain!
:) That's one of their distinguishing characteristics--projection to the max! Thanks for watching, I appreciate it.
I remember the North "marching drums" that the Blue Devils used. Supposedly very heavy.
They did not catch on with the marching market but looked cool nonetheless.
I always thought they looked cool, and heavey, too!
You're old school!
@@MrGrundle That's 'cause I'm old! :)
The original model was coated with porcelain, which is what made them so heavy. They also cracked and chipped when you tried to crank them.
@@Tansea That's fascinating! I had no idea about that.
I'm a huge fan of the Alex Van Halen snare dampening technique of placing strips of duct tape underneath the batter head, and then just barely applying the internal felt muffler inside the snare drum to taste.... doing that really does produce that nice deep "wooden:" sound accompanied by the sound of the sticks making contact with the rim and batter head
Cool. Drum sound is a very personal thing, it turns out (judging from all the comments!)
Very interesting video.
I used to be a drum tech/roadie which means I did everything except play them.
Part of our “drum kit from hell” was an eight piece Sonor Phonic set (eight-ply beechwood). These are meant for studio, yet I was shlepping these heavy mothers all over the place. Like you, my drummer preferred Tama hardware. I would attach a photo but you can’t here.
I’m 62 now and have taken up guitars in my retirement. They are much lighter and I’ve always wanted to learn how to play. Now I have nothing but time on my hands so this is a perfect opportunity. So far I have eight electric guitars and an acoustic guitar.
That's funny--roadies never get enough credit, especially for taking care of huge drum sets! My dad, who was a pianist, always said I should play flute. He said he had helped drummers haul their stuff all over the place for decades, and he wasn't about to do the same with my drums! He did help though, and to make him feel better I married a flute player...:) Best of luck with your retirement--I'm almost there, too. Thank you for watching!
The best thing about this, other than the comparison itself, is the fact you have a Classic Mini Cooper behind the kit! I'll gladly take that Mini off your hands so you can make more room for drums!
Problem is, getting rid of the Mini wouldn't provide much more room! 😄
You've done a fantastic job restoring both kits very nice sound thanks for sharing this, now I need to go back and check out your tuning videos.
Thank you--I appreciate the positive comment!
Wow, this brings me back to my early days, memorizing every article and ad in Modern Drummer.
My dad used to subscribe to Down Beat when I was a kid. I just loved the drum ads!
@@christhedrummerkimball Lol, I still have mine in my closet. Drums & Drumming too. Those ads made my head explode, the sets were so...80s.
@@MrRezRising I'm dating myself, but the Down Beat Magazines I was reading was during the '60s!
@@christhedrummerkimball Yeah, been around forever. I'm tempted to go digging, but Im turning 50 in 22 days and holding paper that old might bum me out. 🤣👨🦳
Tommy Lee used a set of drums in the color yellow like those open horn white drums on one of Motley Crue's tours.
Thanks for watching! They look pretty cool in yellow.
Alex Van Halen used them in 88' too....
@@smashdalde9713 Alex was a great drummer.
Chris Kimball still is
@@thomasedmundrichards oops, that's what I meant! 🙂
I had the Janus system for years! I built my double bass skills with it, kinda miss it, don’t miss gigging with it!
Yes, moving it around it kind of a pain! :)
I am always puzzled by people who dislike great videos like this
Ha! Well, you know what they say, "Haters are gonna hate!" I love getting any kind of comments, even negative ones, because the more comments I get the more often the video gets recommended to other people by TH-cam and the more views it gets. I think that's why this video has gotten so many views--it's because of the "muffled or open" discussion. So many drummers feel strongly one way or another about whether to muffle the drums or keep them open that the video started a kind of holy war in the comment section between the two camps, causing the video to rise to the top of suggested videos. The whole thing is quite comical to me because I have no idea why anyone would care what I think about drums anyway! The only thing of note I've ever really done with drumming is start an even called "Woodstick" with my friend Donn Bennett back in 2003 where we broke the Guinness World Record of drummers playing simultaneously. That's been going on almost every year since then, and you ca an find videos of it on TH-cam. We raised tens of thousands of dollars for charity, and I had the opportunity to meet all kinds of celebrity drummers over the years (they volunteered to come and help with the event). Thanks for watching, and for your comment, I appreciate it!
@@christhedrummerkimball Hi Chris, thanks for your response! Happy Thanksgiving
@@clivebuirski You as well!
Cool as mate. Enjoyed every moment. Beautiful drum kits and fantastic playing. Thank you.👍✌️❤️
Thank you for the kind words! I appreciate it, and thanks for watching!
That drum solo at the end was epic!
Thank you for the kind words! I wish I were in better shape, I really don't play that much anymore.
Cool video! I actually paid my way through college playing a set of black Norths with a Ludwig Black Beauty snare. That kit was miked up so it sounded very present. Now, I use a Ludwig set with Tama snare and DW/Yamaha hardware, but I do use the Aquarian studio rings along with Evans UV1 batter heads, and really like the resonant tone with some of the excess ring suppressed.
Exactly how I feel about the sound!
Thank you for the tour of your drums, I wish you were my neighbor.
Thanks for watching! If you are ever near Tacoma look me up and you can come by and check them out in person.
I think I saw the drummer from the Band City Boy in 78 playing North drums when they opened for Hall and Oates. I was intrigued! Very cool video.
Thanks! I appreciate you watching. I have a City Boy album, the best song by far is 5705.
@@christhedrummerkimball That was pretty much their only hit. They were pretty good live but not a lot of other folks knew who they were at the time. They gave out 45s of 5705 if you were early arrivals.
@@thomasneedham1512 Cool!
What fun! Nice job Chris.
Thank you, and thanks for watching!
That sonor kit sounds unbelievable. In beautiful condition.
Thank you! I'm lucky to have it.
@@christhedrummerkimball I like a drummer that can play a lot of drums!👍
@@jamiesmith6838 I've always liked big drum sets, ever since I saw a band on TV play Indian Reservation by Paul Revere and the Raiders and the drummer used a Ludwig Octa-Plus for the big tom fills!
" You flail around you're bound to hit something!" HAHAAAA! THATS A DRUMMER RIGHT THERE.
:) Thanks for watching! I appreciate it, and I'm glad you have a sense of humor!
Did I see a vmax? Those bikes are crazy fast. Awesome drums
Thanks. Yep, it's a 1992 but only has 15k miles and is still very quick. From the day they came out I wanted one!
Im a Vmax guy as well. I have 3. 1985, 92, 94. The 94 is tricked out, and has a 1500 build motor on it
@@ronald3752 very cool! 1500cc sounds awesome!
Vmax..I have a 2004..its my second one...
@@vmax-cv1ml they're great bikes!
That is seriously a cool looking drum set
Thanks for the kind words! I always thought they really looked cool, that was one of the main reasons I always wanted a set. Thank you for watching!
Gorgeous drum sets,and amazing drumming sir . That was a pretty tricky time signature.well done,badass!
3:13 Don't think you can sneak that in their without anyone noticing lol.
:)
Come on! He didnt😂Thats not even the right beat for it and he might not even know what youre talking about
It's missing a kick drum hit at the end, but close.
The 70s north drums rule !!!!!!! Love it!!!!!!! Wow thank you from Canada. I saw them at my local drum shop and put one over my head.
Thanks for watching! A North drum would make a rather heavy hat, however...:)
This guys so underrated,we can agree he can play better than any of our drum teachers(no offence my drum teacher)
Thanks for the kind words, and for watching; I truly appreciate it!
This guy is amazing.
Chris is an animal. 🤘🏼
North Jerry Mercer cool old school kit ! Back when we were kids I’m 55 it was normal to not have bottom heads during the 70’s and we got good sound !
North took it a step further and put the sound in ur face pretty sharp concept at the time !
@@ericwenger1491 Thanks very much, I appreciate it.
Wow that North kit sure must project sound to the audience but I don't know about not having bottom heads! Pretty crazy looking design though. Thanks for sharing!
Opened the garage & I got distracted by the Yamaha V-Max motorcycle. Great bike.
Oh, cool drums too. 😉
:) I love the V-Max, even though it's an oldie. 1992, but only 14K miles on it, so it runs like new.
@@christhedrummerkimball I've liked them since my highschool & college days back in the 80's/90's. Great bulletproof bikes - engines run forever. 👍
@@JunkMailBoxStuff I remember when first got it--the torque just about pulled my arms out of their sockets!
Your kits are rad !!! Your drum skills are rad and you killed 7/4 like it was no big deal. Love to hear you do John Bonham's "fool in the rain" or "when the levy breaks"
Thanks very much for the kind words! I'm lucky to have the kits I do, it took a long time to finally get what I wanted, but they are fun to play. BTW, have you seen the video of the drums I made from sewer pipe? Those are pretty fun, too! th-cam.com/video/prKSmz729SE/w-d-xo.html
When I first started trying to tune double headed drums it took me awhile for my ears to get used to REAL drums.
I remember reading quotes with bill bruford with him saying muffling has no place on drums. Some other famous drummers have said when you start muffling you have give up on tuning. I definitely agree with that statement. You get the truest pitch from having a single ply head top and bottom tuned the same. Emperors are closer to an ambassador, so if you use emperor (or Evans G2) top and ambassador (or Evan's equivalent) bottom you can get a cleaner pitch.
Thanks for your comment! What you say is true, but on the other hand there are many drummers who prefer a more muffled tone in certain circumstances. This is evidenced by the fact studio rings sell in the marketplace. Thanks again for your thoughts!
@@christhedrummerkimball People are like that. Didn't Motown's go-to bassist use the same set of strings his whole career, because he preferred that dead sound? I will never not put a pillow in my bass drum and then expect to get the quick, tight kick sound I love. I'd be a fool to expect that desired result without a pillow!
It surprised me how similar that white north Star kit sounds like my old single headed Tama imperial star. I put black dot heads on it to. I love my old Tama.
Tama are cool. I have a black 5 piece Tama I got for $150 about a year ago.
Old Imperial Stars are great. I had a silver wrapped kit with black Remo ebony heads as my first kit. Tuned the bottom heads as tight as I dared and the top heads so loose they were all wrinkled. Had a really fun and weird wet but dry (I know… how’s that even possible..) sound. Still have the kit but it was sadly damaged in transport years ago. Slowly being restored now (restomod would be a more fit word I think)
Your drum set is a newbie drummers wet dream❤
:) :) Thanks for watching!
drum fill(s) at 9:07 was awesome. Thanks for sharing these super cool pieces of history with us drum nerds!
Glad you enjoyed it!
The North kit reminds me of better music days in the 70's and 80's. I will always have the image of Jackson Browne's Running on Empty album cover (1977). First time I ever saw them and wondered what they were. Distinct look. Distinct sound. Always reminded me of the tom's section of a marching band. They have that live sound to me. I think I saw YES when Alan White had a black set.
The North kit I saw Alan play years ago was a white one (ironically enough!)
Both are really nice kits. I remember the North drums from the jazz fusion band Return to Forever. One of their drummers, Gerry Brown, played North Drums and this guy was a monster. Chris, in regards to your Sonor kit, I would be interested in hearing what they sound like using Moon Gel instead of studio rings. The rings take away too many overtones for IMHO, but of course that is a matter of preference. I just think you get more of the drums true tone with the gel as opposed to the rings. Just my two cents. LOL! Great video and I like your kits.
Thank you very much for watching and commenting! I do use moongels on some of the drums I have, depending on what kind of music I'm l'm playing and the size of the drum, The only thing I don't like about them is they sometimes fall off, or are a bit finicky to work with. They are very effective, though.
I really like the North sound. Im a guitar player so this made me wish for a drummer again.
I like them, too. So much of this is a matter of opinion, some like them, others don't!
Loved watching this video. Really amazing to hear the differences. I love both sets.
Cool, thanks! And thanks for watching!
Hi from the UK (love the mini in the backgroud)
we used to have a north kit in the studio and wow the toms were LOUD !!!
the still look and sound great :-)
Thanks for watching! There were a couple of times I played live, and even though the guitar players had huge amps, they still put one of those plexiglass shields in front of my North kit. It sort of defeated the purpose of North drums, I thought!
@@christhedrummerkimball Yes your right
modern kits must have caught up on sound level as you see quite a few kits with plexiglass shields, maybe we care more about our hearing these days
@@mySelf-yx4hw Interesting you should say that--I always wore (and still wear) earplugs when I played loudly (or wore headphones adjusted to a sane level!)
@@mySelf-yx4hw :)
I always wondered who bought the 1 and only north kit that was made. NOW I KNOW
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LOL.....they are a bit rare to come by.
I’v actually made my drum ring’s out of old drum heads.i gives a 70’s vibe sound to it.
I've heard of people doing that--makes sense!
@@christhedrummerkimball Yeah, me too. It's free, and it's better than brand ones as they can be a lot heavier and you can cut out the exact size yourself. This goes for snare, where a homemade heavy ring from say a fiberskyn 3 head is superior to any brand ring out there I've tried. For toms, I go with the brand stuff. Works well on toms and looks clean. By the way, I love that Sonor kit. Wonderful look and sound.
@@michaelcaplin8969 Thank you!
This is the first person I’ve ever heard say “I like 7/4”
:)
What? I like 7/4 too :(
I lost count, but I'm sure he didn't miss a lick.
Money, Solsbury Hill, Freewill...
I am more partial to 7/8, it’s my favourite time signature
Your kits are the absolute BOMB!!!!! I'm jealous!!! Gotta get me a North Kit now! My wife is gonna kill me ,but hey I'm a drummer!!
I'm running out of space, so now I have the North kit in the garage, the Sonor HilIte Exclusive and the Sonor Bop kit in the drum studio, and the large, sewer-pipe North-like kit in my friend's basement where we rehearse. I have a very tolerant wife!
Very useful video. Modest individual with good talent and hobby.
Thank you for the kind words! I appreciate it very much, and thanks for watching.
Hey that’s awesome thank you for sharing... o and you can jam with the best of them rock on 🤘
Thank you--I appreciate it.
I make my own tone rings out of the old drum heads every time I replace them. Works just the same.
Also, I love your Sonor kit, but that must suck to tear down, move, and set up for gigs.
Thanks for watching! Yeah, I rarely take the Sonor kit to any gigs. It's mainly for my own playing enjoyment at home. I do take it out once and awhile, though.
@ALJ Studios The rhoadie--a drummer's best friend! Thanks for watching, and sharing your experience, I appreciate it.
My big brother would have loved your north drums . He was a drummer until he got hit by a car while walking to the 7-11 in 1966. he was a damn good drummer, Ginger Baker type. I used to sit on the edge of the bass to keep it from sliding on him before he could get a persian . i was just a little guy but i felt like i was part of the band. thanks for posting this
Wow--what a tragic story! Thank you for sharing such a personal part of your life.
@@christhedrummerkimball ; They say its good to talk about things but it still brings pain. two years after that my best friend Donald Sinatra ( not related) was killed right in front of me on his bicycle. We were riding when he lost control and was thrown to the street right when a man in a silver vett ran over him. That was just as hard as my brothers.............. Thank you tho. you seem like a really good person. keep banging the drums
@@captainmoretokin2172 Thank you again for sharing yet another terribly painful story. I can't imagine what that must have felt like. I think going through that gives a person a special empathy which allows him or her to relate to and comfort others in ways others can't.
Fantastic to see & hear both of these kits thanks for sharing this with us 👍🏼🥁🙂
My pleasure, thanks for the comment!
What great drums! The playing is also wonderful. That being said a little showing of the original Cooper would be cool also!!!🤦♂️😂
Thanks for the comment! For entertainment I should try loading the drums into the Mini...:)
round badge? I think they call it cloud badge?
You are correct--I misspoke; I meant "cloud badge." I was thinking of an old Gretsch bass drum I had years ago (which I now have again--see my later, really long, video for details) Thanks for catching that!
Those old concert toms(the single head) always sounded great during outdoor gigs.
single head drums are my favorite
@Dale McComb i am a guitarist. i can't speak for anyone else but i hate drums that ring out as if they have a built in reverb - honestly, i would like to stuff a pillow into every single drum that i have to share a bandstand with.
no offense meant to any drummers who do not agree with me.
@Dale McComb "24 bass" i assume that means inches - is that diameter or depth? either way that doesn't seem very big to my imagination. anyway i like a drum sound that goes "tap tap thump splash splash thump etc" - i don't like "bonngg bongg booomm crash!"
wow i probably sound like an idiot.
ok my 2 favorite drummers are mitch mitchell and stewart copeland.
@Dale McComb i just thought of my favorite drum sounds: the Yes "Fragile" album
Very true--they have the 70s rock sound for sure. I was in Jr. High and High School in the 70s, and I think that's why I like that dry sound.
AWESOME KITS AND PLAYING!. THX FOR SHARING.
Thank you! And thanks for watching, I appreciate it.
I remember those names well. Slingerland, Pearl, Gretch, Rogers, Ludwig. Those name brands were during my days in the 60's. I think I wore out more sticks and drum heads than need be. The music store loved seeing me come b/c they knew I wore out more drum heads. I couldn't afford anything good and a drum head cost $15-osh dollars and that was a whole week's pay for me. Worked at McCroys 5&10 store for peanuts ($1.25 an hour). Sorry for rambling on about nothing but recognized the drum names. I can't play now. I had a stroke and my left leg and arm are in a world of their own but sometimes they respond to what I want them to do (haha). Anyways, enjoyed the full video. Have a fine weekend. 👍🏽🙂🎶🎵.
I am so sorry to hear of your physical challenges. I can't imagine how difficult it would be to be a drummer and not be able to play. I'm glad you still have a sense of humor. Thank you for watching, I appreciate it!
Cris: Big boy drums
Me: pawn shop drums
Ha! Thanks for watching, I appreciate it.
Your welcom
@@leeharvyolswald2151 :)
Beautiful drums bud.
Thank you! It's taken many years and a lot of blood sweat and tears to finally accumulate them all. I'm very fortunate to have them.
That Slingerland snare is godly.
Thank you! I was really happy with the way it turned out. I had the hardware copper plated , but a furniture shop did the refinishing and did a great job. Thanks for watching!
hey great player love the peart fill
I have a set. Baby Blue with the black rings. 4 toms on a curved bar, one floor, one kick.
Love them !
I see the North drums I immediately think of Russ Kunkel and Jackson Browne live.
yup, think Mike Derosier of Heart had a combo kit of North & whatever else he played
Billy Cobham...
I'm thinking of Yes' Alan White.
Yes! Oh, and Alan White of Yes played them, too!
Exactly!
Holy hell how do I get that pedal?!?! Literally in love with that switch thing
Sadly, Janus discontinued the Janus hi-hat pedal. You can sometimes find them used, though.
Chris Kimball do you know of anyone else that has something similar? I hate trying to get my dw double pedal to fit in perfectly
@@CSPDesign I've never seen anything else like it, although it's been a while since I've looked. I would check the drum forums to see if anyone has a used Mapex Janus pedal.
The Mapex Janus Hi-Hat is getting very difficult to find...harder and harder as time goes on. I've searched it out on eBay before and that is a hit or miss scenario. Maybe Reverb or Music Go Round, but it will require time and patience. They go fast once posted (if in good condition). Would love to try it out myself.
NO DOUBT! Super f'n cool.
"basically you flail around, you're bound to hit something" haha, love it!
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I used to have a set of the vintage North Drums, I bought them at a drum show, the shape is aerodynamic!
Should have never got rid of my North set way back when. Mine was black and dark red. Was a combined set.
Very cool. What I'd like to see is a Vistalite-type clear north kit! :)
I didn't know Stephen King could play the drums ;)
The Norths look too cool for school, but they sound too tinny to me. Yes, as someone said, too bucket like.
I hope to get a good mic setup for my phone soon, that should help with future videos. Thanks for the comment!
I never could stand the sound of North Drums ... interesting historical piece though.
They are definitely a "love it or hate it" kind of thing. I just think they look cool, though, and they remind me of my high-school days, and hey, you can't put a price on nostalgia! :)
They are different, but I think they have their place.
@@donf3739 I completely agree with you. Thanks for the comment!
@@christhedrummerkimball Absolutely!
The North Kit: Was this developed in conjunction with NASA?
Ha! You'd think so--but if you put them on the ground head-side down, they look more like what you see on the deck of an ocean liner! Thank you for watching, I appreciate it.
@@christhedrummerkimball Haha yes I can see why. Have seen this kit many times, oftentimes in glam metal MTV videos from around 1984 and I always thought that. And yes, your video and channel is highly enjoyable. :-)
@@1985indeed Thanks, I appreciate the kind words! (The closest thing I had to glam rock was my afro in high school! :))
I tune my kit with a tension watch. I have a 5 pc with 3pc roto tom. I set my tension to my rotos, tom toms and snare to the same number on the tension watch, and my floor tom tune it minus 10 below. I can hit any two heads at the same time no matter which ones and they all they all persist tuned. Kind of like tuning a guitar string. where you can hear when the string gets into tune. and it actually breaks down the note using flat notes in between full notes. It sounds amazing. With a big kit like yours try it, I bet you will be blown away.... Find the tone you want with your snare and 11/12/13 inch tom tom, bleed the number for them to both match, and go off of that. Now since you have two floor toms, keep the minus 10 equal to both floor toms. them hit any of two heads at the same time, and listen to how tight your kit is.
That sounds cool, but I guess I am not familiar with a tension watch. Do you have a link to a picture of one, or where I could get one? Thanks for watching and for your great suggestion!
@@christhedrummerkimball you can get it any music store... here's a you tube link.
th-cam.com/video/QDpkW9uT_-g/w-d-xo.html
Big drum kits, motorcycles, classic cars and a workshop. A man just like me. Awesome drumming!!
Thanks, I always like to know there are kindred spirits out there!
I swear I can hear those rings vibrating, almost buzzing, when you hit the head.
It is possible. If they get bent a little that can happen. It's kind of annoying...
Man, you love to squash the tone out of every drum you have.
Some of it is limitations of the phone microphones, some is personal taste. Remember, a lot of people bought AMC Pacers! :)
I 2nd that... Drums sound way better and un - choked without the plastic ring. Let those drums sing!! 😛🥁
Sounds like the camera mic is the guilty party here. There's no easy way around that, other than recording the sound differently and using the camera for image only.
@@voronOsphere.. The camera mic is a little of the problem but there's such a big difference with or without the ring. I have a couple drummer friends that do this. They have top of the line drums, heads and they tune them very well then kill the drum sound with a sound ring. I've never understood that.
@@shutitup68 Oh, I see. I thought you meant how he mixes them.
Okay great drums but that hi-hat stand/bass drum pedal?
Where can I buy it
Sadly, Mapex only made the Janus pedal for a short time and discontinued it years ago. You might find one on eBay, but they're pretty rare. Thanks for watching!
Holy moly those North Drums are beautiful, if they were in black or red color WOW
If I had money to burn I'd have them all painted with that super chrome-looking paint; maybe blue or green. Or red. Or purple. Or orange...
@@christhedrummerkimball
Good colors too dude
What a pleasure to see this beautiful North set up. Something you may not know about North drums, they were invented by my old friend Graham Davies (rip), NOT as claimed by Roger North, to whom he sold the original moulds.
He had the original idea whilst looking at the flair on a trumpet and imagining what effect it would have on tom toms, visually and audibly. Among other inventions of his like the Octobans by Tama, originally designed with different lengths to be tuned to an octave, so a lot of them...12!
A genius, started as a motor mechanic and even worked for Downton Engineering UK (who did engine developmant for BMC , Mini Coopers etc), their race cars which Graham worked on were legendary.
And now so are his drums.👍🇬🇧🎺
Thanks for the info--I replied on this comment on my other video. Thanks again for watching!
Hey I never see like this how the brums are like a u the one you have in the garage it looks cool 😊
Thanks! They were made in the '70s and early '80s. Not many of them around now.
I struggled to read this
@@xualu1593 Hi Adam, what was it you had trouble reading?
@@christhedrummerkimball he prob meant Aarons comment
I felt like a had a stroke when I read that comment 🤭
Damn if I was your neighbor I’d be trying to set up jam sessions all the time
If only I had neighbors who were musicians...!
That's right. Come over with a reefer, couple brews, or both : )
@@dontworrybehappy8080 I'll take a venti mocha frappuccino made with heavy cream, four extra pumps vanilla, four packs of white sugar, whipped cream blended in and on top, and the whole thing triple blended. THAT'S a great drink! :)
Where do you get a drum set like that because the biggest drum Set I can find is a 8 peice
I started with a smaller kit and added pieces one at a time as I could find them on eBay, etc.
I had a 7 pce set of Staccatos and I used Evans hydraulic heads and that was the absolute best sound I ever got using concert toms. Nice job and great kits Chris!!
Wow!A lot of drummers would kill for that awesome snare 🥁
Thanks--I was so fortunate to have it given to me by my college band director over 40 years ago! Thanks for watching, I appreciate it.
@@christhedrummerkimball your playing style is reminds me of Phil Collins(righty style of course) 🥁
The North drums have more of a bucket sound to my ears.
But l play Sonnor drum. So please choose Sonnor! Yeah!!
The Norths definitely have a different kind of love-it-or-hate-it sound. Thanks for your comment!
I wish i had a normal drum kit but we have neightbours so my dad bought me an E drum 😐
Wait long enough, save a lot, and eventually you can get whatever set you desire!
Amico … l’hai ricavata da alcune lavatrici e centrifughe?
Bella la Fibes La suonava anche Billy Cobhan, anche io ho la batteria in casa, ma se non viene un bassista o un altro strumentista a trovarti … ti rompi le balle🌶e poi fai dei video come questo perche’ ti annoi🧏🧏
@@fabrigasan2150
Grazie per le gentili parole! Avevo un album dei Billy Cobham da bambino. Ho sempre pensato che fosse un grande batterista.
@@fabrigasan2150
Ha! È un po 'come sembrano. Ma questo è il fascino, il fatto che siano così unici. Grazie per aver guardato!
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Great video man, love how much you put into refurbishing. And idk how anyone could dislike this video, maybe it’s yours neighbors.
Ha! Actually, the drum room is soundproof, plus my neighbors are very cool. Thanks for watching!
This takes me back to a live recording (Matie Moss Clark, Greater Williams Temple Live) that I played a set of North Drums, it took a while to tune them to a "G" scale and preparing for the room temp to change. We got a great live mix on the kit. Big Fun,, Chris Colemans Uncle Rich
Very cool! It's great to hear from someone who actually has played North Drums before. Thanks for watching!
Here is one of the tracks on TH-cam of the live recording Part 1 & 2, th-cam.com/video/Cnwpfq7SDa0/w-d-xo.html - the North drums sounded great after tuning to play in a large full church that came to the concert. I used my Pearl hardware, Patise cymbals. Rich
@@RitchieColeman Sounds good! Awesome song, by the way. I toured with a Gospel band back in the early '80s out of Nashville. It was great group called Bridge.
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