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Meet Your Maker: Truth Custom Drums

We get some history about Truth Custom Drums, starting when owner Geoff Barrios built his first drum while still in high school. He never looked back.

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Mey Drum Thrones At The 2011 Summer NAMM Show

We ran across a new contender in the drum throne market – Mey Chair Systems – which specializes in ergonomic designs and cool features.

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Mapex Drums At The 2011 Summer NAMM Show

With the largest booth at NAMM, Mapex showed off their Black Panther Velvetone Kit, a limited edition Saturn kit with a stunning sparkle finish.

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Ludwig Drums At The 2011 Summer NAMM Show

The centerpiece of Ludwig’s Summer NAMM booth was the beautiful new birdseye maple Legacy kit with a matching 15" x 5" snare drum.

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Summer NAMM: Drumcraft Booth Tour

The German drum company Drumcraft has slowly worked its way into the U.S. market. Here’s what we saw at their 2011 Summer NAMM show booth.

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Chicago Drum Show: Mojo Drums

We liked the carbon fiber drums at the Mojo Drums booth, but loved the company’s totally bizarre prototype skateboard bass drum pedal.

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Heavy Metal Video Tour Of The Sabian Cymbal Factory

Tag along while Mike Peters from Cancer Bats and Ash Pearson of Three Inches Of Blood get the insider’s tour of the Sabian cymbal factory.

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Chicago Drum Show: Joyful Noise Drums

Joyful Noise packed its Chicago Drum Show booth with mighty metal snare drums and a couple of one-of-a-kind drum sets that stopped us in our tracks.

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Chicago Show: Detroit Custom Drum Company

Weary of the race towards outlandishness that defined custom drum making during the past decade? Then check out Detroit Custom Drum Company.

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Chicago Drum Show: Ancient Tree Drum Company

Anyone who remembers the release of Craviotto’s Lake Superior snare drums will be interested to learn about what was brewing over at Ancient Tree Drum Company.