Like so many other percussion companies, Pearl Percussion focused its new hand-drumming product launches on the ever-popular cajon trend.
While wandering through Roland’s enormous NAMM 2012 booth, we got an early demo of the company’s new TD-30KV V-Pro drum kit.
We ran across a new contender in the drum throne “tactile” monitoring system market at the 2012 NAMM Show. Find out what sets their version apart.
Bob Heil walks us through his new PR drum set microphones, and explains how he did his research while sitting under Danny Carey’s drum kit.
In this booth video tour, we check out some new drum kits at Tama’s 2012 NAMM booth, starting with a kit so big it should have had its own zip code.
After several years spent selling OEM carbon fiber shells to custom drum makers, this year Rocket Shells reintroduced its Carbon Classic snare drums.
We spent some time at the Joyful Noise NAMM 2012 booth checking out the high-end metal-shell snare drums and a beautiful kit made of salvaged birch.
We check out the unusual method MCD Percussion employs for its solid-shell drum sets, which feature canary wood, myrtle, walnut, maple, and catalpa.
There’s an interesting new drum tuning device on the market, the Tune-Bot, which measures the pitch of a drumhead through a tiny internal microphone.
The bulbous acrylic shell kit drew a lot of attention at Molecules Drum Company’s NAMM debut, and won the honor of the most unique drums at the show.
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