DamnSingerAlsoDrums
DFO Master
I've been a long time admirer of William Leclerc's wok (and his father Gilles') for a while. Enough to buy Ebenor's uber exclusive 10th anniversary kit and snare (elm stave) constructed out of the lumber from an historic tree.
I freakin' loooooove that elm kit's feel and sound, but the visuals, although gorgeous, don't quite match my band's stage aesthetics. I needed something a little less boutique/fine woodworking and a little more vintage-y. Also, I needed something weather resistant, our temps can swing WILDLY from dead freezing in the winter to scorching hot and humid in the summer.
Soooo Will said "if you'd like, I could wrap an aluminum kit for you, that way you can leave it in the truck in any weather, it can rain on the stage, it'l never crack nor go out of round... plus, the added mass of the wrap is gonna warm up the tone and shorten the sustain a tiny bit wich will bring it tonally closer to a wood kit than a metal kit."
He didn't need to say more. A deal was struck right then and there. And a few weeks later, the kit i s done and will go on its inaugural gig this friday. In the meantime, here are a few pics of the kit and Ebenor's shop
the only thing not made in-house is the wrap (Delmar) and the BD claws. Tom and snare hoops and hardwarr are brass. BD hoops are cherry. Will even designed his own snare throw-off mechanism. And it is a ting of beauty. The whole kit is just drop-dead gorgeous, with the tone to match its looks.
I freakin' loooooove that elm kit's feel and sound, but the visuals, although gorgeous, don't quite match my band's stage aesthetics. I needed something a little less boutique/fine woodworking and a little more vintage-y. Also, I needed something weather resistant, our temps can swing WILDLY from dead freezing in the winter to scorching hot and humid in the summer.
Soooo Will said "if you'd like, I could wrap an aluminum kit for you, that way you can leave it in the truck in any weather, it can rain on the stage, it'l never crack nor go out of round... plus, the added mass of the wrap is gonna warm up the tone and shorten the sustain a tiny bit wich will bring it tonally closer to a wood kit than a metal kit."
He didn't need to say more. A deal was struck right then and there. And a few weeks later, the kit i s done and will go on its inaugural gig this friday. In the meantime, here are a few pics of the kit and Ebenor's shop
the only thing not made in-house is the wrap (Delmar) and the BD claws. Tom and snare hoops and hardwarr are brass. BD hoops are cherry. Will even designed his own snare throw-off mechanism. And it is a ting of beauty. The whole kit is just drop-dead gorgeous, with the tone to match its looks.
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