Recent content by SpinaDude

Nah, it's all in how you use it.

I don't think you're expecting too much. I don;t know if the pictures, at least the ones posted above, are telling the full story. Just want to give them the benefit of the doubt. I recommend taking a picture with someone holding a level pressed to the vertical pipe. The bubble in the level...

Dude, I don't want to keep you from your post... ...but what program did you use for the set-up? I made one on Google Slides, well I fudged one. I'd like to do one like yours.

Looks GREAT!!! How do you keep your cymbals so shiny?

Murat beat me to it. Simon always has a ton of toms and has them perfectly placed. I tried an 8 piece, 4 up and 2 down with a single kick. I could never get them comfortable until I moved the 14" floor to the left of my hi-hat and had only 3 up. Moved the 13" tom down next to the 16" FT...

Again, I saw QC issues with Gretsch on a Broadkaster kit. And for that money, a four piece kit should have been manufactured flawlessly. I have read a lot about QC issues with Ludwig, particularly on their Carl Palmer sig. snare. Did not experience those myself, but had many issues with a...

I've never been disappointed with the build of anything from Mapex. Their Cherry Bomb snare remains one of the best off the shelf wood snares I've ever heard. Their snares use one of the best strainers I've ever seen, and their lugs hold tuning even under prolonged hard hitting. I've never...

I agree, the wood figuring lacks the subtlety of the kids from the 2008-2013 era Mapex. To be fair, I don't know if those were veneers too. Like on this Mapa Burl Orion kit... Or on the Blaster Kit: Although looking back at the Velvetone... ...which was issued at the same time as the...

Being a north Jersey scumbag, allow me to retort. LOL I've lived in north NJ all my life, first in Wayne (Passaic County), then in Cedar Grove (Essex County and now in Green Twp (Sussex County. I can fairly say life out here in Sussex is vastly different than the other areas, even though it's...

About 4 years ago, there was a big scandal about Mapex using veneers and not listing it as such on the website. They then issued a statement explaining they were using Alpi, and included a video on how Alpi makes the veneers. They are all made using quality wood, but they are formed to provide...

But that's what that gossippy article is about. It doesn't misrepresent what she said. That's my point.

I don;t disagree with what you're saying...it's out there and now it can be twisted. I'm calling out the awful behavior of the writer who took items out of context and didn't properly reflect the timbre of the conversation. I'm sorry people misrepresented your story in the past. Again, lousy...

Now this really pisses me off... https://ultimateclassicrock.com/chester-thompson-phil-collins-solo-tour/ I want to give this writer the benefit of the doubt...maybe he just misunderstood what was said in the interview, but c'mon. Totally taking things out of context to make a click-bait...

As some of the other guys have said, a really great read. Smart interviewer, letting an interesting subject just go. Thompson is a class act. I love the story about the fallout with Phil. He doesn't approach it with vitriol or finger pointing. He says right off the bat it was a...

Did Winnie Cooper issue a statement yet? She grew up with him.