I'm not sure exactly what happened with the name change. I don't think Steve sold the business per se, because both he and Jess at the NY shop helped me through the whole process. The NY shop is still called Steve Maxwell, but consignments seem to go through "Good Hands". Probably a tax thing...
I really wish I could have kept them, but unfortunately it just wasn't feasible, space-wise.
With those sizes, if you could just locate a matching 14" FT, you could do pretty much anything.
Around there. Ask them if you want to know exactly. They were great people to work with, so I don't wanna gossip. I highly recommend them if you've got something to sell.
What a great record! What I wouldn't give to go back and see that band live. Even just as a fly on the wall.
Does anybody know who played what on which tracks? All the liner notes say (and all I can find on the web) is that both Steve Gadd and Chris Parker played on the record, but no...
I just got a set of very early New Beats with the straight ink stamp. 818/1356. Well, at least the bottom cymbal is a NB; nothing on the top cymbal as far as I can tell. Looking forward to trying them soon.
I also recently picked up a '79 Paiste Sound Creation 14" orphan bottom at 1316g that...
Instead of getting a whole new beater (or pedal), one thing you can do is get some slip-on puff covers that they sell for marching bass drum beaters. Last time I bought them, they were sold by Promark, though that was probably 15 years ago, so it might be different now. I always keep one in the...