Odds & Sods - Quirky Products from the Pages of MD

[richardh253]

So retirement plus a too-hot summer leaves me time to browse through back copies of Modern Drummer. You come across some unusual one-off things that never seemed to catch on, usually found towards the back of MD in the 1/4 page ads, or in the annual NAMM reports.

This one came from the May 1990 issue NAMM report.

Anyway, take a look at your old MDs and see what you come up with.

 

[DrumBob]

I remember the actual garbage can lid cymbal. One ad and done.

 

[scooter540]

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Can’t imagine how this didn’t catch on lol

 

[Mcjnic]

stinger

 

[Houndog]

I’m remembering those little half drum shells you installed inside a bigger drum for another sound , seems I remember Roy Burns naked with a barrel outfit in the ads ?

 

[Pedal_Pusher]

I don't know if these photos came from Modern Drummer but I assume they are fiberglass shells. I don't normally worry about cutting myself on a drum shell but the triangle drums look dangerous to me.

 

[KevinD]

I’m remembering those little half drum shells you installed inside a bigger drum for another sound , seems I remember Roy Burns naked with a barrel outfit in the ads ?

YES!, I was at some kind of music trade show around the time those came out, tapped on it for a bit.. kind of interesting, but not something I would not put any $$ into it though. Somewhere in my house I have the product slick for that, I'll try to dig it out.

 

[Houndog]

I don't know if these photos came from Modern Drummer but I assume they are fiberglass shells. I don't normally worry about cutting myself on a drum shell but the triangle drums look dangerous to me.

They had those at the Chicago drum show once , they sounded like drums …..
I was surprised…

 

[dtk]

I remember the actual garbage can lid cymbal. One ad and done.

I bought one...it sounded horrible and dented easy...not ready for prime time

 

[richardh253]

Perfect for Vistalite Kits? MD Oct 87

 

[richardh253]

I remember the actual garbage can lid cymbal. One ad and done.

Can someone find and post the ad from MD for the "matching" floor tom made out of (the rest of) the garbage can? I can see it in my mind but can't recall the year the ad ran.

 

[bpaluzzi]

So retirement plus a too-hot summer leaves me time to browse through back copies of Modern Drummer. You come across some unusual one-off things that never seemed to catch on, usually found towards the back of MD in the 1/4 page ads, or in the annual NAMM reports.

This one came from the May 1990 issue NAMM report.

Anyway, take a look at your old MDs and see what you come up with.

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They made a big push in college drumlines. At one point both Pitt and Penn State were playing Stingray drums with the snares angled like this.

They didn't sound great, to say the least.

I still have an old Stingray marching snare (a straight shell, not the angled version) that was used as a travel-trophy for the highest scoring drumline. My high school won it the last 3 times it was awarded, and then nobody ever claimed it back. It's the heaviest drum I've ever owned. Most of the lugs have been stripped off (we used them to make four 6" "shot" drums for our marching quad line for a WGI line a long time ago) and the 14"x12" shell is heavier than a complete 16" Sonor Phonic floor tom.

 

[ppfd]

I remember the actual garbage can lid cymbal. One ad and done.

I thought that ran longer than that.
Omar Hakim used one while back.

 

[DrumBob]

I thought that ran longer than that.
Omar Hakim used one while back.

Maybe it was longer, but i thought they disappeared very quickly.

I remember a pathetic MD ad from some Chinese company advertising an ultra cheap drumset for something like $159, and the heading was "Superize!" I never understood why the art guys at MD didn't fix it.

 

[richardh253]

Maybe it was longer, but i thought they disappeared very quickly.

I remember a pathetic MD ad from some Chinese company advertising an ultra cheap drumset for something like $159, and the heading was "Superize!" I never understood why the art guys at MD didn't fix it.

This one?

 

[DrumBob]

This one?

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No, that's not it. The heading of the ad was "Superize!"

Of course, they meant Surprise!

 

[SonorBart]

From '79

 

[nlabodin]

Can someone find and post the ad from MD for the "matching" floor tom made out of (the rest of) the garbage can? I can see it in my mind but can't recall the year the ad ran.

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I remember seeing the ads anywhere from 2006-2015, although in Drum Magazine. I'll have to take a look at my dusty stack of magazines

 

[jabrams]

Perfect for Vistalite Kits? MD Oct 87

I wonder how long a pair of these lasted before they shattered and put somebody's eye out?

 

[Slowzuki1]

I wonder how long a pair of these lasted before they shattered and put somebody's eye out? View attachment 742019

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I had some glow in the dark sticks from about this time. Never broke but seldom used too. Don’t remember the brand. Impulse buy made by a mush brain teenager