Signature Instruments - Make your statement!

   Fender Bass V

  James Jamerson is reported to have owned a Fender Bass V

      GA5-B (Alto Black Nickel)

     One of the Gerald Albright Signature Series Saxophones

      Billy Cobham Signature Drum Sticks
    from Vic Firth

      The MSD-1365SJ 

         Steve Jordan's 13” 6.5” Maple Shell Signature Snare from Yamaha 

 

      Dave Weckl Evolution (SDW2)

        Dave Weckl's Signature Drumsticks from Vic Firth

        JOJO MAYER'S CUSTOM DRUM PEDAL BY SONOR

      Sonor's certainly done a wonderful job with this drum pedal. Check it out

    Nathan East Signature on Custom Yamaha Bass

                                     Guitar - BBNE2

       The TRBJP2

         John Patitucci's Signature Bass from Yamaha

        GIBSON FIREBIRD X (LIMITED EDITION)

        Self tuning; hmmm

   PMBRM2 Small Broomsticks

   Endorsed by Calvin Rodgers

      Sabian Dave Weckl Signature Legacy Cymbals 

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All About Cymbals

You think you know your cymbals? Well, let me shock you... a bit.... Below are some useful articles and websites I found for drummers and cymbal freaks. Enjoy.

     1.    See and hear the actual cymbal that you wanna buy -
                                  mycymbal.com

     2.    Types of cymbals - cymbaldirect.com
            
                    
          3.    The Cymbal Book (Seriously, you gotta get this)


         

          4.  Zildjian's Cymbal Maintenance
                      
     4. How to keep your cymbals clean and sparkling

                                                   
        5. Cymbal Maintenance and Repair
                                     
              

What makes a Good Instrumentalist?

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There are so many factors that make a good instrumentalist, but I'll name just a few:

• Reverence for God: I hardly hear of any instrumentalist who did not pray to God to send opportunities their way when they were starting out, or who didn't start from the Church. It's in God you find lasting happiness and fulfillment. Make a committment to serve with the fruit of your instrument.
• Interest in going the extra mile: If you do what others are doing, how do you stand out? Yes, I know, start from the base....But don't remain there!!!
• Practising and rehearsing like crazy: "But I know some instrumentalists who don't rehearse the way I do, but they perform better than I do", you might say. You see, they've built a "musical vocabulary" over time in their heads. It started with them rehearsing CONSTANTLY.
• Improving the quality of knowledge about your instrument: It might be surprising, but I might know more than you do about your instrument. #winks

                   Wouldn't like to bore you with too much talk. I hope we've put certain things  in mind. Please don't forget to give your own opinions. It's a shedder's world.. Keep shedding, keep jamming.

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