Buying The WEIRDEST Drum Set I Could Find at Sam Ash

Music used (background & playalongs)

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Pair of Slate ML-1 (as overheads):
Austrian Audio CC8 (as rooms):
Earthworks DK7 Drum Mic Kit:
Lewitt DTP 640 REX Bass Drum Mic
Austrian Audio Hi-X60 Headphones:
18” Zildjian K Special Dry Crash
20" Zildjian Crash of Doom:
19” Zildjian Ultra Hammered China
DW Rack Clamps:
DW L-Arm
Gibraltar Curved Rack:
Remo Clear CS Dots:
Vic Firth Freestyle 5b Drum Sticks:
Vic Firth VKB5 Beater:
Roc n’ Soc Drum Throne:
Tama Road Pro/ Iron Cobra Hardware:

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Ok... I thought the Impact drum set I bought a couple weeks ago was the weirdest, but no! North Drums definitely take that title! Sure enough after I talk about North Drums in the Impact drum kit video, this one comes up for sale at a local music store. That means I was forced to buy it... Or well, I forced myself to lol. North Drums are fiberglass shells that feature a horn bell on the resonant side to amplify the sound. These drums are LOUD!

The kit came with a bunch of goodies like a Gibraltar curved rack with DW clamps and tom arms plus the original North rack. The original rack would work a little better than the more modern Gibraltar since the curve is tighter and the legs dont extent past the cross bar. The 4 rack toms barely fit in-between the Gibraltar legs, but I was able to make it work!

Okay... THIS is the WEIRDEST Drum Set

[rdavidr]

What the first song you would play on this kit? 🥁

[NebulonRanger]

Man, one of the big sampling houses should find one of these and sample the shit out of it, such a unique sound.

[AquaMarineFBVA]

honestly the show factor of these make them super cool. you show up to a gig playing these they gonna remeber!

[brianmelody]

Wow! At first I thought you really bought the weirdest, crappiest old drum kit ever but after you worked your magic I was blown away and fell in love it. Awesome drum playing too!

[bioniclefan]

That's like, the perfect tom sound 😭

[Jude_]

Coming from Dankpods, this is awesome!

[zfactor]

Honestly… I was a bit skeptical about this one when I clicked on it.. but I just kept having to watch it. That kit actually sounded fantastic! I was pretty impressed with how cool it sounded. Definitely a kit to save for an 80s cover band night. Lol! Thanks for the fun video!

[PsyckadeliOfficial]

Man I love your drumming. The fills at 9:45 is so good...

[ndSpaz]

This is my favourite drum sound out of all the drums you've had on this channel!

[BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

Also here from Dankpods/"The Drum Thing", lol.

[patrickteahanofficial]

I've sold and shipped one of these which was nuts. I loved the end when you played it with a china and an 87 Rocky 3 vibe 😂

[cabalcore]

Wade needs to get his fixed because these sound amazing.
Great work!

[tombrown]

Phil collins has entered the chat. I love unique drums like these. They stand out where so many other kits just look like each other, and therefore sound and inspire you to play the same as each other. These are funky and powerful and draw something out of the player.

[BayouMaccabee]

Cool find, David. This brings back some great memories for me. I was lead singer in a band as a freshman back in high school where our "drummer" had a yellow North kit just like that one. However, the guy was a terrible drummer who couldn't play any of the songs, so I ended up playing his drums while singing lead vocals just so we could get through all of the songs. This of course led me to buying my own set of Tama Swingstar drums (which was black with 2 bass drums, 4 rack toms, and a floor tom), starting me down my drumming road. So because of this, North drums are kind of near & dear to my heart.

[fenderfive]

Absolutely killer kit, and those wingnuts? They are Premier! When they first introduced that mounting system it was so good you would see drums of a different brand with their mounting system!

[parkermurray]

Yoooo. It’s crazy how much Dave’s drumming has improved over the coarse of his channel. Great job bro!

[rogerweiland]

I heard these drums back in the 80's when they were new. They sound great, even without mics. They are very loud and cut right through.

[lewdrums]

Saw Gerry Brown play these on the Return to Forever "Musicmagic" tour ... incredible looks and sound at the Palladium in NY ... May 20, 1977 ...

[canadianlightbulbs]

You can see how happy he is every time he gets to play a fill

[micahwinters]

Here for the GOAT again thanks to The Drum Thing