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Grip Peddler

These are polyurethane pads that adhere to your kick or high hat peddles and they give you more traction and reduce the impact to your foot. They are available in a number of colors and surfaces.

Grip Peddler
1100 Calle Cordillera
San Clemente, CA 92673
(949) 361-9999
www.grippeddler.com

 

Hand Drum Mounting System

This is a clever little system that lets you use standard drum hardware to mount your hand drums.

Everyone's Drumming Company
P.O. Box 361
4 Christian Square
Putney, VT 05346
www.everyonesdrumming.com

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Drummer Practice Pads

Since Drummers are going to do this anyway, you might as well save the bruises. These pads are reversible and have two different surfaces.

diggit, Inc.
6433 Topanga Canyon Blvd., #158
Canoga Park, Ca 91303
(818) 615-0080
www.diggit.net

 

Ahead Drumsticks

Now your drummer can be part of the light show. These sticks have a self-contained laser.

Big Bang Distribution
9420 Reseda Blvd., PMB 350
Northridge, CA 91324
(818) 727-1127
www.bigbangdist.com

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Cymbal Socks

These rubber cymbal covers are an incredibly effective system for dampening cymbals for practice. When I whacked on one of these I got nothing but a quiet thump. There are some drummers I've worked with that should use these live.

Soundcheck Rehearsal Products
(909) 393-9263
www.cymbalsock.com

 

Drum with built in spring reverb

Remo had these cool little hand drums that had a spring hanging off the center of one of the heads. What you got was a cool twangy reverb while you played it.

Remo
www.remo.com

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Kick Drum Beaters

Pictured here are the "Speedball" (the two gray ones in front) and the "Slug" model kick drum beaters. The slug looks like it's reversible for different sounds.

Big Bang Distribution
9420 Reseda Blvd., PMB 350
Northridge, CA 91324
(800) 547-6401
www.bigbangdist.com

 

Boomwhackers

The hat has nothing to do with making sound but it got me to take a picture of these guys. They must really want to sell their product. In any case these tuned tubes are pretty cool.

Whacky Music, Inc.
2085 Mountain Road
Sedona, AZ 86336
(520) 282-3860
www.boomwhackers.com

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