I've made thousands of drums - thousands. Out of those there are a few that I've really want to keep. None so much as this one. This is a bespoke clone of one of the first wood shell snare drums I made under the Dunnett brand. The original has been in countless studios and is on countless recordings. On a recent outing a drummer who I consider to be a friend asked if I would make him one. I've often turned down requests to make another one but this was a request I could not refuse - even though I wanted to. Now I'm glad I said yes. This drum - like the original - will make you forget everything you think you know about snare drums.

Dunnett R4-L has arrived!

Finally! The revised Dunnett R4-L throw offs have arrived. The R4-L is the last replacement for your Ludwig P-85 and P-86 strainers. Designed to fit ANY Ludwig Supraphonic, Black Beauty or Acrolite snare drum. Available through any Dunnett Classic dealer or Big Bang distribution.

My friend John Emrich sent this to me this morning - it is his explanation of the imaging techniques used to capture the Dunnett Classic Titanium set for the BFD2 module. John did some interesting experiments and came up with a unique way to really extract every ounce of Titanium beauty...

I've finally found a bit of time to encapsulate and upload some tracks from my album Protect You and share them on YouTube. The tracks feature early Dunnett Classic snare drums and some music that I've always been very proud of. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es3tqsbrZ9E&feature=plcp

DRUM! re-review

http://www.drummagazine.com/gear/post/dunnett-classic-snares-a-triplet-of-sounds/

Galactic and the Spirit of New Orleans

I don't know if you saw it live last week, but Stanton Moore and Galactic appeared on the Conan O'Brien show. Corey Glover, Stanton and the entire band nailed it with one of the funkiest power tunes I've heard in a long time - check it out!

http://teamcoco.com/video/galactic-hey-na-na

A novel Drum Clinic - featuring...actual DRUMS.