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Started by RobbyVDH in Musicians (Gear, Tabs & Lyrics)

Friends,

Does anybody know where I can buy Easton Ahead drumsticks? These are the same that Lars Ulrich uses…

Thx,

Robby

Posted on Fri, 28 December 2001 at 19:41

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whaley wrote:

I don’t know a shop that sells them, but the distributor’s homepage
is at http://www.bigbangdist.com/ and they’ll probably be able to help you further. Let me know when you tried them :)

Posted on Fri, 28 December 2001 at 20:27

#2

RobbyVDH wrote:

Thx for your reply!

They don’t sell them directly, but they have given me 2 addresses of distributors in Germany and the UK. So I hope they will be able to help me…

Posted on Sun, 30 December 2001 at 13:29

#3

drummersean wrote:

theres a company in derby called rattle and drum that sell ahead sticks im ppretty sure they have lars pair.

http://www.drumkits.co.uk this is there website

sean

Posted on Mon, 16 June 2003 at 15:51

#4

RobbyVDH wrote:

Thx dude ;)

Posted on Mon, 16 June 2003 at 17:08

#5

CS (Colin S) wrote:

Why would you want Lars’ sticks?

He’s shit! :p

Colinx

Posted on Wed, 31 January 2007 at 23:16

#6

Misanthropologist (d) wrote:

If you buy all of them, it may stop him from playing? :D

Posted on Wed, 31 January 2007 at 23:17

#7

buffalo-boy wrote:

Colin? wrote:

Why would you want Lars’ sticks?

He’s shit! :p

Colinx

Don’t let yourself be brainwashed by Squall! You trying playing in front of tens of thousands of people for 2 1/2 hours EVERY night for 2 years in a row with only the odd night off - bet you can’t!

Posted on Thu, 1 February 2007 at 08:07

#8

CS (Colin S) wrote:

No, I never liked him. Everything up til the Black album was good, then it got shit.

Don’t get me wrong, Master of Puppets was a great album, but, now, I don’t think he cuts it anymore.

And if most other drummers can play to loads of people, day in, day out, for 2 and a half hours per night why can’t he?

Colinx

Posted on Thu, 1 February 2007 at 16:23

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Charlie (The Monsters Of Muskeg) wrote:

buffalo-boy wrote:

Don’t let yourself be brainwashed by Squall! You trying playing in front of tens of thousands of people for 2 1/2 hours EVERY night for 2 years in a row with only the odd night off - bet you can’t!

You try NOT PRACTISING, like for 24 hours a day 7 days a week and see if you can still play Dyers Eve !

Bet You Cant :p

Posted on Wed, 11 April 2007 at 17:56

#10

Roberto wrote:

I used to practice with vic firth sd1 sticks, pretty heavy but the drum sounds hard as a rock!! hehehe
After playing sd1 you’ll feel you 5a or 7a sticks ligthers than a piece of paper…

Posted on Sat, 26 May 2007 at 20:40

#11

CS (Colin S) wrote:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ahead-Lars-Ulrich-Drum-Sticks-Metallica-NEW … iewIt%20em

If you haven’t already got them…

Colinx

Posted on Thu, 12 July 2007 at 01:23

#12

Charlie (The Monsters Of Muskeg) wrote:

Just like to add that Lars is on great form this 2007 tour !!!

I WAS SHOCKED! :eek:

Hes playing to the song again, is tight and not doing his usual random crap drumfill o rama!!

Well done Lars !

Posted on Thu, 9 August 2007 at 19:03

#13

Alan wrote:

What do you guys think of Mastodon’s drummer?
I’ve seen them live and he impressed me most, check out the link;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LMQCqzfHzM

Posted on Thu, 23 August 2007 at 09:19

#14

Charlie (The Monsters Of Muskeg) wrote:

He;s very good. Very original with a very unique drum set up.

Posted on Thu, 23 August 2007 at 16:23

#15

Dennis wrote:

That’s quite a cool clip.

Must say what little Mastadon I have heard sounds technically great but a flat in terms of emotion. A bit “metal by numbers” kind of thing.
Should I be made to walk the plank or do others agree…?

Posted on Fri, 24 August 2007 at 13:29

#16

deadsetgav wrote:

Mastodon are great - I’m not sure what you mean about emotion… they aren’t singing about boken relationships or how hard growing up can be, rather more about winged man-beasts and whale hunting and the sort, but they have some awesome tunes and live they are huella good!

Posted on Fri, 24 August 2007 at 13:42

#17

Alan wrote:

“winged man-beasts” :)

yeah, the lyrics are quite conceptual and, well, bonkers. Their music is quite hard to get into, and I mainly listen to the drumming in their tunes, so you’re probably right Dennis!

Posted on Fri, 24 August 2007 at 14:59

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Charlie (The Monsters Of Muskeg) wrote:

I first heard Blood and Thunder in 2004 , heard Leviathan and was hooked instantly !!! :D

I think they piss on bands like Trivium Bullet For my Valentine et al so much its not even funny.

Blood Mountain is absolutely awesome.

All 4 of their cd’s are pretty damn good. http://www.youtube.com - check out ” mother puncher ” from full force festival - STONKING :cool:

Posted on Fri, 24 August 2007 at 16:01

#19

Charlie (The Monsters Of Muskeg) wrote:

Any other drummers here who are also equally as proficient on guitar too ?

Posted on Tue, 4 September 2007 at 18:26

#20

Dennis wrote:

I’d call myself a guitarist but I’m fairly good on drums.. Probably a little rusty through lack of practice but if I was playing drums regularly I reckon I could hold my own in a Rock/ Indie setting. I’d struggle with Metal though, never tried double kick drum pedals - which I’d love to have a go at.

Posted on Wed, 5 September 2007 at 08:23

#21

Alan wrote:

Double kick drum is tough as fuck. I got a double pedal last year when I bought the Roland TD-20, and I’ve not been able to put a recognisable double kick beat together since! I should really put more effort in, but laziness and apathy get the better of me every time!

Seriously though, I’d love to get some tips on how to play them. Anyone know any useful sites?

Posted on Wed, 5 September 2007 at 14:53

#22

Dennis wrote:

I don’t know any useful sites but I saw a clip on youtube of Dave Lombardo from Slayer showing how he sets his peddles up for minimum effort. (Don’t have a link, you’d have to search for it, sorry!) Basically involves setting the beater at a further back angle (imagine that it now has further to travel to hit the bass drum) but then as his natural resting position for his feet, he has them in such a way that the pedal is partially down anyway, so that he only has to do sort of a half-kick to hit the drum.

God I bet that made no sense at all but hey, I tried!

Posted on Wed, 5 September 2007 at 15:18

#23

Alan wrote:

Er… cool. Thanks! ;)

Yeah, I’ll check it out. There’s gotta be a way of learning those bastids!

Posted on Wed, 5 September 2007 at 15:56

#24

Charlie (The Monsters Of Muskeg) wrote:

Start slow is my advice. quarter notes, then 8th notes :)

I found it fairly easy as I always ” rode ” the hi hat with my left foot when playing - so it sort of came natural to me :)

Posted on Wed, 5 September 2007 at 16:41

#25

Dennis wrote:

Youtube is a good source of instructional clips of all sorts - there are some good guitar ones and some good drum tips on there. Takes a bit of digging through to find some of it, but worth a browse if you have a spare afternoon.

Posted on Wed, 5 September 2007 at 16:45

#26

Charlie (The Monsters Of Muskeg) wrote:

Start Slow :D

Posted on Wed, 5 September 2007 at 17:02

#27

Fordonian wrote:

Dennis, I think Mr Lambardo calls that his “cruise control” position if i remember rightly :)

I think I started off by telling myself that I COULD play “Demanufacture” and went from there - no exact recollection other than that. I just listen to things and tab them, then work on playing them with just my feet. Also applying concepts to it - “lets reverse the pattern from hands to feet and the feet to the hands” - reggae is a very sparse version of such a reversal I suppose (asuming that is, that we all go with the straight bass snare in 4/4 approach to begin with) with the snare on 1 and 3 and the bass on 2 and 4 but some busier material will really make you think about it.

Splitting rudiments between hands and feet is a good one for coordination and control as is “cyclical” playing - kind of linear pattern approach - try splitting single stroke rolls into RH LH LF RF and other combos like that - hours of “fun”!

Oh, also flipping stuff you already know is good for building the lesser used bass drum foot - I remember doing that with Stories and Epilepsy when I was learning to use my left foot on the bass drum.

Other than that - go and see one of my friends ;) http://www.drumsense.com

Oi! Wake up the lot of you!!!!!

Posted on Wed, 5 September 2007 at 19:59

#28

CS (Colin S) wrote:

I started off as a right handed drummer but I’m now left handed!
Do you reckon I’d be able to learn double bass a bit quicker than others because of my previous experience of playing on right handed drum kits?
I was considering investing in double kicks, especially as my kick on my shitty kit is broken!!!!

Colinx

Posted on Wed, 5 September 2007 at 21:37

#29

Dennis wrote:

@ Hey Satan: Ha ha “Cruise control”! I like it ;) Good tips there - I will try some of those out.

Posted on Thu, 6 September 2007 at 08:38

#30

Fordonian wrote:

Colin? Do you mean you used a right handed setup and then switched to a left or that your playing open handed now on a right handed setup? As for the picking up double bass quicker thats just down to the person, not possible to say whether you would or wouldn’t. When you say its broken do mean the drum or the pedal? If its a broken pedal I’d get any form of pedal ASAP and stop using your toes to play! :p Or do you mean investing in having two basseseseses?

If anyone want any more rambles, just fire the question over! :)

Posted on Thu, 6 September 2007 at 17:53

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