#this is interesting i enjoy the drun rants !!! i know nothing about drums so this is cool /gen

[boyswillbedogz]

DRUM RANT!!!!!!!!!!!!

so i was looking at what kit Matt helders (who is the drummer for Arctic monkeys) uses and I found out that he uses a modified type of kit, but the make of it is a Ludwig drum kit, specifically made in 1971.

it looks like this (it has more cymbals out of frame) :3 BUT!!! if you look at the head (the white part) on the snare drum, you can see an (albeit very faint) black dot on it. Ludwig kits don't come with those, meaning he's modified it. I did some digging, and found out that it's a Remo 10 Inch drumhead, often used for dampening audio and modifying it to have a very specific sound, depending on the type of drumhead you buy. his in specific is the Reno 10 inch for the snare, meaning that there is a high chance that he bought it to alter the audio from the ludwig kit and make it have a gritter audio. so he doesn't use it authentically! judging by the logo on his toms, he changed the heads on those, too, but if you look at his kick drum, you can see two black dots and kind of a swirly looking logo and if you look at the remo drumheads for sale, none of them have those dots or those logos going off of this evidence (and a lot of google searching) we can judge that he's kept the same model of drumhead since buying the kit, replacing it every six months (judged by the condition of his kick - looks well kept, meaning that he must be changing it regularly to avoid wear and tear during shows) he also uses the fatback 3a sticks, an unusual choice for a drummer considering the most common sticks to use (especially for musicians) are sizes 5a, 5b and 2b. 3a sticks are thicker than 5a sticks and slightly longer, meaning that they're better for rock songs. I use 2b, which are the thickest sticks on the market and are great for heavy metal songs (which I play a lot of) ^^ alright drum rant over part 2 maybe

drum rant!! yay!!!

HSHDHDJD HOW DO U KNOW ALL THIS /impressed!!!! also damn??? arctic monkeys WAS putting smn in their songs to make them that good 😭 i honestly didnt know u could just,,, go fuck around n modify yr drums but that makes a lot of sense actually- why would u tho ?? /genq