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Video: 12 Ways to Add Effects or Splash Cymbals to Your Drum Set

It is so easy to mount a few splash cymbals, mini cymbal, or small crash cymbals to your kit. Here is how to do it:


(watch all 12 videos on YouTube, link to this playlist)

Last year we made two posts (with text and photos) about the many ways you could add a splash or effect cymbal to your kit: How to Mount Multiple Effects Cymbal Stacks and Add a Splash—Or Two Or Three!. Here are 12 short videos that explain the features of most of those cymbal stand accessories.

If you see a stand you like, double click on the video which will take you to the YouTube page for that video. In the info section in the right column we have placed a link to more info about that stand accessory and where you can purchase it. Download a pdf on all of these cymbal accessories and more.

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Jagger’s First Gibraltarized Gig at The Troubadour in LA

Part 3 of the Gibraltar Extreme Drum Hardware Makeover series. Jagger of Opus Dai sets up and tears down his rack for the first time after having it Gibraltarized by the Gibraltar Hardware experts. Performing at The Troubadour in Hollywood Jagger gave the drum kit a work out. Afterward he hung around to let us know how the new drum hardware performed.

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Video of Gibralto Man with Gibraltar Artists at NAMM 2010


Gibralto Man, the new Frontman for Gibraltar Hardware, was very popular at the Gibraltar booth at the 2010 NAMM Show. Some of the biggest names in percussion stopped by to hang with Gibralto Man – including: Mark Schulman, Jonathan Moffett, Gregg Potter, Bryan Hitt, Derek Kerswill, Clayton Cameron and David Lauser.

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Gibraltar’s Extreme Hardware Makeover Video

Extreme Hardware Makeover is a new video to show drummers how they can customize their drum kits using Gibraltar’s endless hardware options for drum customization.

The inspiration for the video came from my own experiences. I am constantly building and rebuilding my hardware and rack set ups to explore new solutions for drummers to fit any playing style or any drum kit. I have to admit since I don’t perform as much these days, I am now that guy in the basement at night geeking out to discover something new I can do with drum hardware. So, I decided why not share some of the fun and see what we could do to solve someone else’s problems. So we conceived the Extreme Hardware Makeover video where drummers can see our process of analyzing a hard working kit and how we can improve the functionality and beauty of the drum kit set up.
There’s more! Continue reading the rest of this post…

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The Geosphere Custom Drum Rack at NAMM 2010

Brent Barnett shows a drum rack using several new Gibraltar Hardware clamps: the GCS-450C 4-Post Curved Rack, SC-GCSRA Chrome Series Adjustable Right Angle Clamp, and SC-GUATC Chrome Series Ultra Adjust Tube Connector. The Geosphere Rack built and designed by Brent Barnett and Bryan Scheidecker of Gibraltar Hardware.

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