This rack was designed and built by REO Speedwagon drummer Bryan Hitt and his tech. After seeing all of the new chrome clamps on the Geosphere rack at NAMM 2010 Brian and his team came up with a new design for his tour.
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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.
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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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We recently posted a history of the Drummers of Michael Jackson featuring Gibraltar artist, Jonathan Moffett as one of several esteemed drummers that Michael worked with during his career. Our own Brent Barnett interviewed Jonathan Moffett during “This is It” tour rehearsals at The Staples Center, just weeks before Michael’s untimely death. Here is our exclusive video interview, shot during “This Is It” rehearsals, showing how Brent helped to design and assemble Jonathan’s rack for the tour, the same rack that Jonathan performed with during Michael’s memorial service on July 7th. Both Jonathan and the rack that Brent helped design can be seen in the film This is It opening October 27th.
Jonathan first toured with the Jackson 5 during their Destiny Tour. The rack he had during that time was also pretty elaborate and custom designed. When Gibraltar Hardware came along, it gave Jonathan the opportunity to not only design and build the rack himself, but at a much more affordable price. Since Jonathan’s racks are so elaborate, they often take several days to design. Fun fact: The first Gibraltar Hardware rack that Jonathan toured with has designed for Janet Jackson’s 1993-94 tour seen here.
Here is a list of clamps model numbers Brent mentions in the video.
- SC-GRSCARA adjustable right angle camp (chrome version of SC-GRSARA)
- SC-RF/R Round Rubber Feet
- SC-RBA Rack Tube Boom Attachment
- SC-GRSCARA (chrome version of SC-GRSARA)
(photos by soultonecymbals.com)
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