Opus Dai | Custom Drum Hardware Blog

Jagger Gonzles, the drummer of the band Opus Dai we hooked up with a drum rack in our Extreme Hardware Makeover, has written to us form the road to to lets us know his rack is holding up great, and that he is getting great comments about the kit from the other bands, the crew, and the fans. He also sent us some great photos. Opus Dai is touring with Rishloo.

• Apr 15 2010 8:00PM Hero’s (w/ Rishloo), Modesto, California
• Apr 16 2010 9:30PM The Stork Club (w/ Rishloo & Kaura), Oakland, California
• Apr 17 2010 8:00PM Club House 24 (w/ Rishloo & Kaura), Sacramento, California
• Apr 18 2010 8:00PM Lil’ Red Lion (w/ Rishloo), Eureka, California
• Apr 21 2010 8:00PM The Trove (w/ Rishloo), Grants Pass, Oregon
• Apr 22 2010 8:00PM Twilight, Portland, Oregon
• Apr 23 2010 8:00PM El Corazón (w/ Rishloo), Seattle, Washington
• Apr 24 2010 8:00PM The Ike Box (w/ Rishloo), Salem, Oregon
• Apr 26 2010 8:00PM The Bombays Redding, California
• Apr 27 2010 8:00PM North West Tour, Chico, California
• Apr 28 2010 8:00PM North West Tour, Sacramento, California
• Apr 29 2010 8:00PM North West Tour, Stockton, California

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Extreme Hardware Makeover is a new video that shows you how you can customize your drum kit 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 like you 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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