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Graham's Clarke's replica
Yamaha drum kit
Graham
is the drummer in the UK Rush tribute band 2112. His Yamaha kit brings to mind Neil's
candy-apple red Tama Artstar prototypes with electronic satellite kit.
Here are some pictures of my kit, just got the drum rack
in December and turntable being built at present to make
it turn round. I play in a Rush tribute band in the UK
called 2112. We've been around about 8 years and have
headlined the UK Rush Convention 3 times during that
time. The kit is actually a Yamaha and sounds great,
the Roland gear is a TD20 and SPD20. Bit of a challenge
playing the Rush stuff to say the least but been
listening to them since 2112 so some of it has sunk in
during that time. Anyway enjoy the pictures. Regards,
Graham
www.2112tribute.com
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I asked Graham about how the bass drums were
suspended over the drum riser.
The
bass drums are attached to the rack so although it looks
unstable its actually very sturdy. It looks like they
are floating in mid air which is pretty cool. The other
advantage is floor space and the fact our singer can't
knock anything over, which all singers seem to have a
habit of doing! The rack design is very similar to
the racks that were around in the 80's, the ones used by
people like Tommy Aldridge when he was in Whitesnake.
The kit is actually the same model as the red Yamaha he
used on the 1987/88 tour albeit a bit bigger. The rack
was built by a guy in California, check out
www.levelrack.com.
Tony did a fantastic job, particularly getting the 2
kits to set up and work together. Can't wait to get the
turntable done then I'll be able to turn it round which
will be great. That will probably be manual until
I figure out a way of putting a motor on it. I'm
actually in a covers band as well and the rack splits
down so I can use either kit on their own. So I use the
electronics in the covers band which is great and helps
with the bad back!







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