Cool fact about the origins of "Weather King." I always just thought it was because weathered was another word for worn out and these heads took longer to do that than previous iterations. Hadn't considered the effect the actual weather had on them.
Ha, I won’t be taking these heads out to any of my PETA corporate gigs, but I do believe Bovid is doing things in an ethical/humane way as well. Not the way “Big Drumhead” was sourcing materials back in the day I’m sure.
@@Unicorns8myPoo exactly, I believe it can be done responsively, and a one man shop creating hide heads is not out here slaughtering healthy animals for raw materials.
Mike, the first thing I thought when you explained what this video as going to show was ho much time and effort you put into putting this out here for us. Thank you so much for that. My first set as a pieced together conglomeration of a marching bass drum. A tom that clamped to that bass and a snare. This was back in 1964. The reason I even bring this up is the snare had a hide head on it. The guy that sold it to me emphasized the fact that humidity would constantantly be changing the tuning. Thank you again for all the work you put into this production.
Hi. A question on the bass drum...did you have a goat hide membrane at the kick side? I want to try out making membranes for an old drum set using my tanning skills and goat hides are all the more plenty where I am. I think it is an awesome approach as the traditional drums this end in Africa have an awesome dynamic feel.
Mike Malone you are a tasty drummer . no pun intended . i am serious . i love military drumming and like that rat a tat tat drum thing that starts with a flam. if i have to face a firing squad i hope your the drummer drumming while they lead me to the post. ❤😊
@@markbahouth2713 I do play regularly with a group called The Pocket Kings, and we have a lot of RU-vid videos, but I play with a variety of different groups each month.
