IRONMAN433's Kits

[ironman433]

Here's a photo of my Ludwig-Roland Circle of Chaos! It consists of a Vintage Ludwig Octa-Plus with 6-ply Maple Shells in Black Cortex mounted on a Gibraltar Rack System, a 6-1/2" x 14" Black Beauty Snare, Paiste Signature Series Cymbals and a Custom Roland TD-20 with 2 - KD-120's, extra drum and cymbal pads and all DW 9000 hardware.
It's one bad mutha...





...and my absolute "Pride And Joy" - a Ludwig Amber Vistalite Bonham Re-Issue Kit customized to be as close to John Bonham's famous set-up as possible! Remo CS Black Dot heads, a 1970 Rail Consolette Tom Mount, Bass Drum Shell Mounted Cymbal Stand, Single Braced Leg Stands, 1970's Paiste Black Label 2002's [15" Sound Edge Hi-Hats, 24" Ride, 18" & 20" Crash's], Ludwig Copper 28" Tympani and a 28" WuHan Gong. (I know - John had a 25" Copper Tympani also and used a 36" Paiste Gong instead of a WuHan - but it's close enough for rock-n-roll!)

[V(ader)DRUMMER]

I say we lock the Circle of Chaos and the Mondor in a room and see which one comes out alive! The ultimate "cage" match!

Awesome kits all around, dude. Thanks for sharing.

[pchanning]

love the vistalites. I have the mini sizes 13,14,16,24 in clear. I would love a gong - awesome Ironman

[SuperPuss]

Hey, now this is my kinda topic!!!! Awesome stuff Ironman.
(I'm a big Led Zep fan too)

Vader, can I join in the Cage match? I'm catching up
I'm working on my custom E gong right now.

[Ralph68]

Kickass ironman! I'm a BIG Zeppelin/Bonham fan as well.

[ironman433]

Thanks for the support!

Thanks for checkin' out my toys. It's funny how there's always time to look at drum stuff! For some reason, my wife cringes whenever I look around on eBay... There ain't no such thing as too many drums!

[tripp2k]

I was blown away at hello and the ambers had me smoking a cigarette with a smile on my face. I don't even smoke

[allanjohn]

Love the miniature kit in the background!

[SuperPuss]

.......There ain't no such thing as too many drums!

No argument there!!

[TestaRossa]

Awesome kits. I rather have the small Ludwig than the E-monster.

[Hercules]

That's great ironman433,

- but you need something in between your e-floor tom and your a-6" tom so you can complete the 360degree rotation - I reckon you could fit an SPD-20 in there pretty well.

Is your stool motorised ? I assume it would spin clockwise.

Can I ask why you went for a-kicks on the e-kit?

[drainage]

Wow man, drum overload (or overlord .

Enormous kit man ! Any vids of you playing this ?

[Sabre]

Can I ask why you went for a-kicks on the e-kit?

Stealth.

The kicks have no rear head/rim so I'd assume there are KD-120's (or the like) contained inside...

Very sweet setup indeed!

[ironman433]

That's great ironman433,

- but you need something in between your e-floor tom and your a-6" tom so you can complete the 360degree rotation - I reckon you could fit an SPD-20 in there pretty well.

Is your stool motorised ? I assume it would spin clockwise.

Can I ask why you went for a-kicks on the e-kit?

Hey, Hecules... You are 100% correct on the dummy acoustic shells over 2- KD120 bass drums. Why? Hmmm... Anal retentive putz for a $100 to win, Alex! Seriously... I'm totally anal when it comes to the "Look" and details! And I'm a product of the '80s Hair Metal era. Mix the two and... Well... I wanted that "Real Drums" look with the e-drum benifits. I felt like I should be playing Mr. Roboto or some Wang Chung instead of old Sabbath, Led Zeppelin or Black Label Society. I play in a Black Label Society Tribute Band - DOOMSDAY DISCIPLES - by the way! (Plug, plug!) No musical value what-so-ever... All image! Same reason people buy Corvettes, etc... They don't want to JUST get there...They wanna look COOL gettin there! Thanks for looking/commenting!