North Drums

$8.00 Price Tier: Budget

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Vintage drum gear: North Nexus kit | MusicRadar

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The North Nexus kit is a fascinating throwback to the 1970s, noted for its unique horn-shaped fibreglass design aimed at enhancing sound projection. While innovative, the kit comes with its challenges—restoration can prove costly, as evidenced by a refurbishment that ran to £1000. The rarity of original parts, like the Camco spurs, adds another layer of difficulty. The kit's impracticality for live performances due to its height and the difficulty in finding suitable cases further limits its appeal. Overall, it's a collector's item more than a practical choice for gigging drummers.

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Recorded, which is my only reference, this kit sounds fantastic.

I became aware of these drums when reading about onetime Nirvana drummer Chad Channing, who played drums on all but 3 songs on the album. It is mentioned, in Michael Azzerad's book, Come As You Are, that the flared shells of Channing's North 'Formula' drum-kit (3 rack-toms, 1 floor tom and 1 kick drum in Channing's kit) were admired by Kurt Cobain as much for their volume as the perceived visual flair the odd-looking kit would add to the band's live performances. The kit Chad Channing played was, from the description in Azzerad's book, handcrafted from fiberglass by North Drums which was bought in 1978 by Music Technology Incorporated, who changed the production method to an injection-molded polystyrene process, changing the tonal character of the North brand drums produced from 1978 until the early 1980s, when manufacturing ceased.

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Taylor Hawkins

Singer, Drummer

Foo Fighters

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Seen near the end of the white limo music video

Chad Channing

Guitarist, Drummer

Nirvana

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Chad can be seen playing a black North Drum kit 10" 12" 14" 22"

David Raouf (rdavidr)

Drummer

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In the YouTube video "Buying The WEIRDEST Drum Set I Could Find at Sam Ash," David Raouf (rdavidr) is seen playing a North drum set that he purchased from Sam Ash.

Rob Rolfe

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Enter Shikari

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"Back in August 2017, Rob Rolfe of Enter Shikari visited North Custom Drums in Lancashire UK to discuss a kit build in collaboration with Truth Custom Drums.

Rob wanted to create a Unique sound for the tour and Andy and Rob decided on the following Shell make up for his new kit.

100% Bespoke handmade custom plywood Shells: 10x8 10 ply Maple/Birch/Maple 14x14 10 ply Maple/Birch/Mahogany 20x20 13 ply Maple/Mahogany/Maple 13x7 13 ply Maple/Mahogany/Maple 10x6 13 ply Birch side snare (not show on video)

10x8: The reason for this shell make up was to create more punch from the toms as Birch is quite dry and punchy but the maple keeps the warmth and attack so doesn't pull too far away from the Shikari. In fact it amplifies their sound.

14x14: The Mahogany in the Floor tom was decided by Andy to give the drum a lower tone, to match a similar sound of a 16" floor but would also be comfortable for Rob to play.

20x20: The Maple/Mahogany/Maple Bass drum was decided with the goal to give the bass drum that maple attack and presence. But with it being a slightly thicker shell the Mahogany brings the tone down and softens the kick giving a fuller, fatter yet pronounced sound.

13x7: This is the same reason we did the 13x7 snare as a Maple/Mahogany/Maple. Rob wanted a lower sounding snare drum but still the characteristics of what he was use to. After years of using a 13" snare, it was the only solution we could come to without up-sizing the snare and it works and sounds perfectly. Finally the 10x6 13 ply Birch snare, Rob just wanted a dry, crack, loud side snare, and Birch was my first and only choice for the sound he wanted"