It's a beautiful 5" x 14" 8-play maple Pork Pie with a honey-amber finish.
A little over a decade ago I used to own a 5" x 10" power piccolo snare by Pork Pie.
That was the loudest, highest, ear-drum shattering crack I had ever heard. I loved that thing.
I was really into Tim "Herb" Alexander (Laundry, Attention Deficit, Uberschall, The Blue Man Group, A Perfect Circle) back then, he was mostly known for his insanely wacky and mind-blowing drumming for the band Primus. I was never one of those guys who worshiped the Neil Pearts, the Terry Bozzios, or the Carter Beaufords of the drumming world. Those flashy, showy, bajillion piece drum set, drum stick twirling kind of guys have never been my cup of tea. I was more into the guys like Keith Moon, John Bonham, Chad Smith, and of course Tim Alexander. The thunderous-loud rock drummers who threw down the beats that made you bob your head and throw your rock fist into the air.
Tim Alexander was in Modern Drummer Magazine, back in 1991 when Primus released the album Sailing the Seas of Cheese. In the article Tim mentioned he was playing drums by a company called Pork Pie.
I loved the sounds of Tim's drums and wanted to find out more about the company with the funny name. It wasn't that easy to do back then. It wasn't like now where everyone has access to the Internet. I had to deal with the pot-smoking-neanderthals who worked at Guitar Center.
I also didn't know anybody who was playing them or, for the most part, had heard of them.
I ordered it on blind faith and I could not have been happier. It made buying the new one much easier.
The snare was hand-made and signed by Bill Detamore, creator of Pork Pie.
In 1987, Bill started making drums as a hobby. This hobby quickly evolved into a full service drum company. Each drum is signed by Bill Detamore with the date it was made. Pork Pie drums are made by hand in Canoga Park California. Bill still is a hands on owner. He still cuts every bearing edge and does all of the paint jobs on the drums.
I stripped the snare down, polished it up, put it back together, gave it some new heads, and tuned it up. The snare has a nice beefy crack. I'm very happy with it!
2 comments:
"...pot-smoking-neanderthals who worked at Guitar Center..."
Well, as they say, "stupid is, stupid does." Guitar Center is stupid.
I can't wait to hear the snare re-headed; and I hope you're able to get that custom kit down the road. That'd be pretty sweet.
I'll get that custom kit as soon as my motorcycle sells. Right now I have it listed on cycle trader (both internet and print) Car Soup (internet) and CraigsList.
Last Saturday I had a guy come out and look at it / ride it. He loved the bike but it was for his girlfriend and it was just too big of a bike for her. Bummer. I want to sell it before May 12th when I would have to renue my insurance for it. I'd hate to have to pay $200+ for a year's worth of insurance only to sell it just after paing. So the sooner I sell it the sooner I mosey down to Morgan Drums and say "I'll take that one, that one, that one aaaaaaaaaaaand that one."
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