garfield Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 https://systemblue.org/percussion/professional/ Less hardware. Carbon, maple, proprietary design. Sound? Inquiring minds will want to know (and see live). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrumManTx Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 BD using those this summer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garfield Posted January 21, 2016 Author Share Posted January 21, 2016 BD using those this summer? I know nothing, but I would suspect that current sponsorship agreements will likely drive that decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAZZER Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 I know it is still winter, but the video on the BD Facebook page from January camp that was posted two days ago has Pearl product being played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garfield Posted January 21, 2016 Author Share Posted January 21, 2016 I know it is still winter, but the video on the BD Facebook page from January camp that was posted two days ago has Pearl product being played. BD currently plays Pearl drums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Tuma Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 https://systemblue.org/percussion/professional/ Less hardware. Carbon, maple, proprietary design. Sound? Inquiring minds will want to know (and see live). "Dry" sound? Not a fan. Calling it Fatboy seems ironic. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flammaster Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 The drums are made by an English company Natal so I bet the drum set is going to be nice. I hope they also develop the pit equipment. the front ensemble is doing a whole new style of warm ups now. They are doing etudes instead of the old check pattern stuff like dirt etc. My son played some of them for me on his synth. I went to camp last Sunday and their hornline is more balanced sounding than anything I have ever heard. The music sounds classical. I only heard a couple things but what I heard sounded incredible. They are doing some really great things in Concord. Too bad the pit was not there for me to watch but I live close enough now to ride my bike to Mars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mingusmonk Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Part of this overall announcement. http://systemblue.newswire.com/news/the-revolution-is-live-7376965 System Blue enters the music products industry. Together, this is our time. Kansas City, MO, January 21, 2016 (Newswire.com) - It is with great excitement we announce that System Blue has entered into a compelling new era. January 2016 marks a definitive moment. System Blue will design and manufacture all of its own brass and percussion instruments. This is a hugely momentous move and is a definitive moment in the company’s history. With over 100 years of combined experience, System Blue is now designed and manufactured by System Blue. Our time is now. https://systemblue.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2muchcoffeeman Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 If they take us back to the "dawk dawk dawk dawk" days of the 1990s, consider me uninterested. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mingusmonk Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Even if BD is making a switch to their own product, the drums pictured on the website (both the Fatboys professional series and the Traditional series) are 3D drawings. Looks like it might be a bit early to be outfitting an entire drum corps. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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