![]() From myself and all who have been on the "Chromey Crew," thank you all for so many years of joy celebrating Rush, Neil Peart, and this amazing drum kit. Neil Peart we need to thank for putting this drum kit's history in place and blessing us with the opportunity to share it with others. Over the years I realized how much I enjoyed sharing Chromey with the fans far more than owning it, and I'm always going to miss that heartwarming experience of seeing the fans excitement and how much the opportunity meant to them. For 12 years I've enjoyed bringing the kit to various appearances and at the Rhythm Discovery Center. I had to make a very difficult and heartbreaking decision to sell Chromey for a myriad of personal reasons. "To all the Rush fans and fans of 'Chromey,' I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all of you, for your enthusiasm for the kit, and for your curiosity about the upcoming sale of it. The day before the Nashville session started, news broke that Rush drummer Neil Peart had died after a battle with brain cancer. Last month Bobisud posted the following message to the Chromey Facebook group: Crown Lands worked with three Rush producers and one of Neil Pearts old drum kits to complete the 10-part Context: Fearless Pt. CREDIT: Bonhams The drum kit played by Rush drummer Neil Peart between 1974-1977 has sold at auction for just over 500,000 (£379,000). It has most recently been displayed at the Rhythm Discovery Center in Indianapolis. Bobisud refurbished the kit (affectionately dubbed Chromey) and spent the next several years displaying the kit and raising money for charity with the help and support of other Rush fans (here's a 2011 interview with Bobisud where he discusses the kit and using it for charity). The set ended up being awarded to New York drummer Mark Feldman who held onto it until auctioning it off on eBay to Dean Bobisud in 2009. You can access the gallery of photos by following this LINK. Photos taken from his earliest, Pre-Rush days through to his final performances with the band. It was then placed in storage in 1977 and was one of three drum kits donated by Neil Peart for Modern Drummer Magazine's Neil Peart Drumset Giveaway in 1987. So today, as we look back at Neil’s impact behind the drum kit, I present to you a collection of over 200 carefully selected images aptly titled Neil Peart: The Man Behind the Drum Kit. The kit was originally purchased by Neil Peart in the summer of 1974 from Long & McQuade in Toronto, just after he joined Rush. The auction ended earlier today and the kit was sold for OVER $500K - much higher than the expected $100-160K. ![]() ![]() Oh, and - I'll get shot for this - if you want an accurate reproduction of Neil's sound from back then, get tom mounts through the bass drum, and put Evans Hydraulic heads as your batter heads, to get that dead-ish 70s-style sound.Neil Peart's original Slingerland drum kit, which he used from Fly By Night through 2112, recently went up for auction via Bonhams auction. Slingerland was probably using maple shells with reinforcement rings, but the vintage guys can tell you for sure. I think Tama was using Birch back then I may be wrong. If you really want to capture that sound, get a kit that has shells made like the Slingerland or Tama kit you're most interested in. Wide open and resonant is not what Neil had going on back then! Oh, and - I'll get shot for this - if you want an accurate reproduction of Neil's sound from back then, get tom mounts through the bass drum, and put Evans Hydraulic heads as your batter heads, to get that dead-ish 70s-style sound. I think Tama was using Birch back then I may be wrong. Buddy Rich on the drums (jazz-festival654-buddy-rich by frankkeillor is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.) Electronic Drum Advisor broke down Buddy’s style: He would master both sheer and delicate approaches to the kit, although he was best known for his powerful and intricate drumming. The dimly lit barn, redolent of straw and cow manure, was an early imprint, and later in life a dairy. Much of his young life was spent working as a farm equipment parts manager for his father, Glen Peart, in St. If you really want to capture that sound, get a kit that has shells made like the Slingerland or Tama kit you're most interested in. Neil Peart was born on September 12, 1952, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Then he got the Tama Rosewood kit for Hemispheres, Permanent Waves, & Moving Pictures. I think the '77-'79 kit was finished in black wrap or lacquer. This kit was Vibra-Fibed, and had 24" bass drums, instead of the 22" bass drums in the prior kit. I think Neil used the chrome-wrapped Slingerland kit through the 2112 Tour, and then switched to a different Slingerland kit for A Farewell to Kings & Hemispheres.
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