What is your favorite John Bonham drum kit ?

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Bonham could make any kit sound like Bonham, as Dave Mattacks pointed out:

I was over at Bonham’s house in the early days. There was a jukebox in one corner and a little Ludwig kit with an 18″ bass drum. I asked him a question about some riff or other. I understood what he was saying when he explained the riff, but that wasn’t what caught my attention. Understanding the riff became totally irrelevant. I was sitting and listening to this guy play an 18″ bass drum, and it was exactly the same sound as on a Led Zeppelin record! It was, like, a 4x 14 snare drum, an 18” bass drum, an 8x 12 and 14x 14, and he said, ‘Oh, you mean the thing on blah, blah,’ and that sound came out. I just couldn’t believe it; it was that drum sound from this toy drumset!


https://www.moderndrummer.com/article/july-1984-john-bonham/

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 28 July 2019 12:41 (four years ago) link

http://johnbonham.co.uk/drumsetup/ludwig-speed-king-bass-drum-pedal.html

Throughout Bonham's career, he used Ludwig's SpeedKing bass drum pedal with tight spring tension. Bonham used a felt beater, switching to a wooden beater towards the end of his career. This pedal has been nicknamed the "Squeak King" because of the large amounts of squeaking it produces!
The squeak of the pedal is audible in the following Led Zeppelin recordings:

'Since I've Been Loving You', 'The Ocean', 'The Rain Song', 'Houses of the Holy', 'Ten Years Gone', 'Bonzo's Montreux' and the live version of 'I Can't Quit You Baby' on Coda and 'All My Love' on In Through The Out Door.

Jimmy Page has commented on the squeaking:
"The only real problem I can remember encountering was when we were putting the first boxed set together. There was an awfully squeaky bass drum pedal on 'Since I've Been Loving You'. It sounds louder and louder every time I hear it! (laughs). That was something that was obviously sadly overlooked at the time."

Elvis Telecom, Monday, 29 July 2019 04:38 (four years ago) link

one year passes...

The late, great John Bonham backstage at Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, 1975 pic.twitter.com/FQd6xxlumQ

— Barney Hurley (@barneyhurley1) February 16, 2021

calstars, Tuesday, 16 February 2021 23:23 (three years ago) link

ten months pass...

Peter Grant and John Bonham backstage at the Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1975 pic.twitter.com/7rzNgpZ6x6

— Barney Hurley (@barneyhurley1) December 18, 2021

I never really made the connection with the clockwork orange thug costume until now

calstars, Saturday, 18 December 2021 22:57 (two years ago) link


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