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Articles by: Dave Holmes

The Armor cymbal bag can accommodate up to 11 cymbals.

Ahead Armor stick and cymbal bags review

By Dave Holmes

The Black Widow's ingenious finish is created by embedding strands of glass fibre in the wrap.

Dixon Black Widow Drums review

By Dave Holmes

  • £975
More bangs per buck: Meinl's HCS cymbals are made from inexpensive MS63 brass alloy.

Meinl HCS Cymbal Pack review

By Dave Holmes

  • £125
  • $246
Drumport's 20cm circular hole is sited at the centre and aligns with the bass drum beater.

Drumport drum insert review

By Dave Holmes

  • £34.95
Surface is divided into six durable, rubber velocity-sensitive pads with three smaller pads along the top.

Roland SPD-SX Sample Pad review

By Dave Holmes

  • £585

We take a look at Roland's new sampling and percussion pad

Cheap, light and lovely to play.

Traps A400 review

By Dave Holmes

  • £299
Structural Load Equalising Deck (SLED) effectively spreads and distributes the load.

Ahead Armor OGIO Sled Accessory Case review

By Dave Holmes

  • £155

A new case that's designed to make transporting drum hardware a little less arduous

Pads are designed for sticks but are sensitive enough to be played with the hands.

Alesis PercPad review

By Dave Holmes

  • £79.99

Alesis's new electronic pad proves good things come in small packages

S-Drive confi guration includes a huge, undrilled 22x20-inch bass drum.

Sonor Essential Force S-Drive Kit review

By Dave Holmes

  • £1089
  • $1325

Sonor's Force drum kit series is given an update

The versatile Retro Fusion is available in either maple or birch construction,

Mapex Meridian Retro Fusion Kit review

By Dave Holmes

Ultra-thin and very flexible, these can fit where traditional drum mats can't.

Softapads SoftaMats Multi-Instrument Anti-Slip Mats review

By Dave Holmes

  • £14.99
Realistic sounds are easy to achieve with this kit, right from the first hit.

Gear4Music WHD DD516-Pro Electronic Drum Kit review

By Dave Holmes

Waterproofing is taken care of by an outer layer of 600-denier polyester on the Ahead Armor cases

Ahead Armor soft drum cases review

By Dave Holmes

  • £33
  • $58.5
The light natural maple finish features an inlay of two strips of Bubinga.

Gretsch Mark Schulman Signature Snare review

By Dave Holmes

  • £222
  • $500
The kit is finished in a two-tone Motor City Blue lacquer.

Gretsch Renown '57 review

By Dave Holmes

  • £1606
  • $3010.99
The sturdy rack comes ready-assembled.

Alesis DM7 USB Kit review

By Dave Holmes

  • £459
  • $799
The shell graphics echo those from the film The Matrix.

Dixon Matrix Green Snare drum review

By Dave Holmes

  • £453

An oak and steel hybrid with a well-focused sound