Geoff Nicholls

Inspired by the avant garde jazzers of the 1950s, the Liberty Avant's motto is to "build and excel, inspire and enhance"

Remo's long overdue first single-ply mesh heads enable quiet practice sessions with a pretty authentic feel

Istanbul - the cymbal company – was founded in 1980 by Agop Tomurcuk, previously foreman at the K Zildjian factory in Istanbul, Turke

Updated collectors' limited editions of the master drummer's unique signature maple snare drum

Limited to just 250, we test Dave Weckl's super-limited collectors' edition snare drum

Zildjian harks back to the 1950s and 1960s for this richly characterful new set with an authentic vintage twist

Sustainably-sourced drums from the unique Brazilian company

Sabian's clever marketing idea, to run an online public vote for the most popular of its latest cymbals to promote, enters its third year.

A new custom snare drum illustrates the breadth of choice from this fascinatingly different firm

Professional quality cymbal series now fully available in the UK

Two hand-made snares in attractive beech wood from the recently launched and rebranded Japanese company

The old Tuscan firm returns with a set of cymbals that demand attention

Professional flamenco cajon with innovative design features and impressive bass response from this top Spanish company

Two superlative custom snare drums hand built from scratch in the UK that look and sound awesome

The Chinese cymbal company, Stagg, first surprised us back in 2001. We always thought of 'proper' cymbals being of Turkish origin, most often via the USA and Europe

The transition from the 1960s to the 1970s saw a sea change in drum manufacture as drummers demanded much beefier hardware.

Sonor joins the Vintage revival

In his Essex workshop, Provenance's Tim Broughton takes reclaimed materials of fantastically varied provenance and fashions them into unrepeatable instruments.

First we had Giant Beat and now we have Big Beat. What's going on?

Cutting large holes in cymbals to give a short trashy sound effect is not a new idea, but Paiste has gone a step further to provide this set of relatively low-priced PSTXs

A collection of dark, powerful and adaptable mega-rides

Traditional-style cymbals, hand-crafted in Istanbul

Easily portable, undersized kits are increasingly popular and in 2014 Sonor introduced three options in its Special Edition (SE) series

Shaw is the UK's oldest brand of drumstick, dating back to 1866 and thus celebrating its 150th year in 2016.

Way back in 1959 Paiste manufactured its first cymbals from traditional B20 bell bronze, or CuSn20 as Paiste prefers to call it.