Video: Signal teams up with Masters of Maple to build a cardboard drum kit
Watch Stone Temple Pilots’ Eric Kretz play the corrugated cardboard kit

We’ve already seen the cardboard Fender Stratocaster, as well as a cardboard surfboard and skatepark, and now the latest collaboration between snowboarding brand, Signal, Ernest Packaging and US custom drum builder, Masters Of Maple is a set of cardboard drum kit shells.
In the video, we see how the team at Ernest Packaging take up the challenge to create the shells from stacked discs, supported by rails for strength before being coated in epoxy.
Next, the shells are sent to Masters Of Maple’s Sahir Hanif to cut the bearing edges, drilling and a final fit with hardware and heads. From here, Stone Temple Pilots’ Eric Kretz puts the kit through its paces in his studio, where the sound is surprisingly better than the, er, boxy tone we were expecting!
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Stuart has been working for guitar publications since 2008, beginning his career as Reviews Editor for Total Guitar before becoming Editor for six years. During this time, he and the team brought the magazine into the modern age with digital editions, a Youtube channel and the Apple chart-bothering Total Guitar Podcast. Stuart has also served as a freelance writer for Guitar World, Guitarist and MusicRadar reviewing hundreds of products spanning everything from acoustic guitars to valve amps, modelers and plugins. When not spouting his opinions on the best new gear, Stuart has been reminded on many occasions that the 'never meet your heroes' rule is entirely wrong, clocking-up interviews with the likes of Eddie Van Halen, Foo Fighters, Green Day and many, many more.