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In Pictures: Spaun LED Drum Kit

By Rich Chamberlain
published 1 October 2010

A kit that has to be seen to be believed

Spaun LED kits

Spaun LED kits

Sick of gigging in poorly lit, dingy pubs? Well, here's one possible solution, combine your kit and lighting rig with Spaun's awesome new LED drums!

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Just a normal looking kit?

Just a normal looking kit?

Just a normal looking drum kit, right?

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Nope!

Nope!

Maybe not! US custom drum-maker Spaun's LED kit take customising your kit one step further by letting you switch colours mid gig.

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Blue

Blue

The acrylic kits feature a remote-control operated multi-coloured light system. Which basically means it looks pretty awesome.

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Cyan

Cyan

The kits feature seven colour choices as well as 18 flashing and strobe effects. Now if that's not a way to liven up a dull gig we don't know what is.

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Purple

Purple

You can also tinker with the brightness and flashing speed, if you really want to be in control of every last detail.

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Green

Green

Spaun can also make the system DMX compatible, meaning that it can be controlled through any DMX software program or lighting console. Which we're sure will be a relief to plenty of tech-lovin' drummers out there.

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Yellow

Yellow

You can check out the kits in action at www.spaundrums.com, and for more details you can email Spaun on info@Spaundrums.com.

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Rich Chamberlain
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Rich is a teacher, one time Rhythm staff writer and experienced freelance journalist who has interviewed countless revered musicians, engineers, producers and stars for the our world-leading music making portfolio, including such titles as Rhythm, Total Guitar, Guitarist, Guitar World, and MusicRadar. His victims include such luminaries as Ice T, Mark Guilani and Jamie Oliver (the drumming one).

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