Porkpie Little Squealer

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I have heard many things about the snare drums

but they offer a 4pc. Kit and i like the looks and have great things about the snare but what about the kit?

Anyone have any expiernce with them?

i have called local stores and no one stocks it so i cant try it out.

any reviews would be great
 
I've never owned the brand, but I've piddled around with Pork-Pies, and they're fucking awesome. I don't think I'd play jazz with them, but they're plenty punchy and powerful enough for rock, punk, or metal. Pretty pricey though.
 
I've never played one but I went to a clinic with Derby Todd and he had a PorkPie custom set, they sounded awesome, no mics at all. As Greg says though, they ain't cheap.
 
I have no experience with the "little squealer" (I've never even heard of it) but I have a friend who has a Pork Pie kit and it is unreal. One of the best sounding kit's I've ever heard or recorded. He strictly uses a 4-piece kit (18"x22", 10"x12" and 14"x16" rack toms with a snare) So, what he did was buy several top of the line kits in this configuration, rather than buying one huge kit, so he got a DW, a Pork Pie, a GMS, and something else (I never saw this other kit and can't recall what it was.)

The most requested kit (he does studio work) he has is the Pork pie kit.

Bill Detamore, the owner and maker of Pork Pie drums is one of the most lauded drum makers in the USA. The guy is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to drum making, and if Ken's kit is a general representation of Detamore's work - then I'd have to say those are perhaps th best drums made in America. One of the kits he bought was a DW, and the snare he got with the kit is a 20 ply with rings in it, and there is a gap in the inside of the drum where DW didn't even attempt to make the edges of the interior shell meet inside the drum. To me, I would consider that "unacceptable" as a customer.

The really thick shelled snare drums are made by using two drum shells that are glued together - they cut one, then glue it inside the other one.
This may have changed now that DW makes their own shells. I just wanted to put that in because I have not seen or played a DW since they've begun to make their own shells..... because I can't judge their quality without seeing the product first hand.

But Pork Pie's are simply amazing.




Tim
 
thanks for the reviews guys


i know there little pricey but i think im ready to up my kit to the next level

but at the same time i think im going to be very picky about where i bring it for gigs
even though it would be in cases you never know what could go wrong
 
MidiPunk said:
They're good drums, but I wouldn't give them too much credit versus 'actual drum makers'. They use the same shells & hardware that you can buy at http://www.drummaker.com/.
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Well, I can only say that from my experience between Pork Pie and DW based solely on the actual drum sound and quality of the drum itself - I'd take a Pork Pie kit any day of the week - even though I think the name is the dumbest name in the world.



Tim
 
I got this about a month ago. I like it a lot. I call it Ned.
 

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