John Trimble Essays on
Music, Bands, and the World at Large

Excerpt from:

John’s Gear

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John Trimble has played Ludwig Drums since 1973. He records with either: Kit One: 1973 Ludwig Custom in Butchers Block 24” bass drum / 14” floor tom / 16” floor tom / 12 and 14” Roto Toms / Ludwig Super Sensitive snare drum Cymbals (My Left to right) 20” Zildjian Constantinople medium ride 13” Zildjian Mastersound high hats 16” Paiste thin crash 21” Sabian AA ride 15” Zildjian “A” Medium Crash 10” Amedia closed high hats 17” Sabian Effeks Crash with 10” crash stacked 20” Zildjian China Boy High DW / Pearl Hardware Kit Two: 2001 Ludwig Custom in Maple …  [ read more ]

Essay List:

  • The Tragedy of Slow Motion
  • Crushing on Vince Mendoza and the Metropole Orchestra
  • The Memory Sherpa Sticks His Thumb Out
  • Joe Radovich
  • Three Weddings and a Tour de Donut
  • The Memory Sherpa
  • Cafe Bombay
  • On Phil Howard and Soft Machine
  • Sound Check
  • John’s Gear
  • Robert Wyatt: An Appreciation
  • It’s the Mole! On Matching Mole
  • JFK: The Fifth Beatle
  • Why Jimi Matters
  • Phantom
  • Squeaky
  • Cosmo
  • The Road Ends in Water