Jeff Ocheltree On Tuning John Bonham's Drums.mpg

http://www.bonzobrosdrums.com/
Jeff was Bonham's drum tech and he tells about how John Bonham's drums were tuned to get that huge sound that he's famous for! Mark Romans also does a decent Bonzo style solo on both the Ludwig Green Sparkle 3-Ply Maple kit and the Ludwig Amber Vistalite kit.

I uploaded this to include the Vistalite kit because I am now the proud owner of the Ludwig Amber Vistalite Bonham Reissue kit featured in this video! At about 9:24, you hear Jeff thank Todd Trent for the use of these drums and that's who I bought them from at his music store in Ontario, California - Ontario Music.

For more Bonham related video downloads, MP3s, photos and anything else Bonzo related... Stop by my website: http://www.bonzobrosdrums.com/

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[TylerNoble22]

Where did you get that roll of felt?

[HardRockDrummer666]

@TylerNoble22 Several places sell it - just not music stores for some reason. They only want to over-charge you for 2 strips at a time!! Try here: hardy-hanson Good luck!!

[HardRockDrummer666]

@TylerNoble22 JoAnn's Supplies also carries felt. You can also check any fabric store.

[AlphaToker]

I'm confused, if it's not "chrome over brass" but "always metal" , what was the snare made out of? These days there are made out of chrome, brass and bronze so what is it?

[HardRockDrummer666]

@AlphaToker The metal snares were a special alloy (mixture of minerals) made with iron/steel & aluminum that Ludwig called Ludalloy. Chrome is just a coating that is put on the shell - not a shell material like metal, brass, titanium, stainless steel and wood. Ludwig even chrome plated some of their acrylic Vistalite shells...

[MACOSXSL]

Incidentally, Jeff... get with the times! Use a battery powered dremel or B&D with a drum bit to rapidly remove/install tension rods. Acrylic sounds better with clear emperor or aquarian studio x, and super-2's. Cs dots have never been that great.

[HardRockDrummer666]

@MACOSXSL I agree on the power tools but the kit you see in the video is my personal drum kit now and it wasn't until I put Remo Black Dots on the batter side that it sounded right! I tried Pinstripes, Powerstrokes, etc... Only the Black Dots had "The Sound" that I was after... You can see it on a tour of my drum studio on my channel...

[drumsanddrumming]

@AlphaToker he is not very prompt, what he means is that Bonhams snare was made from "Ludalloy", a aluminium alloy. Bonham did not like brass

[drummer4theperish]

One Beiber fan didn't like this video. lol!!

[sethrock1]

FANTASTIC ! ! ! Thank you for sharing...

[nastymonsters2]

Opposites ...

[drumsanddrumming]

@HardRockDrummer666 that is the Classic series, maybe from earl 2000.s

[drumsanddrumming]

@HardRockDrummer666 no, it`s a newer with the (is it 7 plyes?), still sounds very good.