This was one of the first kits that was lacquered in the new and first lacquer booth that the company installed. This will eventually replace the old satin oil finish with - for this kit - a new and matte finish.

Manufacturing secrets
The British Drum Company uses their cold-press moulding technique to build their drums. This means that literally everything is done by hand for each shell that is made in the factory in Manchester. When asking Fraz for any secrets during the manufacturing of these drums, he didn't refer to any secret processes the company has but mentioned that putting the reinforcement rings on the 6" shell were an 'absolute nightmare'.

Legend Series: Spalted Beech - British Drum Company

What is Spalted Beech?

Spalting is a term used to describe the process by which certain fungi grow on dead or fallen trees and after colonizing the wood via travelling up the wood cells from the ends or from broken off branches, leave a most attractive pattern. The process takes 2 to 3 years to reach the ideal stage to cut and season the timber.

The black lines are zone lines created by different species of fungi erecting barriers around their territory. There are primary colonizers who come first and establish territories and then have to defend them against secondary colonizers who are only able to colonize the wood because the primary colonizers have changed the ph of the wood and its structure. A microscopic army. If left unchecked eventually the whole tree is eaten and consumed, part of nature's process of dealing with dead and fallen trees.
- thewoodplace.com

BDC Legend Series
Just like all the drums at the British Drum Company, the Legend Series are handcrafted using the company's unique cold-press moulding technique. The Legend drums are Scandinavian Birch and cross laminated into a 6mm thick shell. Then precision-cut with a 45 degree bearing edges and finished with 2ply reinforcement rings. The Legend Series drums are available as single drums so you can expand your Legend drum kit any way you want. Every drum kit is fitted with BDC's self-developed Palladium hardware.

Available Legend Series drums
Rack Toms
6 x 6 | 8 x 7 | 10 x 7 | 12 x 8 | 13 x 9 | 14 x 10

Floor Toms
14 x 14 | 16 x 16 | 18 x 16

Bass Drums
18 x 16 | 20 x 16 | 22 x 16 | 24 x 16 | 26 x 16

Gong Drums
18 x 8 | 20 x 8 | 22 x 8

Snare Drums
14 x 5.5 | 14 x 6.5
British Drum Company artists include
Steve White, Pete Cater, Jim Kilpatrick, Ian Matthews, Pete Salisbury, Joe Donovan, Salle de Jonge, Martijn Bosman (since this week!)