Core Drums was launched by internationally-respected Korean drum artist and businessman Bong Jo Lee. The new drum company, which is the culmination of four years of research and development, exhibited at the Shanghai and Frankfurt Music Fairs in 2012. Bong Jo Lee explains:

"Our name represents the original English spelling of our country (Corea) as well as our commitment to advancing the art of drum building. However, the word 'core' also has a deeper meaning for every drummer because we know that rhythm is the heart of all music."

Bong Jo Lee and his long-established music business, Drum-Net, have designed Core Drums’ multiple drum lines from the ground up at their Seoul, Korea headquarters using both traditional and newly developed drum-crafting technologies. Although the Core Drums catalog features no less than eight different series of drums, the Apex and Bedazzle series stand out as the progressive company’s most unique and impressive offerings.

Bedazzle: hand-selected North American maple
Bedazzle drum kits are custom-shop-quality drums; made using hand-selected North American maple shells with reinforcing hoops and available in more than 10,000 different high-gloss lacquer finish, hardware, drum size and kit configuration combinations.

Apex: acrylic shells
The Apex series drum sets incorporate a choice of clear or colored acrylic shells with laser-etched graphics and Core's exclusive Xyzzy LED internal lighting and control module to create a limitless variety of tonal and visual effects.

Additional drum lines
According to Bong Jo Lee, Core Drums' additional drum lines, Collision, Destiny, Echo, Frontier and Glare, fill drummers' and dealers' needs for high-quality entry-level and midrange instruments while the company intends to introduce a wide selection of pedals, hardware, world percussion and accessories in the coming months.

Feel free to visit Core Drums at booth (#D2678) during NAMM.