They all sound great. The 30th Anniversary has a quirky, sweet character that I like best.

My friend Alberto from new wine was telling me about Keller shells. He was wanting to be endorsed by a company called ajp drums…. However, he decided not to because they weren’t being available anywhere else

Great drums! Rickety 2 legged hi hat stand bad. I went back to 3 legs!

Eddie, once again you've produced another fine and informative video. Great work brother

Awesome sounding cymbals, own a ride cymbal signed by Mehemet & Agop from back in the day. You wont be disappointed purchasing these cymbals!!!

Overrated & Over priced cymbals

Great story, thank you. I have used all these cymbals over time and have to say, that like any instrument, they all vary in sound and response depending on the player, the type and volume of music, the size sticks used with either wood or nylon tips and mostly the drummers techniques. On top of this too, is the quality of your hearing with most of us old drummers treble deaf from years of playing too loud.

Great vid dude!

Sabian <3 Meinl has a diverse lineup and I enjoy them as well. New Sabian logo is unappealing. Go Sabian!

1986 was the B8 and B8 pro series. Not B8 plus .

"Unfinished 'square' cut shells"?

It's hard to feel good about the Camco name knowing how it became into existence. And something that happens all too often in businesses.

One of the absolute best speaker driver manufacturers in the world is SB Acoustics in Indonesia. They only manufacture "Professional" speaker drivers, and full "Professional" speakers for large venues. They are 100% vertically integrated, meaning 0% outsourcing. They make everything in house giving unsurpassed quality control of their products. They do not sell full speakers, but you can get their individual drivers to build your own speakers with Madisound being the only U.S. distributor. However, even so, their speaker drivers are very affordable and would be hard to beat at any price for a speaker DIY build for home speakers, or they also make 4 ohm speaker drivers for your car as well. Better than 99% of the competition. I say this since I'm sure many drummers are also fans of stereo equipment, and naturally great speakers. But you can build great home speakers for 1/3 of retail cost. Companies have the speaker cabinets already cut into the necessary pieces where you just assemble, and you can always use an older pair of cabinets taking the drivers out replacing them with SB Acoustics drivers. There is also free online software to help design and make the crossovers. Or you could use a DSP with enough channels to custom tune tweeter, midrange, woofer, and subwoofer individually. Just something I wanted to put out there. (Ex. SB Acoustics Woofer $150 each. They make great tweeters as well starting at $50 each that have a great deal of new technology built into them unique to SB Acoustics. Just to give you an idea of price. They also offer a myriad of different materials for their speakers as well).

Thanks for the video. Cool stuff. And glad to see a strong American business still thriving like Keller.

It's interesting Keller increased their production in the mid 2000's. During the "Economic Downturn" back then (Thanks Obama). But I would think it also good that Keller, an American company is being used instead of a foreign company. I think that's great. There is an analysis between Keller drum shells and many "Audiophile" high end speaker manufacturers who design speakers, and design the drivers but have them manufactured elsewhere. In this case generally a foreign company in either Europe or Indonesia or China. They design the entire speaker, but only build the cabinets having the drivers outsourced. This is a very similar comparison in what some of the drum manufacturers do using Keller. (Ex. Wilson or Wharfedale speakers)

Pretty cool 😊

Such a great video! Learned quite a bit. Does Keller still make shells for Gretsch? I have a USA custom built in 2020.

Thought I was subbed, wasn’t but took care of it!

Can't ever go wrong with a 6-lug snare. They have some awesome tone. I've got a few WFL and Trans Badge 5.5x14's and a WFL 6.5x14 6-lug which is crazy good. The old Ludwig 1920's NOB 2-pc snares with 6-lugs are awesome as well and sound way bigger than they are. My 4x14 sounds like a 6x14 and my 6.5x14 sounds like an 8x14. They did something right back then!

Thank you! There's a reason why so many drummers used Rogers back then. I still own a late 70's Rogers XP8 kit.

I don’t get the hate. I have a 90s era DW collectors kit and it sounds amazing. All the early SJC kits were Keller too.

FRED GRUBER, Don Lombardi‘s drum teacher was grooming Don to teach his method to teach Freddys method. Freddy was one of the first and main shareholders in Drum Work Shop. Just ask Don!

I bet you didn’t know that the “round turret” tension casing Originally started life as a bracket for the bass drum shell mounted cymbal holder. It bolted to the top of the bass drum. it had one channel running through it, and the “L arm” that held a cymbal was attached to the turret, by means of a s”T”screw. Designed by GEORGE Way it is featured in the back of the 1952 or maybe it’s 1951 lead catalog the one with the orange color. It was a simple holder mounting bracket in its first incarnation that you didn’t know that.

I bet you didn’t know that the “round turret” tension casing / lug Originally started life as a bracket for the bass drum shell mounted cymbal holder. It bolted to the top of the bass drum. it had one channel running through it, and the “L arm” that held a cymbal was attached to the turret, by means of a s”T”screw. Designed by GEORGE Way it is featured in the back of the 1952 or maybe it’s 1951 lead catalog the one with the orange color. It was a simple holder mounting bracket in its first incarnation that you didn’t know that.

Nice work, thank you.

Great piece ! The research and knowledge you pass along is amazing . Thanks for the history .

Great video, thanks!

Great video. Very informative! Those drums sing!

4 drums, a couple cymbals, tons of sound! BEAUTIFUL!

I’m off tomorrow to check out a Corder kit.

The tv transition was great, what program? The chain pedal was Elvin and Billy? At FI’s ?

Great presentation! It’s so hard to get any info on drum shells of the past!

What a fantastic drum cover . I first heard this tune in the German detective serial " Der alte" ( The old fox) in the early 80s . Was totally hooked to the piano part and floor tom beat that started after the 2.05 minute mark and always wanted to know where it came from as the serial credits did not disclose this song. Loved it and well done 😊

I have a Ride cymbal I want them to design. I own 22 Sabians. 11 HHX and the rest are AAX. My hihats are sound edge Paiste

I just got the pleasure of getting one 20’ medium 30th anniversary. 1906g. I took all my other Cymbals away temporarily to hear this master sounding rich wash of a ride, with drums. 🎶😊🥁. I bough it from Chris Hawthorn @hawthorndrumshop in Pittsburg PA.

Wow, very interesting story! Cool Ronn! 👍👍

Pretty sure Keith Moon was using calf skin on the Who's La-La-La Lies

A comparison between Mehmet and Agop cymbals please

E.X.C.E.L.L.E.N.T!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Eddie this is a great interview man! I have profound respect for RD and have checked out his drums through and through.... All I can say is George would be proud! The hoops even have the tell tale rounded over tall design. In this day and age, where everything is made cheap, that is not the case with Geo Way drums. Worth every penny. Cheers mate!

very interesting, thanks for this video

Almost 5 minutes of history, NOT on drums. REEDONCULOUS!

Keller is an awesome company, and they build very consistent shells, but they've had their share of undeserved bad press. There was a time when the phrase "Keller-shell kit" was practically a 4-letter word, denoting a cookie-cutter, amateur-built kit. In fact, DW's BEST drums were built during their Keller shell era, IMHO. In the early 2000's, when I was heavily involved in the drum industry, I was at NAMM, speaking to my good friend Joe Montineri, at the Keller booth about shell design and Keller quality. Joe was in charge of their R & D at the time, and helped develop VSS and the Vintage series. Our conversation was overheard by Keller President Dr. John Hudson, and when I got back to NY, he had already called me. To make a long story very short, Dr. Hudson hired me as an industry "spy" of sorts, to find out why Keller's reputation had negative connotations amongst drummers, and to attempt to dispel these unsubstantiated myths, so I was on the Keller payroll for almost two years. It has been great to observe how they bounced-back from that "dark era", and are still the Gold Standard amongst shell makers. They also did a line of Acrylic shells at one point, as well as carbon-fiber lined thin maple shells. They are NOT afraid to experiment! 💖

where can I find a tom mounting bracket like that? (ultra magic)? thanks ULTRA MATIC!!!

I pratice on my 3005 Sonor with 14 cymbals, 10 are Sabians AAX and sometimes I join a garage band were they have a Ludwig complete set but I always take my AAX cymbals because they sound great to all the band members and I couldn't agree any better, Ps: wish I could purchase a AAX 20" ride Thank you Sabian for making the best cymbals!!

I love it when people shine a light on the behind the scenes heros. Keller doesn't get the credit they deserve.

Really nice video. I have the same drum (though 5.5 instead of 6.5) and it's definitely one of the best sounding drums I own. I love the Modern Vintage heads on it but I bet calf would sound super nice as well.

thank you i needed this for a school project.

Like your Rogers kit.....My good friend Bob Crelin,is the designer.....

I had a 1920 Black Beauty.....$100 in a pawn shop.....Sold it for $500 5 years later...Wish I had it now...............Ralph Onofrio.

Excellent comparison, really insightful and clearly recorded differences ...