Re: Ringo: Left-handed drummer, right-handed drum kit?

Mackenzie <jade_f45@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> If I'm not mistaken, Ringo (at least in the early days) used a Ludwig
> Maple Drum set with a 20'' Kick. That has only has a bass, possibly
> 20'' x 14'', a floor tom, 8'' x 12 tom and a snare equipped with a
> ride cymbal, crash and hi-hat. Watching videos of Ringo playing at one
> of the All-Starr gigs, The ride and hi-hat cymbal and snare were on
> his right

I assume you mean crash here, not hi-hat...

> while the hi-hat cymbals and rack toms were on his left, of
> course the bass drum was in the center. Ringo seems to have his snare
> drum anchored more towards the right while mine is more towards the
> center (I'm a righty myself).
>
> He said that he couldn't "sweep around the kit" and he had to come off
> the toms with his left hand and work his way up the kit backwards."
> Witness the "You Won't See Me" fills.

Makes sense.  I have a hard time making left turns in my car :-)

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