In 2002, to celebrate DWs 30th Anniversary, DW produced 200 limited edition drumsets out of
500-year-old Lake Superior
Birch.
In 1999,
when Drum Workshop first unveiled its Timeless Timber drumsets, a unique
quality of sound as well as a new standard of visual beauty was created from
the 500-year old hardwood discovered on the bottom of Lake Superior. DW’s
original Lake Superior Maple drumsets were prized by collectors and
professionals alike.In 2002, to celebrate the drum company’s 30th Anniversary, another
limited edition of the popular yet rare drumsets will be produced out of Lake
Superior Birch.
According to
Drum Workshop’s vice-president and drum designer John Good, the new Lake
Superior drums are just as unique as their predecessors. “This highly-figured
Birch has many of the same characteristics as the Birdseye Maple we found in
the late ‘90’s,” comments Good. “But, it also has a richness of tone and
appearance of its own. In this regard, the drums are not only different from
every other drum on the planet, the wood is also different from the Maple logs
that were raised from the lake earlier.”
The bonanza
of slow-growth trees found on the bottom of Lake Superior was harvested by
under-water treasure hunters who came across the sunken forest almost by
accident. As they were clearing their view, the divers discovered thousands of
logs that had sunk during the trip to local sawmills over 100 year ago. By
inspecting, measuring and researching the trees, historians were able to
determine that many of the trees had been growing for 500 or more years before
they were felled. In addition to their advanced age, more intense figuring and
greater density, the years in the deep, cold water had also cured the wood,
thus providing an uncommonly musical temperament when used to create drums
.DW’s Lake
Superior Birch kits are a standard seven-piece configuration including 7x8”,
8x10”, 9x12”, 12x14” and 14x16” toms with a 18x22” bass drum and matching 5x14”
snare drum with “candy black burst” lacquer finish and satin-chrome hardware.
Furthermore, only 200 of the 30th Anniversary Lake Superior Birch Timeless
Timber drumsets were produced, giving a handful of drummers a rare, second
chance to be part of musical history.
Candy Black
Burst and Grape-leaf Graphics over Timeless Timber Lake Superior Birch with
Satin Chrome
Hardware
Suggested
Retail Price
£8000.00
Reasonable
offers only.
