I came up with the Excalibur "Edition" back in 2012. It was the first ceramic coated drum on the market and to my knowledge it still is. The drum is the standard Big Chief with all features but baked in ceramic...why??

The coating does three things:

1. It produces an additional high frequency wich can be described as "white noise". This makes this drum a perfect recording drum because it has a great presence in the mix without adding "white noise" with equilizers. This is multi Grammy Award winning producer/mixer Michael Ilbert´s go to drum for recording and he says: "The drums sound like they are all ready equilized!"

2. It protects the drum against aging. The drum in the picture is 11 years old and has only minor wear of use. You could put that drum under water and the coated parts will not rust or anything. It is acid, beer, sweat and fire proof! When it comes to preserving drums that are well in use you will always run into the problem of corrosin by sweat and humidity. Problem solved!

3. It looks magic, aberacadabera!

Waiting time for this drum may vary between 8-12 weeks. Other color options available. Please ask for info.

You can hear Michael Ilberts´ Excalibur Snare and 7 other snare drums as well as my special Steel drum kit on the Toontrack Sampler "The Rooms OF Hansa". There are lots of more sound examples on You tube.