
„My drums are all about progress and making a different kind of drum. I have shaped the drumsound for 30 years in studios for god knows who. I have received multi Gold and Platinum Records for my work over the years. Masshoff Drums are based on real drumming and recording experience. THIS is is why those drums have been some of the most used and sampled drums over the last decade. From Apple, Alicia Keys, Nick Cave, Coldplay, Native Instruments, Toontrack to Charly Watts and into the living rooms of thousands of drummers who use the sound of my drums and tunings on their e-drums. In order to achieve that you really have to bring something special to the table. Every drum is handcrafted in my workshop. This year 2025 is the 15th Anniversary of the company and my 26th year in drum making and I still got tons of ideas and prototypes...
— Udo Masshoff
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.