Cavaliers just going with an 8" spock this year?

Anyone remember when the last time a Cavie Quadline rocked a single shot drum? I can't. I'm sure it was in the late 80's...

That's seriously so bizarre looking. That's a big-arse spock drum... I mean, I know Dynasty makes 6-8 spock sets... but just the 8 by itself is a monolith.

The 8" spock ain't new...just suprised to see this in Rosemont.

Actually, there have been a few that have had this...

Early 90's (maybe '89,'90,91?) Blue Devils and '03 BAC to name two I know of.

'86 I believe.

The Bushwackers are and have been using an 8" spock the last few years.

Just an 8 by itself?

I'm certain they used a single 8" drum in 1990, maybe '91, too. Not sure about other years.

With the old thin-shelled un-reinforced Yamahas, those 8" drums didn't fare too well under high tension. I saw a few spocks with pentagon-shaped bearing edges because the shell had collapsed between every single lug casing.

I may have discussed this elsewhere on the forums, but my high school did this for the longest - reason why? Our drums were "converted" from small black to big block - the 8" drum 'one' became spock, the 10" became drum 'one,' and etc. We used old marching snare shells [soon to be discarded anyways] for the drum 4, which were modified of course to give the wedge shape.

I'm by no means saying this is what the Cavies did, but it is not unheard of. I'm interested to see if there are any special applications to the 8", or perhaps they were looking for a deeper sound.

-Zach

Yes.

I don't dig it at all.

One of my students marched that quad line last season and another one this summer- neither is a fan.

Wait, doesn't the 2007 version of latin lover use 6 drums? that's strange.