The real topic was Cavies using one 8" spock this year. I guess the final word is Cavies are using one 8" spock because akeith told Jim & Jim it was ok (after they were finished mowing his lawn).

...and it's the first time they've had one spock since '86. I'll now turn it over to Ron Burgundy and Veronica Corningstone for the REAL last word...


Ron: "Well, for all of us here at channel four news, I'm Ron Burgundy. You stay classy, San Diego."
Veronica: "And thanks for stopping by."
Ron: "But mainly, stay classy."
Veronica: "Thanks for stopping by."
Ron: "Stay classy. I'm Ron Burgundy."
Veronica: "Thanks for stopping by."
Ron: "Stay classy. Ron Burgundy."

...Ron: "You are a smelly pirate hooker."

(sorry, couldn't resist!)

...and Let's look forward to some great sound out of Cavaliers' "Samauri!"

Just to comment now that there have been a few shows, I haven't noticed the 8" spock that much. It doesn't sound out of place or anything.

From the video I've seen/heard, the 8" spock is tuned at a good pitch and compliments the overall percussive sound. It's actually a little refreshing to hear because as much as I like a reefed 6" spock, the 8" has more warmth and body.

I agree, it adds a lot to everything I think and the way it is tuned just totally fits the theme 100%. I'm excited to see what will happen with the Cavies this year.

now my high school line uses an 8" as drum 1. Does this mean that the cavaliers won't be playing in the center of their spock? Will they play in the "correct" playing zone? Or will they just crank it so tight it doesn't matter anymore?

I would imagine they would just play the center of the 8 inch, If you play your 8 inch at school, theres not a very big sound diffrence between the "correct" area near the rim, and the middle of the drum.

I mean, The 8 inch sounds nice, but, the positions on it are just to small. (In my opinion) I would imagine it would not make too terrible of a diffrence weather or not they play in the center of the drum. Especially since I'm sure the Cavies crank that 8 inch a lot more then the highschool lines do, since they use it as a spock and not a "1 drum".

Based on the videos I have seen I dig the sound of the 8 inch spock. They have tuned it to what must be the sweet spot. In fact I forgot about the 8 inch spock completely in the first video I watched. It took me until about the mid way point of the second one I watched to recall the 8 in spock.

I saw a video interview of Casella @ innovativepercussion's website, and he said a small snipet of why he had a 8" spock. He did that to have a more Taiko drum sound. And seeing as the show is "samauri", it works quite nicely.

What I don't get is this: Couldn't he get that same sound with the previous drum setup, or does he plan on having Cavaliers march with five drums from now on?