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Michael Tocker
Good guy, know him personally.
Ummm
Guitar Center? Or do you really need your drums to be independent, fair trade, free range and cruelty free?
Guitar Center sucks
for drummers unless you need sticks, heads, or an overpriced garbage drum set made in Taiwan. That and 90% of their employees don't know anything about what they're selling, kinda like asking for help at Auto Zone or Home Depot. Try bringing a vintage drum in there to get a new rim or match up hardware and see what they tell you. Jack's was THE place to go to for drums in Boston, now you need to truck it down to the cape if you want their expertise. I'd recommend Mr. Music in Allston but they suck for drums too.
Not to mention ...
Properly handled, available for pickup when they say they will be and not sold off by "accident"/impounded by creditors.
Although they may have improved if they have actually hired someone who is clean, fast, tight, and familiar with the local drum repair scene in the last couple of years.
Yeah, I've got friends who have had "experiences" with Guitar Center. But, hey, reality rarely intrudes on anon comments that are trying way too hard to be glib.
Jack's is still T-accessible.
Jack's is still T-accessible..
It's just takes 6 hours to get down there!
Cape Flyer
can get you there in a little over 2, and it's a 5 min walk from the station! (not that it's actually a viable solution)
Arlington
Hop on the 77 bus out of Harvard, there is a shop called Drum Connection right on Mass Ave near Arlington Center www.drumconnection.com/. Never been, but pass it every day.
Clicking on this link brings
Clicking on this link brings up the words "Djembe Drums" in large letters. I would probably call first to see if they even have "normal" drums/kits before taking the bus out there.
Rather than searching "drums"
Try "percussion." Found "Frank Epstein" Percussion in Brookline, but google gave me no address. Interesting that their are places for saxes and violins (I believe both are near Symphony/Berklee), but not necessarily for drums. Then again, I'm a spoiled guitar player.
"Interesting that their are places for saxes and violins"
That's not interesting to me, that there are places for sax and violins. Why, I'd say there's TOO MUCH SAX AND VIOLINS in our society.