HighWood Drums

CAST ACRYLIC – Is Back

HighWood — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:23:15 +0000

Following demand & a lot of help from a new contact, we are very pleased to announce the return of our Cast Acrylic Drums, the CA shells are far superior to the rolled & glued/welded shells many other companies use, the acrylic is harder, there is less chance of the seam splitting & as they are cast they are as perfectly round as possible.

Several improvements have been made since we last offered these drums, Firstly the cost is now far more reasonable, we stopped making them as a std production model before due to the price on the material almost doubling in less than 12 months, now our new casting fabricator has brought the price right back & we can now pass that to you once again .

The 2nd major upgrade is the wider range of sizes, we can now offer – 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24 & bass drum hoops in matching clear acrylic.

For those who have not herd em, here is Bob one one of the original kits

HighWood Cast Acrylic

We are working on the CA product page, until then the basic costs are outlined below (note exact prices may change depending on spec & depths required).

HighWood Custom – Cast Acrylic

Toms, Floor Toms & Bass drums

basic spec – Clear shells, HighWood Custom Alu Lugs, Gauger Rims on toms, Gull Spurs, Evans Heads

Kits : POA

Snare Drums

Full Spec HC – inc. HighWood Custom Alu & Stainless Tube lugs
14” – (10 lug) £400
13” – (8 lug) £385
12” – (6 lug) £340

Classic spec – inc. SMP or Tube lugs.
14” – (10 lug) £325
13” – (8 lug) £300
12” – (6 lug) £255

More Options may follow, any questions or quote requests, contact us for details, cheers G

INKED BY EVANS – Custom heads on your HighWood Drums

HighWood — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:54:06 +0000

HighWood are pleased to announce we are now joining the Evans Inked Programme, we already factory fit their heads on all our drums, but now any kit can be supplied with a custom full colour Bass head.

Band logos & almost any artwork submitted to us can be printed as required for a small up charge of £50 on top of the kit cost.

The process is quite simple – provide us with the high resolution artwork , text/logos and we will sort the design onto the Evans system, send you a preview for your approval & arrange the printing.

When your kit is ready, it will come fitted with your cutsom head, all inked heads will also feature a HighWood logo coloured & sized to complement your design.

Existing HighWood clients can also have their own custom heads printed that will feature a HighWood Logo for £65 per head. (delivery approx. 6 weeks)

Email if you require more details.

Back from London Drum Show

HighWood — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:01:27 +0000

well G, Bob & Hazel got back in the early hours of last night after an amazing 3 days at the LDS, 1 day of setup, 2 days of show, its was noisy, but great fun & many thanks to our clients & friends, both old & new who came over to say hi, the hallmarks went down very well & many people took advantage of the show stock special offers we had going on over the 2 days.

we will be back I’m sure.

its going to take 2 – 3 days to get back into things here, everyone is totally shattered but we have so many kits close to completion, expect more photos + LDS photos soon.

On holiday 3rd – 10th Oct

HighWood — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:53:48 +0000

Note that Gareth is on holiday now until the 10th of October, taking a week off to recharge the batteries which is long overdue, he will catch up on emails & correspondence on his return.

Please bare this in mind if contacting us.

Drum Hire, festivals, gigs & events – New page added to site

HighWood — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:00:05 +0000

Just thought I would point out a recent update to our website – The Drum Hire page, we have been doing this for a number of years when we could but we have only just made it official & advertised it here, for several years we have been asked by local promoters & event organisers to provide kits for, festivals, events & gigs. being a bespoke company we have not always had to the stock available to do this, but due to increasing demand we are making changes. We are also teaming up with Bob (our drum demonstrator) to offer an extensive collection of drums for studio as well as live hire, this means we have access to a wide range or soughtafter makes & models to cover anyones needs across yorkshire.
Be it for a recording session, one off gig, charity event, 3 days festival house kit, we have live kits designed for gig use that are built like tanks & full hardware sets by Gibraltar available with each kit.

Its been a bust season so far with Hire kits going out for The Long Devision Festival, BOMfest & Travs Fest.

if you are based in Yorkshire & need a kit for an event, let us know.

UK Custom Drum Festival, 1st May

HighWood — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:42:16 +0000

HI Guys & Gals – once again we will be exhibiting at the UK Custom Drum Show in Staffordshire, what eles would a drummer do on a sunday, there will be great clinic’s on all day as well as us & sellow Uk drum makers exhibiting their work.

for more info look here

http://www.jobekydrums.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=111&Itemid=130

see you there!

The Hallmark Snare’s First Review

HighWood — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 14:06:08 +0000

We Recently sent 2 Hallmark snares for review with Mike Dolbear, if you have never been to the Mikedolbear website as a drummer you are missing out, its the internets central hub for drum in news, reviews & info Mike & Gerry do a great job & have been very encouraging of HighWoods progress & development since we started in 2004.

The review is in & I’m pleased to say we seem to have done very well, so much so that David who reviewed the drum for the site is now the proud owner of Hallmark No 8.

click the link to check out the review, hear some video/sound samples & once you have done with that, check out the rest of the site.

http://www.mikedolbear.co.uk/story.asp?StoryID=2584

We are sending more drums off for reviews shortly so expect a “reviews archive” adding to the site shortly.

Drum Builder Has Launched!

HighWood — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 09:51:59 +0000

Thought we should to let you all know, we have officially launched www.drumbuilder.co.uk – its been up since the 1st of January and we have been slowly tweaking it & ironing the bugs out, its early days so there is not much content yet but we have loads yet to go up.

As many of you have noticed, we no longer offer parts & shells from the HighWood site, this is where drumbuilder comes in, its designed to be your one stop shop for all drum parts, components, drum shells & accessories… we will not only be selling the shells that we make but expanding & working with other great craftsmen within the industry, all this plus our ever expanding parts catalog which includes famous & well known brands such as Dunnett, Trick, Gibraltar & Baskey etc.

as well as shells & parts to make drums we are also aware you need to finish what you are making so expect finishing supplies (drum wraps & oils etc.) as well as tips & tricks tutorials going up there every so often as well.

Head over to drumbuilder & have a look at what we have started…. its only going to get bigger.

Merry Christmas to you all

HighWood — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 18:31:40 +0000

Xmas & New Year Closing

HighWood — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 10:41:54 +0000

Just to let all our clients know we Officially close to the public for the Xmas & New Years holiday on 17th December. We re-open on 4th January.
Note that although we are closed to the public, there will be loads going on behind the scenes, we are not shutting down for 2 weeks, orders will still be worked on & we have loads of new products & things to develop for 2011.

One last thing, a quick reminder that VAT rises from 17.5% to 20% on Jan 4th 2011, so get your orders in now to avoid the price increase!