John Bonham Drum Sticks

These premium hickory sticks are made to the exact same specification as john bonham s original trees from the 1970s and feature his legendary acorn tip.

John bonham drum sticks.

Maple wood drumsticks have john bonham elegantly embossed on each stick along with promuco the company commissioned by custom drum builder eddie ryan who bonham hired to design and make the sticks. John bonham was one of the many drummers who then took up promuco sticks and quickly had his own specification commissioned. Crafted from premium hickory they re made to bonzo s original dimensions and weight and feature his original signature logo too. Original bonham promuco sticks are still highly sought after and now you ll be able to get your hands on faithful reproductions of what bonzo allegedly referred to as his trees.

British company barnes mullins ltd are delighted to announce the up coming re launch the john bonham signature drumstick. He knew it wasn t about how hard you hit them but how you hit them. John bonham signature sticks form a part of the larger range of promuco percussion sticks brushes and rods. Rare set of custom made drumsticks used by john bonham circa 1975 at the height of led zeppelin s fame.

He didn t play heavy sticks he didn t play butt ends out and he didn t smash the drums. During led zeppelin s first tour of the united states in december 1968 bonham became friends with vanilla fudge s drummer carmine appice. Now you can own and play these legendary sticks. Bonham used the longest and heaviest sticks which he called trees.

Appice introduced him to ludwig drums which he then used for the rest of his career. John bonham was one of the many drummers who then took up promuco sticks and quickly had his own specification commissioned. John bonham signature drumsticks re issued for 2020. From december 1968 to the spring of 1969 led zeppelin toured with vanilla fudge who s drummer carmine appice bonham has cited as an influence and quickly took note in envy of carmine s oversized blonde ludwig double bass drum kit.

January 2020 saw the re issue of these iconic sticks under the original promuco brand now in the ownership of the original british distribution company barnes mullins. He had incredible technique. British percussion brand promuco were delighted to exhibit the re issued john bonham signature drumstick at namm 2020 in anaheim california. Promuco s john bonham sticks were available to buy through to the mid 1990s as part of the promuco range until the company ceased trading and manufacture in the early 2000s.

John bonham is a true legend and we re so pleased that we are able to re issue these excellent drumsticks comments alex mew marketing director of promuco s parent company barnes. Original bonham promuco sticks are still highly sought after and now you ll be able to get your hands on faithful reproductions of what bonzo allegedly referred to as his trees.