Intensifying Facts

TRICK drums - Aircraft Grade AL13

Superior Material - Superior Technology

Made from higher standards, our drums provide unequaled warmth, sensitivity, attack, focus, resonance.

Responsive to all different types of heads and head changes

Explosive when played hard

Focused and defined when played soft.

All Trick AL13 shells are the same thickness.

The depth and diameter is all that separates one drum from another in pitch/tone.

This is why Trick drums always sound so consistent. 

 Trick shells are one ply 1/8” / 3.175mm with machined double chamfered 45 degree bearing edges. Thinner shells, regardless of material, will fundamentally produce a lower note.

Physics dictates that the thinner the shell, the lower the fundamental note it will produce.

(This gives your bass drum the lowest, and warmest tone, while bypassing the need for multiple plies of wood for structural strength.)

Trick’s shell material -  AL13

is inherently strong by design and specification, therefore requires no additional structural support.

While other manufacturers use the notion of progressive plying as a benefit,

We at Trick believe this to be untrue.

Progressive plying is used to achieve strength, but the side effect of those extra plies actually ends up raising the pitch of each drum. Wood, as we all know, is very beautiful, but organic and therefore subject to many inconsistencies as a result of its evolution and growth process. Progressive ply wood drum shells, which is what you get from all major drum manufacturers, also contain fillers, resin, glue and ply wood that is also commonly inconsistent.   Trick’s shell material is the result of a chemical recipe, which is the same each time, and comes with a verifiable method for proving its integrity.*

TRICK drums are manufactured under the AS9100 - Revision B standard.

AS9100 is the quality system requirements for suppliers to the aerospace industry.

This is an uncompromising standard of structural integrity that comes standard with every drum we build.

Trick drums can also be finished with Digital Image Technology, as well as an environmentally friendly process called powder coating.

With Trick Drums Digital Image Technology, any image can be used to enhance the look of your new drums!

Powder coating provides the sturdiest finish available today.

It offers multiple benefits over painted or stained finishes.

• Greater durability
• Greater stability to UV light – the powder coated finish won’t fade
• A wider variety of finish types
• Re-coating - if you get tired of your present color, you can send your drums back to the Trick factory, have them stripped and re-coated (for a nominal charge) and your drum set will look like you just bought a new one for a fraction of the cost.
• Solid colors, candy apples, textured finishes, metal flakes and cast finishes are also available.