ZICKOS!! The Best Acrylic Kit That You Never Heard Of!!
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2024
- Here is an example of a Zickos kit that is in tremendous condition. Usually these are falling apart, but someone took good care of this one! Maybe it will be for sale eventually, but just part of our collection for now, enjoy!!
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I just recently heard of these and man, do they sound fantastic!
They sound great.
Still have my dad's set of Zickos. Probably the only drumset I'll ever need
I SO wanted one of these kits as a teen! Very cool stuff. Little-known fact: Bill Zickos dreamed-up the Hydraulic head, and contacted fellow Kansas (at the time) manufacturer Evans Drumheads, to manufacture them. These drums came standard with Hydraulics top and bottom, either double-clear, or double-blue. It lent these drums a VERY thunderous tone! Still cool, even today. :)
Sounds like Evans Inc “borrowed” that “innovation” for themselves - very interesting!
They sound better to me than most acrylic kits.
Agreed
This is so awesome. I acquired a kit similar to this one from a college friend of mine a few years ago and I absolutely love it!
toms sound amazing! The floor toms are fantastic, kit is in great condition, Great playing Steve
Memories,
Light the Corner of my Mind!
My husband had that set!!
Zildjian Cymbals!! The 70s!!
He was one of the ßest Drummers in Northern Indiana!
I play keyboards ...mostly.
Thanku for sharing!!
Sweet! Patty M.
REMO drums also had the flip-away lug casings in the 80s.
Fantastic kit and playing Steve!
Never heard of ZICKOS! You make them sound real good Steve! Thank you,and peace
That Snare sound is killer! As is the ‘fish bowl’ Floor Tom
I remember Floyd Sneed playing a clear Zickos kit with Three Dog Night the first time I ever saw a clear acrylic drum set knocked me out. As I remember the sound from those drums were thunderous he even played a section of his drum solo with bare hands no sticks. I wonder if the Zickos drums ever had the shell cracking issues that the original series Ludwig Vistalite drums had..I have a mid-1970's Ludwig Vistalite kit and the 9 x 13" tom has developed a shell crack.
Awesome Steve! My favorite channel on drum company history!😊
I recorded a demo on a set of these at Studio One in Atlanta in the 70’s and they sounded like thunder. At the time I had a set of clear Vistalites. The Zickos weighed much more than the Ludwigs and were much louder.
The Zickos shells were thicker, seamless, cast acrylic, as opposed to heated, rolled, and seamed. A much better shell actually.
Had a 4 piece kit back in the 70s,it was the one half of a double kit setup, extra long kick drum size I believe was a 22x24 toms 12x14 and floor Tom 18x18.The kick drum was so long it used 4 spurs, 2 in front 2 in back to keep it stable,sounded like a cannon. The only hardware it came with was a GHOST foot pedal. Like the person said below,this kit was very heavy and really a pain to transport.
awesome!
I had a Zicko’s kit in 75/76.
I remember playing on a zickos when I was a kid! I never really liked clear drums it's as if they really aren't there! LOL!
hey steve...i believe another zickos artist was dennis wilson of the beach boys...and the floyd sneed kit you spoke of is right here on youtube at a live studio concert in england with 3 dog night and if you look at his kit- he's a right handed drummer but, all his toms are reversed over his double bass drums-they look like {starting from the right to left}8x12,9x13 on his right bass drum and 10x14 mounted in a snare stand and 12x15 mounted on his left bass drum...his bass drums are either 14x20's or 14x22's hard to tell as they're 8 lug and two floor toms on his right {maybe 16x16 and 16x18?] and i believe another floor tom on his hi-hat side {but not certain as i haven't seen the film in quite some time} i believe it's from late '72...keep up the excellent work and cheer's mate!
All I saw in the video, very nice.
finaly some information on these. i own a 22x18 bassdrum of these and its a real fun drum and something pretty unique. nice playing!
1968/1969 Ron Bushy (iron butterfly) was the first drummer to have a Zickos drumkit designed by Zickos himself!
I love that kit! 👍🏼😎
great solo loved it
Great vid Steve !! 😁
Wow that sounds fenomenal. I wish I could get my vistalite to sound that good. What are the heads used here, emperors? Great job with the tuning Steve.
Great sounding drums, great solo...you've been practicing again haven't you? 😆
Greati love itt , how much to fly it over to Croatia ?
I had a Zickos. As my first professional drumset I thought they were fine But I did not like the rims and it didn’t have the blue hydraulic heads on it from Evans. But the worst thing about this drum set that probably gave its great sound Is there unbelievably heavy it was all I could do the move the bass drum, The times were also very heavy I am assuming that they’re much thicker than the Ludwig Vistalites. I sold the drum set for $400 in very good condition because I could not take the weight on my back. Lol it was also hard to mount a bass drum pedal because of the metal rims on the bass drum was not very thick. But as Steve showed you you could mount a new Tom head extremely quickly. I believe Keith moon also had a drum set like this.
Shhhh he’s trying to sell them!!
@@rhythmfield They have been sold for over 20 years lol
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I think Tama may have been alluded to..🤔
How do I contact owner to get a price if for sale????
Wow
I had a Ludwig Vistalite kit. I hated the sound. They DREAMED of sounding this good. I wonder what the difference is.
I heard another reviewer talking about how the Zickos shells were thicker than other acrylics.
Ayotte.
Since it is a Greek name, I’m pretty sure it is pronounced Zeeckos.
Ayotte tune lock/loon talk lugs ring a bell?A total nightmare, and weigh a ton.A gimmick.
First failure of this interesting innovative from company: the brand name … plain and simple, the guy shouldn’t have used his family name as a drum product name… But you didn’t hear that from me…