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PR Testimonials
Kevin Dunlap said this...
Hey guys, I had to write and tell you what an amazing product you guys
have! Last night after a gig I piled up my drums outside the backdoor of
the venue and wouldn't you know it. Some bonehead came around the corner
going pretty fast. He hit my drums and everything went flying and I mean
flying! My toms rolled about 20 feet and I litterally saw my prized 1970
Slingerland snare that I had just had professionally restored fly
through the air and then it went rolling down a hill. The snare was at
the point of impact with the car. My cymbals went spinning and landed
about 5 feet away. I have a 3 tom bag from Beato and a bass drum case
from Beato and a cymbal bag from Beato but my snare case is a protection
racket case. Well my drums are trashed! That is except for the snare! My
snare didn't even get so much as a scratch. The zipper on the Beato basg
split and that allowed the toms to come out of the bag and one of them
rolled down the hill. The knucklehead of course didn't have car
insurance so I will have to find a way to get my drums fixed. That is
except for the one that I had in my Protection Racket case!!!! What is
the sense in buying cases to protect your drums if the first time you
need protection it isn't there. Kind of like having insurance that won't
cover a crash! It is going to take me a while but I am going to buy all
Protection Racket cases now. Thank you for making such an amazing
product that would stand up to a car to protect my snare!
Here's what Nick Hemingway has to
say.....
Few decisions in my life have been as easy as this one; I have been a
satisfied Protection Racket customer since 1999, they have never let me
down, ever... Their attention to detail is simply staggering, and the
case construction & materials are far beyond high quality, from the 'Racketex'
waterproof outer, 'Propadd' dual density foam protection to the 'Propile'
fleece inner that polishes & cleans your drums while they are in the
case.
They have literally developed the best
materials possible for each individual component and when they are put
together in a Protection Racket case it creates something that is far
greater than the sum of its parts... And all this is before they add
features like indestructible, waterproof, rot proof zips. Bonded nylon
stitching that doesn't deteriorate and holds the case together even if
an area of stitching is breached. Webbing handles & seams that give a
staggering 1,500 kilo breaking strength. Totally rust proof &
indestructible satin finished nickel plated steel zip pulleys. Luggage
tags, size labels & countless other innovations that in my opinion make
Protection Racket cases the best in the world.
This opinion was reinforced to me
recently in such a clear way that I will never use a none Protection
Racket drum case ever again. One of my cherished (& expensive) drum kits
was protected by a mixture of Protection Racket cases & 'Hardcase' brand
hard cases, this kit was toured & rehearsed on for 7 years & was
constantly being transported, each drum was transported in the same way
& treated in the same way...
A few months ago I was cleaning the drum
kit & noticed a lot of wear & scratches on the drum I was cleaning, on
closer inspection I realised that only the drums that had been in the
hard case's were showing the excess wear & scratching. The drums that
were in the Protection Racket cases were all still perfect.
The rust on the lug screw also goes to
show just how well the 'Propile' fleece removes surface moisture. As far
as I can tell, the drums move around in the hard cases no matter how
tight you fasten them, the tiny amount of foam in the top & bottom of
the lid just isn't enough to hold the drum in the centre of the case
during transit, consequently the drums appear to be rubbing against the
hard plastic sides of the cases, and the shock is passing directly
through the hard unforgiving plastic directly to the drum.
I have heard a lot of rubbish talked
about the difference in protection between soft cases & hard cases, and
firstly I don't consider Protection Racket cases to be 'soft cases' as
such, as far as I am concerned they are semi rigid cases. But whatever
you call them Protection Racket cases absorb shock & protect from
scratches far better than any hard case I have ever seen. I have
experienced the very real & expensive proof first hand...
In my opinion, any drum would survive
better in Protection Racket case from any fall than it would in a hard
case, the unique design of the Protection Racket cases gives all round
thick absorbent shock protection that dissipates the shock damage before
it reaches your drum & even spreads the load if the drum strikes a sharp
corner or ridge. The hard case simply passes the shock directly onto the
drum & the hard plastic sides can damage your drum even if the ground
doesn't.
In the extremely unlikely event of a drum
case being crushed with sufficient force to damage the extremely strong
residual shape of a drum, by being run over by a tour bus for example,
it won't matter what type of case it is in, the drum will still be
matchwood, the only difference being the one in the Protection Racket
case with be cleaner, scratch free matchwood, oh... and the odds are the
Protection Racket case will still be fine to use on your new drums once
you have washed off the tyre marks & got rid of all the sawdust...
This is why professional musicians all
round the world trust Protection Racket to take care of their valuable
instruments, to see Nick's profile & see a full list of protection
Racket Endorsees visit
http://www.protectionracket.co.uk and click on the Endorsees button.
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