HighWood Drums @ Percussion - UK Hand Made Drums & Drum Shells + Parts and Components Supplier.
28-03-08
Drum Wraps
We are now incresing stock & wrap options, all wraps available in cut to size pieces or full sheets, the range will continue to expand over the next year.
we have launched a sister website to detail our wrap selection, this will soon be tied into our new site & shopping cart, which i will expand on below.
We are revamping the highwood site, pages of this site will no longer be updated, along with this we are building a new shopping facility that the drum wrap & highwood site will link into.
The aim is that our new online store will feature the following:
Our full range of shells, wraps, all parts & components
The ability to check our stock on parts & components
Save your shipping info etc in your account
View order dispatch info from your account
Submit your order & pay via Card, Paypal, Cheque & BACS
The new shop will be up and running before the new highwood site, i should have it upbefore end of april, the new main site will be up a week or so after.
G
21/02/08
Maple Shells Available Now
Our New maple shell line is ready & in stock available now
sizes available up to square sized depths are
10, 12, 13, 14, 16 - 4mm
20 & 22 - 5.5mm (with bass hoops)
14" - 7mm
other sizes available over time, please email for prices
New Website
Im doing a slight revamp of the website, it will still follow the same fomat, but cleaned up & simplified but with afew new features that will be added over time such as a tour of our facility, i am also addressing the bigs that keep repeating in our shopping cart, there will be a new cart/inventory that will house our entire range (all shells, parts, wraps & other products)
i should have most of it done in a couple of weeks.
questions & enquiries, email us!
G
05/02/08
Time for an update
Its been a while since I last updated, we have allot going on, but expect big site updates over the next month, im also considering revamping the site design, we have had this one for sometime & I have some new ideas which I would like to implement in V3.0 of our site, I will need to brush up on a few thing before I can get it going, so it will be a couple of months before I an launch it, anyway onto the news.
Maple Shells
As previously announced we are preparing to launch our Maple drum product line, by mid February we will have shells available off the shelf for faster turnaround, we expect to have similar for the VG birch shortly after, we aim to have off the shelf availability for the majority of our shell offerings shortly.
More Shells
Yes I have more shell news for you, also this month we will begin to offer our VG Birch shells in several std "exotic outer ply" woods, quite simply you will be able to order Birch shells in any size with the following wood exteriors - Walnut, Cherry, Ash, Red Oak, White Oak & Beech & perhaps more.
We will be stocking the above woods for a quicker turnaround than our usual Exotic work & they should be priced quite reasonably compared to std shells.
As ever we have lost more happening, but i will announce more info as i can
last thing - we had another PC fail on us early januray which has mant i have not gotten back to some clients as its created a back log, im getting through everything as fast as i can.
G
Christmas Holiday Closing
Christmas & New Year Holidays
Highwood closes for the holiday period on the 18 th December until the 2 nd January
The last parcel/mail post outs from us will be on the 14 th December
NEWS UPDATE 26-11-07
website update : more images to the gallery, the Cast Acrylic shells & Custom kits pages, we can accept orders for Cast Acrylic now.
New Product Announcement
Due to consistent demand for maple ply drums & shells Highwood has taken steps:
This coming January we will introduce the N.A Custom Drum Line & N.A. Maple Drum Shells.
The N.A. Custom drums will initially be available in the following sizes (almost any depth)
Toms - 10, 12, 13, 14"
Floor Toms - 14 & 16"
Bass Drum - 20 & 22"
Snare Drums - 14"
Estimated price for a 3pc shell pack in a natural maple finish is £999
Raw maple shells will be also be available to drum builders at a similar price to our birch shells.
New Bass Claw in stock
We now have the below stylish bass claw in stock in both Chrome & Black they will be added to our cart soon, but are available now priced at £1.50 each & 1.75 each
NEWS UPDATE 31-10-07
DRUMMER LIVE 07
Highwood drums had a great show at this years drummer live at the ExCel Center in Londons Docklands, it was our first year at the show and a total sucess... we meat many clients, sold alot of drums & made several new friends.
Ronn Dunnett of Dunnett Classic Drums & www.drumsmith.com was at the show and his drumsmith pictorial, we strongly suggest you have alook at some great pictures & video footage from the show.
http://www.dunnett.com/Drummerlive07/drummerlive.html
Ronn had some kind words to say about our work, which can be seen on page 2
"Gareth Heeley of Highwood drums is really making a name for himself.
These drums are of exceptional design and quality. His booth was always so busy I had to
borrow these 2 shots - I could never get an open shot of the drums!"
More News
Sevceral people have requested to read our 4.5 out of 5 review from RHYTHM MAGAZINE
Click HERE to read it here (adobe PDF format)
It will also be added to our Review page shortly
Pearl Drum Wraps
we now has a small selection of amazing pearl drum wraps available, we will be expanding our selection of wraps as time goes on, the wraps available in a full 23" x 53" sheet, or you can order pre cut wrap to the depth of your drum, the wrap page will be online shortly.
New Shell options on the way soon, all available from stock.
Shopping Cart issues - i have most of them fixed, everything should be back to normal in the next 5 days.
Gareth
IMPORTANT - WE ARE HAVING SHOPPING CART ISSUES
Not sure what paypal have done but their new system broke our cart, im fixing it as quickj as possible, if you try to order anything & it does not work, please email me your order & i will process it manualy & request a paypal payment from you.
thanks
Gareth
03/08/07
Rhythm Mag Review
Out NOW
we have not seen it yet, go buy it, we will put the review up here ASAP
Web updates & pricing
Im working on getting the website updated asap, i have lots of new things to add, some info is below
New parts in stock:
SMP lugs in Black Chrome
Smp snare lugs in stock for deeper shells (6.5+) - chrome only for now
Floor tom legs, Pro Floor tom legs in Chrome & Black chrome
Std Floor Tom Leg/ Tom Mount Brakets in Chrome & Black chrome
42 Strand 14" Highwood snare wires (13" wires in stock soon)
New Pricing on some parts - we are reviewing pricing on Heavy Tom Brakckets & DSS mounts Trad Throw offs,
we hope to be able to reduce the cost of some parts
Full price guides on the Anywood & other Custom drums will be up & fully up to spc within 4 weeks.
New Custom Lite drums pricing in in around 7 days, pricing now will include drums with evans heads as std, we are alwo working on new finishes, both std & upgrade.
We are now starting prepping for the NDF in Birmingham, its just under 2 months away, hopefully see you there.
Cheers Gareth
04/07/07
Merch Now In Stock
Highwood Leaf Logo T-shirts (sizes S, M, L, XL) & Stickers available are now available, T-Shirts are avialble in black with a White Logo, The Thsirts are NOT screen printed, the print is much higher quality that is guarenteed to last far longer than a screen print, the first batch of T-Shirts are £8.00 each (£10 with P&P in UK) .
To Order - Email us or send £10 via Paypal to highwooddrums@mac.com or gheeley@mac.com
Sticker info to follow Both Tshirts & Stickers will be on our site & Myspace soon
Drum Heads
We are increasing our head stock levels, from thew end of this week we will have the following items available from stock at very good prices
G1 & G2 Clear - 10" 12" 13" 14" 16"
G1 & G2 Coated - 10" 12" 13" 14" 16"
Power Center Reverse Dot - 14"
Hazy Snare side 300 - 14"
EQ4 Bass Batter - 18" 20" 22" 24"
G1 Coated Bass Reso - 18" 20" 22" 24"
Black Bass Reso - 20" 22"
Thats All For Now
G
22/05/07
Paul Brooke RIP
http://www.mikedolbear.com/story.asp?StoryID=1299
In Pauls Memory, Highwood & DM Drums are honoured to announce:
The Paul Brook Signature snare drum.
* 14" by 5½ " Birdseye Maple 7mm shell
* Hand cut 3mm snare beds
* 2.3mm steel hoops
* Hard oil wax finish
* 10 CNC machined one point lugs
* Taye side latch snare throw off
* Highwood Phosphor Bronze 20 strand snare wires
* Evans Reverse Center Power-dot Batter
* Evans Hazy 300 snare side
* Exclusive etched badge
The Paul Brook signature snare drum will be available for ordering until 5pm on Friday 6th July. No orders after this time can be accepted under any circumstances.
Full payment must be received within 5 days from order. Orders without full payment will be cancelled. Payment by personal cheque only, details available on request.
Full cost is £299.00 plus £15.00 for UK shipping. Contact DM Custom Drums for overseas shipping rates. All profit from the sales will be donated to the Paul Brook Trust Fund. Only material costs will be covered, labour and development costs will be met by DM Custom Drums and Highwood Drums & Percussion. The full amount to be donated will be announced once the order period has closed.
Each drum will be individually numbered, allocation of the drums will be randomly selected and correspondence will not be entered into on this matter.
All orders will be delivered no later than 28th September 2007.
Specifications may be subject to change, any changes will be notified.
Case available at extra cost, details available on request.
Also
Pages of site slowly being added to, new pricing will go up on many of our drum & parts pages, more Shipmen ts of parts (new items & re stock) are on their way.
another update over next few days
G
10/05/07
Web updates, im adding major a mounts of new content over this month, this includes:
Full pricing on other shell options - Modern Vintage, Steambent, Exotic ply & hopefully the anywood
Re launch of the new spec Exotic ply & info on the any wood full kits & snares
Fully finished online shopping for ALL our products, shells, parts & accessories
Dream Cymbals - New to the Uk, the Cymbals that have managed to recapure the classic sound of 30/40's Istanbul "K's" & 50/60's American A cymabls, you will not believe the price.
new OEM, Trade Pricing & info pages on the website regarding this.
More updates tomorrow or in the next 2-3 days
04/04/07
New Stock In & Ready To Go
The Latest shipment is in & im updating the site as fast as possible, if anything you want is not uploaded onto the cart yet, email me: gheeley@mac.com for quotation & info. we have some more stock of Back Order items also due soon.
Phone issues, yes we are having them & this combined with recent Email problems means we are VERY behind on Quotations, enquirys & this has had a knock on effect to parts & order dispatch, i will get to you asap...... but it looks like our phone problems wont be resolved for another atlest 10 days (thanks BT & Tiscali).
Highwood is closed for the Bank Holiday from Friday-Mondaythats it for now,
More updates in a few days
G
28/02/07
New Products & Production Update
Parts - we have new lug, mounts & spur designs on the way (being made right now) , this includes a new single point lug in Snare, Tom & Bass formats
Steambent Shells & Snares - here are some previews of the new line of SB Shells, one Maple one Purplehart, the Snare Drum Line will include some of our new components, Exotic wood pricing & availability will follow soon, maple pricing should be up on the site in a week or two. Kits will follow in the near future.
Until then please email enquiries regarding steam bent shells & snares, we can take orders now, Maple Snare Drums RP is currently expected to be £399.99 e-mail gheeley@mac.com with questions & pre orders
Ply Shells News
Due to increasing demand we are currently expanding our shell production capabilities, many of our OEM & Trade clients are already aware of this, and this has been partly responsible for slow completion of orders, we have been working on a new shell moulding system for the last few months.
The good news is the new system has been completed, tried & tested & works beyond our expectations, it allow us to make the same quality of hand made shell we have outputed for the last 2 years, but it allows us to make shells 5 x faster than before.
we are now making moulds for all sizes of shells & hoops, the outcome of this:
Highwood will soon have a full inventory of stocked shells available for fast delivery in:
VG Birch
New VG07 Birch shells (details to follow)
Various Exotic Ply including:
std stock Walnut, Cherry, Oak, Ash, Beech (Stock Kit shells to follow)
Limited One off Production runs of other Exotic woods - Rosewood
is the first
A full & current inventory list will be on the website & updated weekly & it will also mean all new Trade & OEM pricing based on qty orders.
We currently have the 14, 12 & 13" moulds completed, we expect to have full capability of std shells in 4 weeks, until then we will be using a mix of old & new method.
more news in a week or two.
Gareth
08/02/07
Mike Dolber Interview & Snare Drum Compertition
I recently did an interview for www.mikedolber.com about my aproach, views, product lines & background to Custom Drums, Ontop of this there is a compertition to win a Highwood Cutsom snare up to the value of £400.
here is the link
New Products
Prices & info on the steambent snare shells will go up soon.
New lugs, mounts & other components - im working on several new component lines
Several new drums builds have been added to the gallers section & im also writing a FAQ section.
Phone calls
i have had several messages saying our phone is permanently engaged
or we are not answereing it!
At the workshop we only have a dial up connection if we are online answering emails the phone will be out, likewise if one of us is talking on it, when we are machining we cant hear the phone so wont answer it, also we have had LOTS of calls for general enquiries such as "can you get axis pedals" or " how long a T-rods do i need for this shell".......... PLEASE submit all enquiries & general questions by email, we cant make peoples orders if we are answering the phone all day, i answer emails during my breaks in the day & on an evening, you will get a response, if you have to talk to us & cant get us... Email about it & we will arrange atime to speak on the phone.
More updates soon
G
