Labrat Drum Tech

25/09/2025

Last customer before the final pack down of the workspace!

What a lovely guy! And an amazing level of faith to let me do this to his cymbal!

It still sounds great, and now it gets to live to crash another day!

See you when we're up and running again!

LDT ❤️

19/09/2025

Temporary closure notice!

Hi all, the workshop we operate from is changing location, thus we have had to pack down and are waiting for the new place to become available.

See you soon!

LDT

26/06/2025

Hello people! Long time, no post!

Back in December I finished a very enjoyable re-wrap job for Tony Bray, the drummer from Abaddon UK!

Tony was a pleasure to work for - he knew what he wanted from the job and I was happy to be able to complete it to his satisfaction 🤘

I had been waiting for some fully assembled pics to show off, but life is busy for everyone atm, so you'll have to wait for those when the time comes! 😄

Tony brought me a fairly beat up 6 piece Joey Jordison signature series copy, here's the job list:

Complete strip of warped original wrap
Bearing edge re-levelling and conditioning
Address and re-coat all hoops and BD claws
Sourcing unique tom mount
Sourcing new tom mount arms
Sourcing replacement 10" hoops
Re-wrap whole kit with imported wrap
Full reheading of all toms and BDs
Service and pro tune

This video scans over showing the final product, which I'm very happy with! I'll post some mid job shots in the future!

Enjoy!

26/06/2025

Just a quick update as to when I can be available at the workshop.

Please message beforehand if you want to discuss services/repairs as I will need to arrange to be at the workshop to receive any items you need taking care of! 😁

FYI - we are not a stocked shop, but I am very happy to advise and source parts for your needs as part of any job you need completing! 🤘

A note on our opening hours details 🥁

We are most responsive to all Whatsapp messaging, calls, texts or Facebook posts during the times below, but please do get in touch at any time – we will respond to you outside of these hours if we are able to.

The times below are not indicative of when we will be available on site, sometimes the work will take us off-site, but given enough notice we can arrange to be available for drop-ins, drop-offs or pick-ups!

Monday 20:00 - 23:00
Tuesday 18:00 - 23:00
Wednesday 20:00 - 23:00
Thursday 20:00 - 23:00
Friday 20:00 - 23:00
Saturday closed
Sunday 10:00 - 17:00

20/12/2024

Almost ready for final assembly! 🤘

"32 bass drums claws,
10 drum hoops,
6 shell air vents,
3 floor toms legs,
2 rack tom mounts...

And a partridge in a pear treeeeeee!"

😆😆😆

17/12/2024

16/12/2024

12/12/2024

How's everyone else's Thursday evening going?

I'm addressing some rusty hoops and giving them a good air dry!

07/12/2024

You know that satisfying feeling when you peel dried PVA glue from your fingers?

Yeah, just like that. But bigger!

06/12/2024

Today's the day we give away guitars and other prizes to some of the folks who bought raffle tickets in aid of local charity Zoes Place.

The 'top prize' is this Agrajag Corvus II, a guitar that has been on quite a journey.

This custom build was spec'd up by local guitar hero, and friend, Kev Smith. Kev put much thought into the materials, the electronics, the neck and the shape - thinking carefully about how it would feel and how it would play. He put together a great plan, and it was an honour to build it for him.

Very sadly, Kev passed due to brain cancer. As his family wished, we finished the guitar at the workshop, and it became the star of the show in terms of driving raffle ticket sales and eventually raising £4,500 for the charity.

We'll be on YouTube at 5pm, drawing the raffle winners live, with loads of technical help from the wonderful John Robson.

See you at: youtube /

26/11/2024

Play hard or go home? 🤘

Or, accidents happen? 😭

Either way, Labrat Drum Tech has you covered!

Upgraded Evans G2 2 ply batter head
Remo 1 ply reso
Re-allign snare wire
Quick tune up to 86/80 tympanic pressure
Drum detailer clean up

Happy days 😎