hey folks. my site has been acting kinda weird the last couple months. buddy paul finally got it sorted for me today. thanks a million, paul! just wanted to wish everybody some happy holidays and stuff. this year was a difficult one for this company as well as a lot of other folks i know. i guess if yr reading this, we made it thru. i also turn 37 yrs old today, so it’s been a day of reflection. i’m excited to see what the new year holds for mlasko drums as well as my personal life. i’m playing drums more than i have in quite a while, and that’s been a good thing. i just wanted to share some words of encouragement with anyone reading this; it’s all gonna work out, somehow. thanks for yr support and let’s keep doing what we do as well as we can. things can always be worse, but let’s expect them to get better. different, i’m sure, but better. a.m.

(clears throat) –drum roll please…

free snare drum with custom drumsets!!! order a kick drum and at least two toms and we’ll build you a matching custom snare drum at no cost! it’s like us just giving you $400… special good till the first day of winter (december 21st). what are you waiting for?!

–hell yes! i’m pleased as punch to be playing with some great folks lately:

monstruos del mar- my instrumental surf rock band is made up of some long time pals. myspace.com/monstruosdelmar

roy kay combo- it’s not just a trio anymore! i’m super stoked to be playing traditional rockabilly with these notoriously drummerless kats. myspace.com/roykaytrio

johnny mercury and the hot rockets- high octane rockabilly music! johnny’s the real deal and this 3 piece will have you on yr feet. myspace.com/johnnymercury

it sure is nice to be playing music more as opposed to babysitting other folks that do. i still like babysitting, but i promised myself i’d play more this year, and voila!

building some pretty cool kits right now. pictures to follow.

have a good summer kids, and maybe i’ll see ya at a rawk show!

-a

hey gang,

just a little update for y’all. been out with the presidents off and on for the last year. their touring schedule allows me to be home A LOT, so if yr ready for some kick-ass drums, hit me up. i’ve got time and delivery times are a bit quicker than usual lately (around 60 days or less!). this is our 15th year building drums and there’s sumthin’ special coming this fall to celebrate…

take care, kids.

aaron mlasko

see the ‘for sale’ section for a list of killer drums and cymbals!!! times is tuff and i need to pay some substantial bills asap! -aaron

so i think i’m gonna have some new badges made up that say “mlasko quality CLASSIC drums” instead of “mlasko quality CUSTOM drums”. i’ll still do “custom” non-classic designs, but my heart’s really telling me to go this new (old) route. it’s what i dig and i hope enuff folks feel the same way. a.m.

mlasko quality custom drums in very gretschy midnight blue pearl. slingerland lugs and sticksaver hoops, classic t-rods and claws on bass drum which has 8 lugs on each side! -sounds incredible… inlayed b.d. hoops, aquarian modern vintage heads througout (very calf-like sound and feel), vintage tinted sealer on interiors and edges, no air vent grommets on toms, gretsch roundbadge outside roundover edges on toms, lug springs left un-packed like vintage drums (can be packed if it bugs you)… way-cool retro 50’s vibe! –a rockabilly dream-kit:

9×13 8 ply maple tom
16×16 8 ply maple tom w/ retro legs
14×22 8 ply maple kick w/ retro spurs

$1999, o.b.o.

aaron
206.850.7795

i love old drums. i’ve owned a lot of them and beyond certain limitations inherent with ‘age’, they are often superior instruments, if just for their good design. new drums are pretty cool sometimes, but the old ones have a certain style that modern stuff lacks. i’m contemplating only offering traditional style drums. i end up trying to talk folks into the historic sizes (usually with success) anyway. it’s a thought.

i get more excited about building classic drums. they looks great, sound great and aren’t like everyone else’s. it’s the opposite of what’s “in”, but isn’t it just hella-cooler?!… retro stuff just speaks to me more, personally; i’m just into that lifestyle. a bit of a middle finger to the over-stimulated soul-free electronic age? perhaps. i digress…

anyhoo, the old designs almost always works for modern music as well as period stuff. if you doubt me, i will reference lots of diverse sounding, cutting edge records that i’ve brought “old” drums to. i’m a custom drum company and i want to stay “custom”, but i’m wondering if i shouldn’t just take some of the options away and focus on what i know to be better design…

stay tuned while i either shoot myself in the foot or define my drum-making for the better(?), aaron

…once upon a time, there was a fancy-pants modern kick drum. it was made quite nicely in japan, but due to unfortunate trends in modern music where questionable sense of aesthetic dictates the norm, it was born as an 18×22. gorgeous historic gretschy tangerine glass glitter could not make up for it’s inherent handicap. it looked a bit silly and was hard to tune and transport. a well-meaning fella purchased it and eventually brought it to aaron for some major soul-surgery. our hero proceeded to spend a few hours on it with assorted gruesome instruments, and voila! –a way cooler version of a 22″ drum that will serve it’s wise owner for a long time. THE END

the moral of the story, dear listeners, is that refined ideas will always have more authentic style and function than trendy ones.

(semi-apologies for the sarcasm, but i’m happy to convert things like this for you. happy new year to y’all, aaron mlasko)

9×13 8 ply maple tom (no tom bracket installed; mount on snare stand or add rims mount)
16×16 8 ply maple floor w/ legs and gretsch brackets
14×22 8 ply maple bass drum w/ gibraltar spurs

retro sizes, burnt orange satin oil finish (VERY gretsch!), old skool brass grommets, slingerland lugs, claws and sticksaver hoops.

killer drumset. sounds ridiculous. brand freakin’ new! as you probably know, i don’t usually build anything that’s not a custom order, so while it lasts: $1990 o.b.o.

aaron
206.850.7795