Sabian Vault Tour Comes to Bentley's June 2005

 

Heres what Sabian had to say about their day at Bentley's...

"We just wrapped up our Vault Tour event at Bentley's Drum Shop in Fresno, and all I can say is WOW! What a day! We arrived at Bentley's this morning for set up to find approximately 20 drummers already waiting for us (yes, at 10:00am for an event that was supposed to start at 1:00pm!!) We flew through set up so that these excited players wouldn't have to wait too long to get the chance to try out the cymbals. Dana and his crew were such a great help to us, this is a very organized and efficient shop with a great group of people working there. They made us feel very welcome and Dana's wife Cathy even brought us all lunch and fresh baked cookies that she made herself. What more could we ask for!!

From 10:00am until well after 3:30pm, there was a line of drummers down the sidewalk and around the corner waiting for their opportunity to get inside the store to test out some of the rare prototypes on display, and the cymbals were flying out the door!

Numerous times today, we had emotional drummers thanking us for the work that we do and for providing such great instruments to the drumming community. Over and over we heard comments about how great SABIAN cymbals are, how nothing else compares, and how thankful these players are for the work that the Artisans in our factory do. From us, to all of you that we heard from today, Thank You! Hearing how you feel about our products makes all of our work worthwhile, so we greatly appreciate all of the kind words.

We would also like to say a very special thank you to Dana Bentley and the entire staff at Bentley's Drum Shop, as well as his wife Cathy and daughter Alison for providing us with such a great lunch and for their wonderful hospitality! We had a wonderful day."

~Sabian

 

Drummers waiting for the Vault Tour event to start.

 

Waiting for their chance to get inside the store.

 

Look at all those drummers getting the chance to test the rare prototypes!

 

SABIAN specialists working with players to find their ultimate cymbals.

Looky at that there line!!!

 

Jeremy Hendrickson and his brother Jonathan Hendrickson attended the Vault Tour event.
Jeremy left the event with pieces and thanked us for bringing such
an awesome event directly to the drummers.

 

Steve Lopez and his son Matt Lopez purchased 7 pieces today and
commented that they were "blown away" by the whole event and the
amazing selection of the cymbals.

 

Drummer Jamey Demaria with SABIAN's Mark Love.
Jamey bought a 20" HHX Stage Ride at the Vault Tour event and had it hammered a bit more on site.

 

Cathy Bentley saves the day with sandwiches and homade cookies!

 

Getting a lesson on hand hammering.

 

 

Drummer Rob Lewis found an amazing cymbal today as well!
Pictured here with Danette Joos.

 

An excited Brad Baxter signs up for some great SABIAN giveaways.

 

Rick Clack has a chance to try hand hammering.

 

Michael Lopez pictured here with SABIAN's Christian Stankee
and Chris DeLisa purchased 9 amazing cymbals today!

SABIAN's Christian Stankee plays a set of Hand Hammered
hi-hats that had just been made on site. They sounded amazing! Way to go Allie!

 

SABIAN's Allie Cougle pictured here with excited drummer Randy James.
Randy made Allie's day when he thanked him for the great work
that he and all of the other SABIAN factory workers do.
We couldn't make such great cymbals without all of the great workers that we have!

 

 

 

Dana, Alison, and Cathy Bentley

 

Bentley Drum Shop staff with SABIAN Vault Tour crew.

 

*photos courtesy of Sabian