Judas Priest kit up for auction

A magnificent monster!  That’s the description Chris Wright, Managing Director of UK drumstore DrumWright gives to the ex Judas Priest drum kit which his store is to auction for charity on E-bay between 7th and 17th January 2010.

The kit was used by Scott Travis only on Judas Priest’s Europe and USA tour earlier this year.  When the kit was returned Pearl decided to donate it to fellow Pearl endorsee and Deep Purple drummer Ian Paice for the charity event called The Sunflower Jam which Ian’s wife Jacky organises every year.

The Sunflower Jam was created in 2006 by Jacky.  Her goal was to create a small, intimate Rock and Roll live music event and awareness for charities that provide holistic care and support to children and adults suffering with cancer.  Since the first event in 2006, The Sunflower Jam has been privileged to have had performances by artists such as Robert Plant, Paul Weller, Deep Purple, Status Quo and Gary Moore.  This years’ line-up included Ian Paice and Don Airey (Deep Purple), Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden),  Micky Moody (Whitesnake), Gary Brooker (Procol Harum), and Dennis Locorriere (Dr Hook). So far The Sunflower Jam has raised over £300,000 for charity.

Chris Wright has supported Ian and Jacky in the organisation of these events and offered to help auction the kit on his company’s E-bay site to give it the best possible exposure given Judas Priest’s worldwide following, especially in the USA.

The auction will go live Thursday 7th January and will finish 17th January.  To find it, go to

Drum Wright's Ebay shop and click on the link to Judas Priest Kit

Or search for the Judas Priest Kit on http://www.ebay.co.uk/.

This is a totally custom built “one of kind” Pearl Masters Maple drum kit which include 6 ply maple toms and floor toms and 10 ply maple kick drums. All the drums were covered in a custom mirror chrome finish especially for the bands band's last European and USA tour. The kit comprises two massive 24x24 inch bass drums, 10x9, 12x9 and 14x9 inch rack toms, 16x16 and 18x16 inch floor toms plus a Sensitone 14x6.5 inch steel snare drum.

Rather than the rack pictured, it comes with a brand new set of Pearl's flagship 2000 series hardware (snare stand, hi hat stand, 2 x Eliminator bass drum pedals, 2 double tom stands with cymbal attachments and a tom/cymbal stand).

If the same one off custom kit were bought today it would have a UK RRP of around £9000.

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