Brady Jarrah Ply 22" Drum Kit in Blackheart Satin at Graham Russell Drums

Some kits have a presence that you can feel before you even sit down behind them. This Brady Jarrah Ply 22" Drum Kit in Blackheart Satin is one of those.

A bit of Brady history

Brady is one of the most respected names in modern boutique drum building, rooted in Western Australia and closely associated with builder Chris Brady. The brand became known worldwide for bringing Australian hardwoods into serious drum making, and for building drums that felt purposeful, powerful, and musical. Today, Brady kits are increasingly sought-after because they are no longer in production, and they represent a very specific era of high-end, small-run craftsmanship.

Why Jarrah matters

Jarrah sits right in the heart of what makes Brady special. It is a dense Australian hardwood with a distinctive voice, and in a ply build it delivers a focused, authoritative sound with real weight behind each note.

The kit configuration

This is a full, gig-ready setup with three rack toms, two floors, and a 22" bass drum:

• 8" x 7" rack tom
• 10" x 8" rack tom
• 12" x 9" rack tom
• 14" x 11" floor tom
• 16" x 13" floor tom
• 22" x 18" bass drum

Brady Jarrah Ply Snare Drum 14" x 5.5"

Alongside the kit, we also have the matching Brady Jarrah Ply 14" x 5.5" snare drum.

Brady snares are highly sought-after because production effectively ended in November 2015, meaning everything you see now is limited to what already exists on the used market. Add to that the fact Brady built its reputation on handcrafted drums using dense Australian hardwoods like Jarrah, with construction methods and a sound that stand apart from the usual maple and birch world. That combination of limited supply, boutique build, and a genuinely distinctive tone is why good Brady snares do not hang around for long when they arrive in the shop...

Spec

• Shell: 10-ply Jarrah
• Size: 14" x 5.5"
• Lug count: 10
• Hoops: Triple flanged
• Throw-off: Trick
• Snare wires: Puresound 20-strand
• Batter head: Remo Ambassador Coated
• Resonant head: Remo Ambassador Snare Side
• Date: 23/08/01

How we’ve set it up in the showroom

Because it’s on the glass platform, we wanted the setup to be visually clean but also completely functional. It is pictured with the following gear in-store.

Cymbals and percussion

• Meinl Byzance 18” Extra Dry Dual Trash Crash Cymbal - B18DUTRC
• Meinl Byzance 22" Jazz Tradition Light Ride Cymbal - B22TRLR
• Meinl Sonic Energy Om Gong 36" - 136.10 Hz/C#2/Heart Chakra - G36OM
• Meinl Wooden Gong Stand
• Meinl Byzance 17" Jazz Medium Thin Crash Cymbal - B17JMTC

Hardware

• DW 9000 3 Leg Hi Hat Cymbal Stand
• DW 9000 Series Cymbal Boom Stand
• DW 5000 Boom Cymbal Stand
• DW 9000 Double Tom Stand with Air Lift
• DW 5000 Snare Drum Stand
• DW 5000 Cymbal/Single Tom Stand

Heads

• Emperor Coated top toms
• Ambassador Coated snare batter
• Powerstroke P4 Coated bass drum batter
• Ambassador Clear resonant heads

This head choice keeps the kit open enough to speak, but controlled enough that you can hear the tone of these beautiful shells properly, without the setup doing anything to hide what the kit really sounds like.

Brady at Graham Russell Drums

Anything Brady is a rare sight in the shop. A Brady snare on its own is a rare sight in the GRD showroom, and having the full kit here with the matching snare in this sort of condition is the kind of opportunity that doesn’t happen very often at all.