Tom Marrone
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Jess Birch, the Owner of GOOD HANDS, is the Drum and Cymbal (1) Whisperer, (2) Historian, (3) Teacher, (4) Wiser Brother, (5) Sherpa, (6) Player, (7) Coach, (8) Air Traffic Controller, (9) Shopkeeper, (10) Aficionado ... and more. One who welcomes and regards customers as friends, and treats them like family, he is generous with his scarce time and boundless knowledge and experience, with patience and never even a trace of a superiority he has well earned and deserves.
He is the exceptionally rare real deal, and it doesn't matter if you walk out of the shop with a free sticker, a $3000 cymbal, or a vintage kit, or a priceless snare. I eagerly travel for hours to his shop -- which is in reality a drummer's clubhouse, studio, hardware store, and library.
Jess is one of the coolest cats you will ever meet. You can make book on it. And if you get your gear from anybody else, you will never know what you are missing. They say "if you know, you know." If you go to GOOD HANDS, you will "know."