Behind The Backline

When you’re a drummer that has made custom furniture for 20 years and your drums age to the point of being unplayable, what options do you have?  Well, you could wait to scrap together enough money to buy a new one, or decide to put those woodworking skills to even more use, learn how to build drum shells and build your own kit.  I’m sure you can guess which path Jefferson took.   Behind every Sugar drum is 20+ years experience with woodworking techniques, knowledge of quality wood selection, and a passion and obsession to create high quality, high standard products. And behind the Sugar name is a standard of quality, passion and love that can only be matched and surpassed by the relationship Jefferson has with his daughter and company namesake, Ms. Ruby Sugar.  If a drum doesn’t meet his criteria, it becomes unworthy of bearing her name.   Sugar, while a small operation of only two drum builders, is on a mission to preserve the true definition behind the word “custom”, focusing on building a drum all the way