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Unpopular Drum Opinions-Post em Here!
That's why this forum is fun/ we can have differing opinions yet still share them! I like concert toms and roto toms (just watched the old US Festival...
5 years agoAs wife says sell it
I have had relatives and friends in the Nursing Home... they have pictures of things that meant a lot in their lives- but many have said- if they cou...
5 years agoUnpopular Drum Opinions-Post em Here!
Black Sticks?- I haven't tried them as I'd think they'd be too dark on stage- I like the sparkly gold, silver, blue and red ones 'cause they look cool...
5 years ago[B]EARLY 1920s C. G. CONN (SPECIAL ORDER*) 7 x 14 (SILVER/GOLD PLATE)
Thank you for continuing to post these examples of historic instruments!
5 years agoNew Bearing Edges for MIJ
I recut my own with a 45 inside and a rollover out and they sound warm and full to my ears- also agree Precision is top notch... have fun with newer n...
5 years agoNot Vintage tell me about Stagg cymbals
The Stagg cymbals I have come across are no better than the toy ones they sell with kid's sets- they were all dented from multiple hits and seemed 'so...
5 years agoUnpopular Drum Opinions-Post em Here!
Hate me if you will! but here goes: 'You 'gotta' have high end drums (like dw) to sound professional-(for outdoor Summer events in the sun and dust I...
5 years agoCreating stain fade?
I wanted to stain to bring out the grain/ afraid paint would cover it too much unless thinned dramatically- I was also told sprayed stain doesn't dry...
5 years agoCreating stain fade?
Like tobacco burst/ it starts dark at top - light middle- dark bottom/ similar to Duco but done in stain...
5 years agoCreating stain fade?
I am restoring an old MIJ set that has good wood shells with an unusually nice grain (mahogany) I'd like to stain them - but fade it as in the tobacc...
5 years agoSnare Wire Buzz!
As O-Lugs states- if you play LIVE- there is no way to avoid sympathetic vibration- sometimes the bass player will hold a note at sound check and my...
5 years agoPics of my restored CB700 kit w/ wrist watch lugs
Off topic/ but is that an old Wuhan Linear (5 sided) cymbal to the left? I thought I was the only crazy guy still using those funky trash/crashes! I...
5 years agoBlended Family
Very cool Warren- that's how I've been setting up lately/ although much flatter on the toms- 2 to the left gives me room for the hats and puts the rid...
5 years agoE/drums?
For several years (after meeting Frank Beard) I have triggered when we play large spaces or outdoors- even sampling my own kit sounds to trigger: so...
5 years agoIt's all in the 'Sticks'...
I played my first indoor show Saturday after the looong Summer outdoor tour and noticed something- my 'go-to' stick has long been the Promark 747 oak...
5 years ago