New gear and kit shots- New Zildjian EFX!

[crolfe1]

So for Christmas I got to spend a lot of time with my loved ones, and I also picked up some new gear! Here's the new bounty list...

Vic Jazz Brushes
Promark 5A Hickory's
New Remo Coated Emp's on all the toms
Korg MA-30 metronome
Zildjian 9.5" EFX Zil-Bel (One incredable bell!!)

The new Zil-Bel
http://www.fiveshotslater.com/CR/cgdk1.jpg
Old school and new school metronomes
http://www.fiveshotslater.com/CR/cgdk5.jpg
My girlfirend looking pretty
http://www.fiveshotslater.com/CR/cgdk6.jpg

[crolfe1]

Some new, updated kit shots...

http://www.fiveshotslater.com/CR/cgdk2.jpg

http://www.fiveshotslater.com/CR/cgdk3.jpg

http://www.fiveshotslater.com/CR/cgdk4.jpg

[pauloz!]

You got the same head setup as me!! Except do u have a PS3 on your bass batter??

[crolfe1]

No, right now it is a 22" EMAD with no dampening rings attached.

Its a shame too, when I got my heads I wanted to grab a Remo PS3 to replace the EMAD, I would have even liked to get a PS2, but the shop was out of both types except in the Pre-Packs.

That EMAD sounds great but suffers from horrid durability issues. The option to use the EMAD only lasts for about a few months. The EMAD ring breaks and falls off the head around that time. May as well be a PS2...

Any PS2/3 users around here??

[Tim]

lookin great man. tahts one of my fav. kits on here. those korgs are awesome for the price, i have one. and to your question...i am a ps3 user. i have a clear ps3 for batter and a smooth white ps3 for reso. its great. i love the sound i get out of it. nice coated emps too man im thinking about switching from g2 to coated emp and diplomat as resos for them.

[crolfe1]

Hmmm a Diplomat for a tom reso...

I wonder how that would sound. They are so thin that the tom would resonate and sing much longer than normal.
I've always been a fan of an Amb. snare side over a coated Amb. or CS on the snare. The toms would have a coated Amb. or Emp. over clear Ambs.

Only super thin head I've used was a Hazy 300 for my maple side snare when I had it.

I used to be a fan of the simulated studio sound that well tuned Pins. would give me. Lately I've fell in love with the warm open tones of the thinner batter heads.
And as always, I've owned both Aquarian and Evans, and Remo keeps me comnig back!

[Tim]

i just took the hazy 300 off of my snare and replaced it with an amb. at the time tahts all gc had so i just took it to replace my stock pdp snareside. i love the amb so much more. im gonna give the 300 to my friend that still has his stock on there. it only has about a month of play on it.

[crolfe1]

I'll never use anything other than a coated Amb. over a clear Amb. on my brass snare. I'm thinknig of trying out a diplomat snare side once I get a solid wood snare. I am to afraid the bearing edges on my Edge snare will slice through a diplomat if I tune it high...

[full collapse]

I use diplomats for my reso on all my drums besides the bass drum. Sounds great.

And do you think we could see some specs? I'm loving the cymbals.

[Senseless Apprentice]

Oh man that is one hott lookin setup!

[blujelly]

looking nice!

[-Taye-]

Nice.I see you like your Zilidgians.

[Wizz]

:amaze: I have the same setup as you , but with HHX cymbals

[Joseph_Yamaha_SCA]

Very nice setup dude....looks like a blast to play on.Got everything rather easily in front of you.

[Linkinbassist]

why does everyone feel the need to post pictures of their girlfriends?

*is highly single/jealous*

Very nice kit, BTW...how does the bell actually sound? (if you say 'like a bell...', there will be hell to pay...)

[-TheGlassPrison-]

AH SO NICE,


so nice..

[Joseph_Yamaha_SCA]

^^^^^ I was heading out to visit family...They live about 45 min from my house(boring drive) and well this one car that drove in front of me for several miles had a lic plate..***-TGP ...for the longest time i was trying to figure out where the hell did i see TGP at...And sh it clicks now ^^^^^

[-TheGlassPrison-]

:D
i saw it on a porn site once.. j/j lolz omfg.. srsly..

[crolfe1]

Very nice kit, BTW...how does the bell actually sound? (if you say 'like a bell...', there will be hell to pay...)


The bell has a lot of "bell like" qualities when struck softly. For example, if you took a huge alarm clock and set it off, this would be the sound you would get.

When struck hard the bell really chimes. It rings for about an hour after its hit and sounds like a "clangy" chime. If you have ever listened to to The Chariot, their drummer uses this bell in almost every song.

Thanks for the complements guys :)

[FockerTheLopper]

Lovely, can you give me some advice on how you got all those cymbal in that little space

[Potato]

that is a beautiful set. *tear wells in the eye*
lucky man.

[Undisco Kidd]

That is one of the best setups I have seen. It's quite large, but it seems really clean and easy. Brilliant.

[\m/-CHeV-\m/]

:amaze: I have the same setup as you , but with HHX cymbals

I don't believe you :naughty:

[rockindrummer]

Nice kit man. I love you set-up and you kit in general! Those A customs are sexy too man.

[Jezen]

My girlfirend looking pretty
http://www.fiveshotslater.com/CR/cgdk6.jpg

Specs?

[White]

Wow looking great, loving the pedals, and the cymbals, and Haha good one BB

[spike9908]

:amaze: i see you've been whoring yourself out a lot for a lot of money.


all them nice DW stands and decent Zildjian cymbals(i only really like K customs and a few A customs)

[K]o[L-666]

hella nice drum set !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Plan B.]

Love the kit.

[PandaDrummer]

dude, crolfe....your g/f looks sooooo familiar...is her name by any chance destiny??

[DuckinFutch]

Specs?


AHAHA

nice...

and awesome setup, it looks schweet...

[crolfe1]

Specs?
Haha! She's a great gal :)
BTW... C and size 8...

crolfe....your g/f looks sooooo familiar...is her name by any chance destiny??
Her name is Liz and she's here with me in Maryland :)

Thanks again for all the nice complements. Its taken awhile to build up my set exactly how I wanted it (now time for kit #2!) and I'm glad I'm able to share it with you guys! Hopefully I can get some audio up in the near future!

[crolfe1]

Lovely, can you give me some advice on how you got all those cymbal in that little space

I'm thinking of doing a thread/how-to on using (odd) pieces of hardware to create unusual stand combinations sometime soon. It will have loads of pics. Essentially it will be a small guide to inspire others to set up their hardware in ways they may have not originally thought of!

[RushHourSoul]

Wow, that kit looks perfectly set up, apart from the hihat is miles away from the snare, but apart from that, everything looks really tidy. Also those white VF brushes look cool :cool:

Id appreiciate it if you had a look at my thread too :)
http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=395341

[aznriceball]

I'm thinking of doing a thread/how-to on using (odd) pieces of hardware to create unusual stand combinations sometime soon. It will have loads of pics. Essentially it will be a small guide to inspire others to set up their hardware in ways they may have not originally thought of!

heh, i always thought i was the only hardware mixing fanatic. clamps/dogbones were made for people like me :D

i got soo tripped when i saw the DW9000 multi stand, because i was doing that same thing with another cheap set of boom stands, except they were much less quality, werent knurled and usually just ended up hurting me :p