Ok ok, here it is, finally!

[Chippy569]

Ok, so mother nature wasn't very cooperative with me lately. But today, i had time off (no work today o.O) and the sun was out, so i swept the porch patio thingy and hauled the kit out for some piccies!

http://www.inkinc.hostedz.com/images/drums/NewKit/Front/Front3.jpg

I had to bring out the stagestar kick because otherwise it looked really lopsided. Should be soon, i hope, that the 2nd kick is in its place!

http://www.inkinc.hostedz.com/images/drums/NewKit/Front/Front2.jpg
and ain't she a beaut?

http://www.inkinc.hostedz.com/images/drums/NewKit/Drivers/Drivers5.jpg
there it is all laid out... pretty well set up if i do say so myself! and yes, i am left-handed.

http://www.inkinc.hostedz.com/images/drums/NewKit/Drivers/Drivers4.jpg
a straight-on drivers shot.

[Chippy569]

http://www.inkinc.hostedz.com/images/drums/NewKit/Right/Right1.jpg
Those babies shine, don't they?

http://www.inkinc.hostedz.com/images/drums/NewKit/Right/Right2.jpg
Dan did an excellent job with the color of the kit!

http://www.inkinc.hostedz.com/images/drums/NewKit/Top/Top2.jpg
"Yo momma so fat, her picture in the yearbook was an arial!"

http://www.inkinc.hostedz.com/images/drums/NewKit/Top/Top3.jpg
I think this shot was my favorite, a cool angle if i do say so myself!

[EchoMuse]

Looks amazing bro, get shots when the other bass drums there too, itll probably make it...will make it even more amazing some how..hah, he really did a great job though. I like it a lot. Niiice stuff. =)

[ludvista29]

AWESOME, How's it sound? Specs?

[Chippy569]

Specs time!

Raven Custom drums
20x18 kick
8x8
10x9
12x10
14x14
16x16 toms
DW Drums
10x6 Collector's Snare

Paiste Cymbals
20" Signature Heavy Bell ride
14" 402+ Hi-Hats
10" 802+ Splash
18" Signature Power Crash
18" Signature Full Crash
18" 502+ China
Sabian Cymbals
16" AA El Sabor Crash
Zildjian Cymbals
6" Zil-Bel
Wuhan Cymbals
12" China

Gibraltar Hardware
Road-Series rack and clamps
Tama Hardware
Most of the boom arms are out of my tama stands.
IC Hi-Hat stand
PDP Hardware
402 Double Pedal (i don't recommend it)

Pintech Electronics
Mastercast mesh head trigger






So the reason I couldn't snap pics saturday was because it was prom night...
http://www.inkinc.hostedz.com/images/DavidJackie/Prom06/Jackie2.jpg
and isn't she beautiful? tops the kit by a thousand!

http://www.inkinc.hostedz.com/images/DavidJackie/Prom06/DavidJackie2.jpg
the night went very well! Dinner was great, the dance was fun, and the after-party was filled with food and fun and music and more dancing!

[ludvista29]

She looks like shes looking at your crotch in the last pic :lol:

[White Riot!]

Rep ++ for being left handed.


People should stop whoring their girls , I aint got one to whore so i feel all left out!

[VTDS_xx]

Niiice.
Loving that kit.

[White Riot!]

the snare looks horrid I must say

[Sabian4015]

Wow those outside shots look amazing! How did you shoot those last two arials?

[TormentorScott]

I think the snare looks great. Good to contrast the flat black.

The whole kit is very cool. Although the left side (from drivers seat) looks very spread out and hard to get around.

Good to hear your prom was fun. Pretty early, Junior prom I assume?

[Chippy569]

yeah i'm a junior, and our school has always had prom the weekend after easter.

the porch is just outside my window, and up a floor is my 'rents room. I shot the behind-the-seat shot from my room, the OH is out my 'rents window. there's also another raised porch around the corner over the right side that i stood on for the vertical shot.

I love the snare, though a newer, bigger, badder, 14x7" is in the works.

[We_Love_Lime]

That kit spits hot fire.

[ThugsRook]

looks great! :thumb:



still gettin used to that 2nd floortom i see ;)

[fishbulb]

That's really cool. Again, i love that finish, or stain or whatever.

[Chippy569]

looks great! :thumb:



still gettin used to that 2nd floortom i see ;)
yeah, it's weird :D

[drummerdave]

kits lookin sweet man, that is an awesome black finish

[GooseFilms.net]

How do you have your hi-hat set up? I'm still in the market for another bass drum, and I was about to buy one the other day ($350), but I realized I had no way of setting my hi-hats up that way. I know pearl has a bass-to-hi-hat clamp, but its something ridiculous like $40 for such a small piece of hardware, and the bass drum is pretty expensive anyway, so i decided against it.

anyway, are there specific stands that are easy to keep next to the bass drum without being folded up? Or is my best bet to just suck it up and buy the clamp along with the bass drum

[Chippy569]

for that pic, i took my tama IC (it's got two rotating legs) and rotated them far left, but i aim to get one of those pedal-to-drum attachments (tama makes one for 30 or so on massmusic.net).

http://www.music123.com/Tama-MHA623-Hi-Hat-Attachment-i48602.music

otherwise, Gibraltar makes a legless hat stand that might do the trick for 'ya.

[Snarz]

Lovely kit...Great pictures.And A++++ to being left handed I am too lol.

[Zildjian]

wow, still my favorite black kit ever.

[Berk]

Thats a balck turned out REALLY nice.
You know have my favorite set on MX.

[MeaninglessPhoto]

Chippy, what can I say bro? I love your set. Theres not one imperfection on it. I am jealous of you for multiple reasons

1. Your kit owns
2. You have a patio big enough to put your drums on
3. By the looks of it, your yard is invisible from neighbors
4. Your girlfriend looks like my ex girlfriend for some reason.

All I gotta say is, you are one lucky bitch man.

[ThatOneDrummer]

wow chippy i really love your kit...such a huge improvement over the old stagestars...way to go! and as for that ride i think ive said it a hundred times...:amaze: most beautiful ride ive eer seen...congrats!:thumb:

[The Fiction We Live]

I love that kit. You said your going to have a double bass right? Are you going to shift thr setup at all for that?

[Plan B.]

That black looks great!

[Chippy569]

thanks very much guys! Dan's been reading this thread and i think his ego inflated 32194234-fold.

The 2nd kick is going to go where the stagestar is, the kit just looked funny wihtout something under there.

[aznriceball]

Prom and your custom drums arriving. Lucky!! Whats next, you went to prom in a 24k limo? :D beautiful pics dude

thanks very much guys! Dan's been reading this thread and i think his ego inflated 32194234-fold.

can you blame him? :D

[the fat llama]

rep++ for being lefty and even more rep for having an extra bass when ur using a dbp

[pitchfork]

Nice kit and nice girl, hope your all very happy together, is the kit your love child?

[daveplaysdrums]

nice kit and finish, but I love how your second bass drum isn't actually joined to any kind of pedal! :p hahaa

[MapleX]

Rep ++ for being left handed.

Sry how is he lefthanded? the toms scale downwards to the right... like a right handed kit...

*Edit* Realllly nice kit, never picked this up b4 but did u design the tribal art thing on ur avatar nd bass head?

[Chippy569]

no, it's kanji (read: chinese), says "Love"
i've also got one that roughly translates to "peace" or "harmony" for the 2nd kick when it comes.

I am lefthanded, i play openhanded (notice the ride BEHIND and under the hats?), meaning my left on hats and ride, my right on snare.

Dave, yeah.... the cure is $!

[Tre Mitchell]

I lurve that kit... but, how tall are you???

[Obelisk]

Lookin' great Chippy...

Couple comments - by the looks of the stick marks on your 2nd floor, you may want to push it out a little further, when I first got my kit with the 2 floors, I kept it in failry close, but found the way I twisted to hit it became uncomfortable, I started to slowly push it away, and it has become much more comfortable, and I'm hitting it closer to center.

Personally - I'd stay away from the clamps as a solution for your hi-hats with the double kick - especially when working with wood hoops, there just so much vibration there, I'm worried about damaging the rims - save up for the leg-less deal, mine was $125 or so...

In each scenario, keep in mind I am just trying to help - it's your preference, right?

Yup, I'm off to the Bozzio / Wackerman clinic ...

[drummerty]

Dude I hate to say it but I may end up liking your kit more that my own. That is absolutely stunning. Your so lucky. Enjoy it.

[Chippy569]

Lookin' great Chippy...

Couple comments - by the looks of the stick marks on your 2nd floor, you may want to push it out a little further, when I first got my kit with the 2 floors, I kept it in failry close, but found the way I twisted to hit it became uncomfortable, I started to slowly push it away, and it has become much more comfortable, and I'm hitting it closer to center.

Personally - I'd stay away from the clamps as a solution for your hi-hats with the double kick - especially when working with wood hoops, there just so much vibration there, I'm worried about damaging the rims - save up for the leg-less deal, mine was $125 or so...

In each scenario, keep in mind I am just trying to help - it's your preference, right?

Yup, I'm off to the Bozzio / Wackerman clinic ...
yeah i gotta push the rack out for that, and thanks for the idea on the hat stand... we'll see eh?

[DillingerEscp]

not so sure about the snare... but the rest of the kit is awesome !

[rockindrummer]

Looks great man. That finish is spectacular. Awsome kit :thumb:

[Half Life]

Kit looks great man. I love the black :thumb:

[Chippy569]

thanks guys!

[drummer_mp3]

I can't wait to see the final set up. Personally I could picture that thing with Flying Dragons.

[MapleX]

Ah i c how it's open handed, but were u taught to play right handed? I find it challenging to scale down right because i play with my left hand first naturally.
I started with mine scaling down left i'll try nd host a few pics.

[Chippy569]

nope, i'm severely lefthanded. it's chronic, and it's terminal.