[QUOTE=Drum Phil;13691705]I payed £50 for mine new + £6 P&P.

[url]http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/en/sonor-jungle-10x2in-snare/9947[/url][/QUOTE]

Hey Phil,

What is this snare good for? Drum 'n' Bass?

Jungle, drum n bass.

I'm probably gonna buy one to see if i can experiement with sounds, along with my beer keg and cowbells...

I used to use a brake drum when i played for this ska band (LOOOOONG AGO!!), heavy bugger too, needed it's own heavy duty snare stand to hold. Sounded rad though.

Hey Guys: my name is Tim. yes i know about the other tim. lol i'm 22 yrs old, i started playing when i was 9yrs old i believe. anyways my first set was 4 piece maxim red sparkle finish. it was a shitty set non the less lol. but when i got it i set it up by myself adn i got on the the throne (here's where i sound conceited) and i started playing a 4/4 rock beat on my own out of no where. it was pretty cool so needless to say i was a natural talent at playing drums. having no lesson by other teachers, i taught myself how to play more advanced by looking at tablature, and listening to songs. and i also found out that i have an ear for music too, it was pretty cool cause i could listen to a song and like with in 2 bars of the beat, i would play it in my mind, and after listening to the song once in my head i would be able to play along with it on drums. (sorry if i'm bragging but its the truth). so i started playing more, and later on i would save up money, my friend would bring over his set and we would combine them together to make a double kit. and thats where i learned to teach myself double bass. so this one time as a joke we decided to put our money together and rent a 5 peice kit, and combine all three kits into one, hmmm 5 toms, 3 floors, 3 snares, 2 kicks (excluded my maxim kick). ya it was massive. so high school came around and found out that this one guy was wanting to jam and such. he played guitar and formed a band. i bought new drums during the course of that time: tama rockstars, vintage blue, 3 toms, 2 floors, 2 kicks, it was a kick *** kit. big too. anyways our band did a huge yr end dance, out side on the basketball court it was awesome. then i stopped drumming after i got out of high school cause the band broke up, and i was moving out and i had no where to place my drums. so i sold them and here i am 4 yrs later not playing..


hope you like my story sorry if it was long lol.

So you don't drum anymore?

So I just got my shell in the mail for the snare I'm going to make. I'm really excited, but it's a bummer right now because I won't have a chance to get any other pieces for it for a while. Cool nonetheless though.

Just felt like sharing

Pics?

No, I don't have any pics. But it's just a plain 6x14" 10-ply maple shell with bearing edge and snare bed.

[QUOTE=Loser;13692164]So you don't drum anymore?[/QUOTE]


well i cant right now for hmmm 3 reasons.
1. my apt. that i'm in, has no room for a kit that i want.
2. the area that i live in is full of crime.
3. i have no money to start up again and i'm jobless.

there is this one singer, he's handicapped (spelling) he's got williams disease. so he can produce sound waves through out his brain where as us "normal" guys (sory for the term) can only produce the sound wave through half our brain. so he's really really good at singing, he does elvis songs and roy orboson songs too.. anyways he came up to me and got the idea of getting together and making up a group. but i told him my situation like the one above and he said he would pay half my drumset.
but whether thats gonna be true or not i dunno, could be nice lol.

but the set i really wanna get is called e-pek percussion. [url]http://www.epekpercussion.com/home.html[/url] they're made here in regina sask, my home town. (canada) with a zildjian A custom cymbal set up. it'll be around 7000$ when its all said and done. the really cool thing about epek is that you can customize your own drumkit, powder coat your hardware, even signature your own kit! (it'll have your signature on the badges) virtually limitless things to do.

You can get a nice kit for way under 7000$.

[url]http://www.epekpercussion.com/images/JDSIGNATURESN.jpg[/url]


no no lol with cymbals hardware and shells and everything complete for 7000$ :P

but the pic above is an example of what you can do :)

Well forget adding cymbals in, that just throws off everything. How much for just the drums?

I always suggest people do not go custom until they have played several high end kits and know exactly what they want sound wise.

While pretty drums that look great are cool, the sound is what is most important. Your drums are YOUR sound.

Also keep in mind, with any high end, or even medium kit. It's an investment, so cases, if not hard cases are really something that should be purchased at the same time as the kit as well.

the drums are 2000$ CAD, they're maple shells. only draw back is they're wrapped. now i'm actually thinking of going to a custom wrap. carbon fibre wrap on them actually. should be interesting. i know what sound i want. i have played on high end kits before. i have recorded before. i have done lots of local concerts. :) so i think i'm good too go :)

EDIT: the price 7000$ around there DID in fact include hard cases. sorry for the mix up

Well excellent then!
You'll find however, most people will find carbon fiber wrapped drums very ugly.


If that's wrapped though - there are plenty of other custom companies that can do far better finish work for less money.

Check out Ayotte for starters (to stick in canada).


7k for a wrapped kit is extremelly high. Even with cases. THough how many pieces we talkin?

My mom bought me The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.


Neat.

I was watching an episode of The Simpsons yesterday, and the Comic Book Guy was looking at naked pictures of Janeway.

I wish she would do nudes.


I'm sick of poorly done photoshops.


[url]http://www.maniahill.com/funny/voyager.jpg[/url]


Edit: Why the heck is Ford Prefect black in the movie?
I haven't actually watched the movie in full, I've caught glimpses of it inbetween Sims loading screens while my dad was watching it. Now I imagine him as black but he's described as pale with sandy hair. =/

Foo.

well i was kinda playing around with some ideas, how ever i was wanting to get a 7 piece kit, (thats why its a lil much), also going custom is a lil more expensive. plus having maple shells and all. the hardware, cymbals and throne it comes out to 3000$, the drums come out to 3000$ then cases at around 7-900$ if that even.

[quote=xTimx;13692432] the hardware, cymbals and throne it comes out to 3000$[/quote]


Woa.. somethin is way off there.

you have to keep in mind....this is canadian money,...ok lemme list the cymbals and hard ware/clamps i'm getting

A Custom zildjian cymbals
13" a custom hi hats
16" medium crash
17" medium crash
18" medium crash
18" china
20" ping ride
9" efx splash
11" efx splash
mid end mike portnoy max stax
6" zilbel

tama iron cobra lever glide (kevlar strap) hi hat stand
tama iron cobra power glide double pedal
4-5 cymbal boom arm stands
4-5 clamps
2 tom tom holder stands
drum throne


i'm gonna start out with a 5 piece kit with 2 medium crash's the hats, and ride. along with the hi hat stand and double pedal. and even that comes out to 4000$ after taxes.

having 16,17,18 of the same cymbal might be a bit redudent, no?

Meh I'm bored.

22" Meinl Byzance Heavy Ride
20" Meinl Soundcaster Powerfull Crash
14" Meinl Fast Hats.

And I made a drumming vid, I needed some thing to do.

why would it be redundant? :P i like variety

Meh. Veriety in my eyes is 12 splashes and Chinas(Or any cymbal) between the sizes of 6" and 14".

[url]http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ht2aGacYKpM[/url]
Ouala.


My parents are fighting over my sister getting new boots. My dad is thinking shes gonna buy like some stupid pair of retarded looking things..

I had a good dream last night. Dreamt that my dad bought me a DW9000 hi-hat stand, single bass pedal, and an Axis double pedal.

Good times.

Gosh. My cymbals were in grave danger tonight. I wasn't expecting a drummer to come, so I set up the kit the way I have mine normally (reverse the two rack toms, cymbals in the same spots I always have them). Then this kid comes in with his guitarist friend, and they ask if they can play a song. I say "yeah, definately", and the drummer (13-14 years old) tells me he's going ot be a minute, he has to set up the drums like he's used to.

Worst. Setup. Ever.

Words can not explain this. I went to heat up my soup, then sat down where I could see them play. I just looked at it, got up, and said my mom was coming to pick up my stuff right now. Packed up my cymbals, called my mom, and got her to come. :lol:

I can't even describe it, so I'll try drawing a picture of it. :lol:

[IMG]http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a260/mx_sic/aaaaaahhhh.jpg[/IMG]
Okay, now imagine the toms and the crash cymbal at just under 90 degrees. And the snare as low as it can go. Hats as high as they could go. Ride tilted away at 45, just out of reach. Floor tom as low as it could go. He didn't even use the bass drum or hat pedals. It was tough to watch.

ouch...

just, like do people not see? how hard is it too see other drummers, pro's, setup and simply mimic them.... haha really..

"Ride tilted away..."

HAHAHA

:lol: Seriously. When he said "I need to set them up the way I'm used to", I expected he'd switch the rack toms around, maybe adjust the cymbal placement. In no way was I expecting to see that.

The guitarist was great (great player, the songs he wrote were, well, what a 13 year old would write, can't blame him), and I'd heard him play before, so I was expecting a competent drummer.

I felt kind of bad just rushing up and taking the cymbals, though. I'm all for encouraging kids to play, but part of me just wanted to slap him in the face and tell him to get lessons before he touches another drum. :lol:

Haha or at least give him a ModernDrummer and say "Do as you see in the pictures."


I agree, support is great, but the line where it stops is damage to your gear. They can thrash their own all they want though.

I don't want to make a new thread for this question, so I'll just post it here. I've been working on my pad for hours on end everyday, and I've been advancing pretty well. My question is, when you start doing rolls at a fast speed (double/triple stroke rolls), do you stop wristing each hit out and start using 1 motion for 2 hits? Like... using the rebound for all the hits instead of wrist at the faster speeds? I hope I explained this well enough, and thanks to anyone who helps me out.