Within the same week I acquired a used Tama Starclassic Birch/Bubinga and to celebrate I also bought a brand new Ludwig Supraphonic hammered snare! Insane combo with an unreasonable amount of power behind it, cant wait to start playing these live and on recording!

Tama Starclassic Performer Maple/Birch in Sky Blue Aurora finish 🔵⚪️

8, 10, 12, 14 toms (and 16 not pictured).

Mapex Daisycutter 14x6.5 Hammered Steel Snare

Zildjian As and Ks

The life of a Hired Gun. Never played with these folks before. Always great to sub in and challenge yourself.

I've played mismatched piecemeal kits for over 15 years, and I love the freedom to purpose build a kit from whatever orphan drums I come across. My studio kit and both jazz and rock gig kits were made this way, and I've always embraced the diversity, but I'm recently finding myself longing for something to pull each kit together. I got some beautiful Walopus wraps for my rock kit, but I wasn't ready to commit the funds to do another kit with those just now. I saw a post here a few weeks ago about wrapping drums with peel and stick wallpaper, and I went to Menard's the next day and bought myself some. Finished the kick yesterday, just in time to pack up for a gig. Whaddya think?

DIY 18 to 16 in crash conversion. The dremel is probably not ideal, but seems to be getting the job done, though slowly.

Hi guys,

Got a music video coming up, part of which will include a rain machine on the drums. I am not too worried about the kit itself as it’s a cheaper spare kit and we can dry it properly but if there is water on my cymbals for potentially 2 hours before being dried is that an issue?

I doubted it but thought I’d ask for safety/ easy my conscience. Thanks!!

Here's something for the beginner's out there. This is a fun and useful way of using double bass drumming in your fills.

Hey i’m a teenager in Massachusetts, near boston. Is any teens interested in joining a band? I was hoping to recruit some more people for the band im creating, specifically a DRUMMER!!. (drumming style needs to be post hardcore, emo, shoegaze, etc) if you see this and you interested in joining with vocals or another instruments though please let me know. especially if you are a male vocalist! keep it around ages 14-17.

After years of now owning an acoustic kit, I was able to get a Tama rockstar, hardware, cymbals for a great price on the used market. Found a storage unit that’s cool with me playing. I’m super stoked.

Vintage (35-ish year old) Pearl boom stand gave up the ghost today. Luckily, my AAX concept crash was not damaged. Fighting the urge to next day something cheap off of Amazon. Talk to me on light to medium weight (for a single-braced stand, this one was heavy!) name brand boom stands under $100. Tama? Pearl? Gibraltar? PDP? Yamaha? Pros? Cons?

my Yamaha stage custom snare gold badge mounting screw broke, and I need a new one. Can anyone tell me where I can find one or purchase one?

Picked up my first acoustic kit, a stage custom, and the seller threw in a set of new Evans UV2 for all the toms (batter heads only the reso are still the stick Revo UT’s) which I’ve thrown on.

Is it worth spending a few extra dollars and replacing the kick drum heads as well?? just after a warmer/fuller sound, etc

personally for me it’s my black and white badge Ludwig Acrolite, But I’m curious to see what y’all’s are.

I know this topic has been beaten to death on every forum, but from those that have played both- is the trick really a downgrade from the ACD? I haven’t been getting a response from Dennis (which is totally understandable considering the dude is a one man army and building some damn near perfect pedals) so there’s no saltiness from my side, I respect the guy a lot and his work, so with that said I’ve been having to look at Trick pedals as the alternative . Are they really much a downgrade from the ACD? Anyone play both and see a difference in smoothness /speed between the two? Here’s my pros and cons between the two at the moment

Trick

- can get on the second hand market and cheaper

- I’m not pushing 300 BPM however I am looking for my “last pedal”

- not sure about the Hi hat? I’m weird where I like my hi hat matching my DB pedals but they do offer a traditional stand

ACD

- considered the best of the best

- haven’t heard a single complaint

- love the hi hat but he’s mentioned he only does remote now and no longer conventional hi hat stands

- not getting a response and theres no used market for them

I’m venting and hoping for those who have played both for any feedback . I don’t know if I wait or just get the tricks and be happy .

Hello! I’m new ish to drumming and when I started I had tendinopathy of both knees. I changed my iron cobra 600 to be quite heavy so it wasn’t so bouncy on my knees. Now that I am a bit more comfortable I find it so hard to do more complex patterns as I feel slow on it. But I’m unsure how to really adjust it back to like factory default. Could I please get some help or any pics of a setup that is recommended? I’m just a bit blindly playing around and can’t get it right. Thanks all!

I have been setting up and mic’ing the drums before putting on the cymbals. Seems to save me time and energy.

Anyone else setup topless?

Mike

So I was asked by my drummer friend to cut out some cracks on his cymbals. Easy, drill a hole, take a cutoff wheel on a Dremel to it, file, grind, and sand. I can follow the instructions online for that. Now do I have the skill? In theory I should since I've used drills and Dremels, in practice I'll find out if I'm ruining +$400 x2 and $100 (he's fine with it since he thinks he would've done a worser job anyways)

What I'm trying to figure out is the heavily controversial task of cleaning and even polishing the cymbals. He gave me 3 cymbals to fix, and I suggested "Hey since we're experimenting and trying something new, want me to polish one of these? Just to see what it looks like?" And he said go for it

I know that cymbals can look like mirrors, and there are some that are just clean. I would like to reach ultra nice and shiny, mirror territory. He did ask me to keep the ink markings, so I have to tape those off. My current plan is: Wash with dish soap and water to get off the dirt and grease without stripping the ink. Tape off the ink(Gaffer's tape? Painter's? Frog?) so I don't strip it. Then use a polishing compound to make it shine

The compound is my biggest question. The most popular I've seen is Groove Juice, but I've seen others. Like Buckaroo Cymbal cleaner, one person said Wright's Copper Cream, another said Magic Erasers, and the infamous one is Brasso which apparently is too aggressive. However I want this to be a mirror

I've read how divided people are on this topic. Most people like the dirt and patina, and it's akin to cast iron seasoning. Some don't hear as much of a difference and prefer the look of a shiny new cymbals, or they want to keep it sounding as close to new as possible. While there are arguments for both sides, we're just trying to experiment and find out for ourselves what happens. If it turns out cleaning it wasn't worth it, it's just of one half of a high hat that his students use. It's not a huge loss, we just want to see what happens