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[mel80]

Portable kit

My humble compact kit made up of mix and match hardware. Built it with portability and small/acoustic gigs in mind.

Snare: Pearl Mini multi-way piccolo
Floor tom: Carlos
High-hat stand: Iron cobra
Cymbal boom stand: Pearl
Cymbal clamp stand: Brandless
Pedal: Pearl Eliminator
Cymbals: 14" HHX groove hats, 14" AAX crash, 19" HHXplosion crash (using it as a ride)

Modded the pedal with the help of Alvin. Huge thanks for the help!

Another view of the 'hybrid' kit:

I can now practice drums while watching tv in my room! lol

 

[Jugman]

hey! detroit metal city! one of the funniest shows i've ever seen.

anyway, your kick drum is rather cool. it never occur to me that you could do that

 

[retardedrummer]

my humble compact kit made up of mix and match hardware. Built it with portability and small/acoustic gigs in mind.


Snare: Pearl mini multi-way piccolo
floor tom: Carlos
high-hat stand: Iron cobra
cymbal boom stand: Pearl
cymbal clamp stand: Brandless
pedal: Pearl eliminator
cymbals: 14" hhx groove hats, 14" aax crash, 19" hhxplosion crash (using it as a ride)

modded the pedal with the help of alvin. Huge thanks for the help!




I can now practice drums while watching tv in my room! Lol

i see my pearl eliminator!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[drummer4christ]

here is my kit...a Sonor Force

oops, how did this get here? lol

 

[drummer4christ]

the K splash, by the way, came from retardedrummer.

Hi Marissa, it's me Warner, from the Philippines. Remember?

 

[7earsDoFall]

hey mel80, how did you mod your pedal? I'm interested to know. want to do it to my cheap mapex pedal. don't know if that's possible.

 

[Softwaremaker]

hey mel80, how did you mod your pedal? I'm interested to know. want to do it to my cheap mapex pedal. don't know if that's possible.

Not all pedals can be modded. I have modded the Pearl Eliminator a few times. Does take a bit of brute strength but it is easy once you get the hang of it. Check this post: http://soft.com.sg/forum/gear-drums...ushes-snare-diy-instruments-3.html#post902392

 

[7earsDoFall]

oh i see... does the feel change? Is it good to play upwards for practice? (i.e. are there any detrimental effects to playing like that for long term?) I intend to omit my bass drum from my kit to save more space and drum more comfortably.
Thanks

 

[Softwaremaker]

oh i see... does the feel change? Is it good to play upwards for practice? (i.e. are there any detrimental effects to playing like that for long term?) I intend to omit my bass drum from my kit to save more space and drum more comfortably.
Thanks

I dont actually think you will feel more comfortable in playing this way. It is actually meant for gigging purposes and not for practice. You need to learn to feather the bass or else your floor tom will be all over the place. BUT by feathering it, your bass may not come through due to the size and gravity of the tom and pedal.

I actually dont like the feel of it and only will resort to this if the venue doesnt allow for that kind of real estate.

My own personal opinion only.

 

[mel80]

7earsDoFall:
Softwaremaker is right. Not all pedals can be modded this way. As far as I know, Eliminators and Iron Cobra can be modded this way. Not too sure about other pedals. I think as long as your pedal allows you to break everything apart without spoiling it, it'll work. You must be able to remove the turning mechanism and the chains so that you can flip them around.

Playing wise, it is definitely not the most ideal as compared to the conventional way. It feels different and I cannot dig in like I normally do. It requires quite a bit of control. I have to convert from my usual heel up technique to heel down, or else the floor tom will move. But my intention for this kit is for ease of portability and setting up. So it does fine for small acoustic venues. Sound wise, it definitely can't match that of a proper bassdrum, but give and take lah.


retardedrummer:
Yesss! Now it's mine! Having fun with the pedal now lol


Jugman:
Thanks man! I 'stole' the idea from alvinthedrummer lol.
Go To DMC!! Go To DMC!!

 

[retardedrummer]

the K splash, by the way, came from retardedrummer.

Hi Marissa, it's me Warner, from the Philippines. Remember?

OOOO SO U ARE DRUMMER FOR CHRIST! HAHA. Ehh nice set man...

yay i got pearl elims and k splash on other ppl kit muaha!

 

[7earsDoFall]

oh i see... thanks for the info

 

[thecommander1995]

this is one monster of a drum kit, dude...

 

[Уå†h™]

its not really that great but im proud of it

its a 5 piece. another tom not used lol

 

[jeepers]

it's like falling in love all over again.

The pictures do the kit no justice. The finish on each drum is frickin' gorgeous!

Specs:

Tempus Fiberglass "Jellybean" kit

12"x7" Rack Tom - Blue Sparkle
15"x10" Floor Tom - Orange Sparkle
20"x12" Bass Drum - White with Grey Speckles; Hoops in Champagne Sparkle

Trusty 14"x8" Pearl Maple Freefloater (Hexagonal lugs)

Cymbals:

14" Bosphorus Turk Light hats
20" Meinl Byzance Extra-Thin Jazz ride
24" Zildjian K Light ride
18" Zildjian K Constantinople crash

 

[johannlow]

 

[Nike]

Jeepers :O

 

[mel80]

jeepers:
Sweeeet cymbals and lovely setup! I'm sure your snare sounds awesome man. Nice and deep!

johannlow:
Wooo I love the finishing of your Mapex! Psychedelic baybehhh!

 

[Magnimas]

Heh johann i alr know u had a mapex qr =D saw ur post to MDS on one of MDS pics on facebook =D nice kit =D may buy 1 in future =X

 

[jeepers]

Jeepers :O

Thanks Niki! Didn't check back about the hoops you ordered last time. How are they working out for you?

jeepers:
Sweeeet cymbals and lovely setup! I'm sure your snare sounds awesome man. Nice and deep!

Thanks Mel! Dude, the snare's great. I've got a bunch of other snares but this one just doesn't leave the stand!