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Drummers and percussionists like to share pictures of their gear as much as they like to see what the next guy/gal is using. Drum porn or whatever you want to call it ... this is the place to share and show it.

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Here is my Peace kit. They are  general photos,I have my cymbals and some percussion added when I perform live. And the 8" tom is on the kit.


http://show.imagehosting.us/show/1049874/16469/user_16469/T0_16469_1049874.jpg


http://show.imagehosting.us/show/1049876/16469/user_16469/T0_16469_1049876.jpg


http://show.imagehosting.us/show/1049877/16469/user_16469/T0_16469_1049877.jpg

The kit is Onyx series and is 6 plies Maple 4 plies Mahogony.

Neat, sweet, complete.  Just the way I like it.   :)

Here's my baby, a Maryland Drum kit with *mostly* Paiste Cymbals

(http://myspace-196.vo.llnwd.net/00305/69/15/305465196_l.jpg)

Very very nice Rev.  

All righty.

My Mapex M, set up on stage and ready to go:
(http://images.naigewron.net/mean-genie/051126/stage01.jpg)
(http://images.naigewron.net/mean-genie/051126/stage02.jpg)
(http://images.naigewron.net/mean-genie/051126/stage03.jpg)

And a bit of an artsy pic of me playing them:
(http://images.naigewron.net/mean-genie/051126/me01.jpg)

Haha, Keith has become a measurement :)

They're not quite that high. I like them just above eye-level. I think the photos make them look higher than they are too, since all of them are taken be people on the floor in front of a 3-foot stage.

I'll take some pics of my kit when I get home tonight, I had some pics with it set up more bonham style but now i took the 18" fooor tom and made it an auxilary bass drum.

Here's what mine looks like right now.  

http://members.cox.net/drum4jc/Photos/Todd's%20Drums.jpg (http://members.cox.net/drum4jc/Photos/Todd's%20Drums.jpg)

Rev9 and I have similar taste in finish...
My kit  ;)

(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y272/mlxmobile/Picture022.jpg)

Not much but I like them.

(http://www.remo.com/upload/2006/01/11/25069227.jpg)

He is a quick foggy cellphone pic.

(http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/5100/drums17va.jpg)

Heres my Grestch Catalina Rock. Its not the best kit but i took the Mr.A thousand dollar drumset advice and then went a bit overboard. Since i bought a cheaper kit i was able to buy all dw 9000 and 5000 hardware,remo heads and pork pie snares. I then searched cymbalholic, ebay and pawn shops and came up with an amazing array of new and vintage top end zildjians. I'm so glad i took everyones advice here or you'd probably be looking at a pork pie 4 peice with all b8 cymbals and pacific hardware! The kit is a bit diff now since this is an older picture. Now its all fitted with remo coated heads cept on the bass drum clear powerstroke 3. Also it has a dw 9000 single pedal and the 18" floor tom is now being used as a bass drum ocassionaly. Also I have taken that splash off due to the fact that im not booming my left side crash and never really like how i mounted the splash with that dw robot arm looking thing. I think im going to use a stacker and put it on top of a crash or something not sure. If anyone could give me some ideas on how to mount that splash i'd be stoked.
(http://www.cymbalholic.com/gallery/data/507/gretsch2.jpg)
(http://www.cymbalholic.com/gallery/data/507/gretsch1.jpg)
(http://www.cymbalholic.com/gallery/data/507/gretsch3.jpg)

my pride and joy. the Zickos Bop Kit with my 1930 Leedy. i freakin' love these drums, they sound so great.

(http://modena.intergate.ca/personal/cml/pics/stuff/zickosbopkit3.jpg)

here's me and my kit.....
i hand painted it as well
(http://static.flickr.com/27/65541594_f1807a1cd3.jpg)
same kit but  stained before i did the flames.
(http://static.flickr.com/24/53104281_a87c715cb4.jpg)

Born on Jan. 4th 2006, she's only a week old, this is my baby.  12, 14, 14, 16, 22 broken glass wrap DW collectors.
14, 16, 18 A Custom Zil's
14" Mastersound Zil HH
20" K custom Zil Ride
DW 9000 series hardware all around
5000 series pedals
(http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/6758/79sized6dh.jpg)
(http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/9918/81sized5di.jpg)
(http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/9961/86sized2mm.jpg)

My babies....Pics are a little old.  I moved the 14" over to my left side & put the 16 in it's place.  Pardon the goofy lookin' guy behind the set... hehe

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/funkdrmr/Jason.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/funkdrmr/Drums_2.jpg)

Hi guys and girls.

This is my baby.
Tama Starclassic Maple.
10/12/14/16/22 in a one-off variant of British Racing Green.

(http://www.davethedrummer.com/2nd%20Layer/New%20kit.jpg)

(http://www.davethedrummer.com/2nd%20Layer/starclassicdave.jpg)

 8)

Sonor S Class Maple
http://home.cogeco.ca/~jward59/sept120%20007.jpg

a Roland TD3
http://home.cogeco.ca/~jward59/sept120%20001.jpg

then an idea, lets combine the two and add two dejembes...
lets give it a name... :-*
frankenstein.....it's alive ;D
http://home.cogeco.ca/~jward59/Jan%2010%202006%20005.jpg
now i can do the different patterns off of the Neil Peart anatomy of a drum solo, everything but the mirimba part...that piece is coming ;)gonna get a xylophone 8)
http://home.cogeco.ca/~jward59/Jan%2010%202006%20006.jpg
http://home.cogeco.ca/~jward59/Jan%2010%202006%20007.jpg

a Zebrawood stave snare and a Gretsch Maple snare
http://home.cogeco.ca/~jward59/Jan%2010%202006%20008.jpg

my Neil Peart 3003 special edition with DW Peart snare
http://home.cogeco.ca/~jward59/sept120%20002.jpg
http://home.cogeco.ca/~jward59/sept120%20009.jpg
http://home.cogeco.ca/~jward59/sept120%20011.jpg
http://home.cogeco.ca/~jward59/Jan%2010%202006%20009.jpg
http://home.cogeco.ca/~jward59/sept120%20012.jpg
http://home.cogeco.ca/~jward59/sept120%20014.jpg
http://home.cogeco.ca/~jward59/sept120%20003.jpg
you can see my new purpleheart/paudauk stave snare to the left
http://home.cogeco.ca/~jward59/Jan%2010%202006%20010.jpg

multiple pedal orchastration. ala Thomas Lang
http://home.cogeco.ca/~jward59/sept120%20004.jpg

Ok, here are some new pics of mine with all my new cymbals and with my e-kit behind the main kit. It makes for a nice little work station, especially since I only have 1 throne.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v64/chefdoug/newdrumpic5.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v64/chefdoug/newdrumpic1.jpg)

and simply some URLs for the rest, don't want to monopolize the page.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v64/chefdoug/newdrumpic4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v64/chefdoug/newdrumpic3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v64/chefdoug/newdrumpic2.jpg

got cymbal...nice kit mang

oh good lord, i think i just pee'd a little...  so beautiful...

hey by the way, new here :D
forums lookin good.
these are my babies, yamaha by the way, stuck a pic of a weird kid in my class on the front.
and i dont allways look like that.
 :o(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d42/riseagainst_1987/drumming.jpg)
if i can find a better one i will post it

So that is a Zickos kit. I've heard of them but have'nt actually ever seen one. Thanks for the picture. I play a Yamaha maple custom absolute kit with a DW brass snare. Here are some pics of it at a gig I played last Friday.

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e305/rosedrum/DSC00156.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e305/rosedrum/DSC00157.jpg

i found some much better picks of my kit......
(http://static.flickr.com/24/87993203_5cc655e4bf_m.jpg)
(http://static.flickr.com/29/87993204_4cf5678ae1_m.jpg)
(http://static.flickr.com/14/87993205_81793ab51d_m.jpg)

that is not a typical zickos kit however.. i've never actually seen a factory 18 bass drum, although i have met someone online who says they have one. the small sizes are incredibly rare. almost 3 years of looking on ebay and i've only ever seen one 14x14, the one you see on my kit. and only a few 8x12 toms. i made the bass from a cracked floor tom. i sawed the cracked end off and moved the lugs to make a 13x18 bass. i turned the leg mounts into spur mounts and the l-arm mount. it was quite the experience cutting down and drilling the acrylic shell.

the typical 70's zickos kit looked more like this one, except with 2 toms. sizes: 18x22, 10x14, 18x18.

(http://modena.intergate.ca/personal/cml/pics/stuff/zickosrockdrums02.jpg)

i had this bigger rock kit first, but i recently sold it.

Here is the Zickos website for anyone that's interested. Apparently they started making them again in the late 90's.


http://www.zickosdrums.com/main.htm


robyn

(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a359/Devin_HK/DCP01815.jpg)

(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a359/Devin_HK/rupert.jpg)


thats the only pics I can find right now..

Holy pillows, batman!  Those must be some seriously dead sounding drums!

Okay, here's my pride and joy, a Taye Studio Maple

(http://show.imagehosting.us/show/1098626/31386/user_31386/T1_31386_1098626.jpg) (http://www.imagehosting.us/index.php?action=show&ident=1098626)

(http://show.imagehosting.us/show/1098629/31386/user_31386/T1_31386_1098629.jpg) (http://www.imagehosting.us/index.php?action=show&ident=1098629)

(http://show.imagehosting.us/show/1098632/31386/user_31386/T1_31386_1098632.JPG) (http://www.imagehosting.us/index.php?action=show&ident=1098632)

i really like the foot pedal wood block... seems like a cool idea.

DW Birch 24x22 kick, 13x12 ride, 16x17,18x17 floor,14x8snare, a set of giant beats,24,20,18,15hats.

(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f164/baldmann/th_STA60002.jpg) (http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f164/baldmann/STA60002.jpg)

I know its not much but she is all I got ;Dhttp://photobucket.com/albums/f80/taemgoo/th_drum.jpg (http://photobucket.com/albums/f80/taemgoo/th_drum.jpg)
and
 http://photobucket.com/albums/f80/taemgoo/?action=view&current=0.jpg (http://photobucket.com/albums/f80/taemgoo/?action=view&current=0.jpg)

My George Way drumset.  I changed the set-up recently, and will post new pics when I get a chance.(http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/2217/georgeway5rt.jpg)

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/coolbobdrum/IMG_00381.jpg)



Tama Starclassic Preformer, Dark Cherry Fade.  Fusion sizes.

cool set, I like your Rolling Stones Hindrix poster. I used to have that one. :)

Not my main kit, but straight from the Mr. A school of  making a cheap set sound great.

Set on e-bay  with shipping  $ 170.00  (brand new)
New Heads all around          $   65.00
New snare wires                    $   15.00
Resold all hardware that
came with set on e-bay.        <$110.00>

Net cost                                     $  140.00

Now this doesn't include the value of my cymbals and stands
But the kit sounds great and for what I have into it I don't bother with cases, and really don't worry about letting others play it

 (http://rdmitch2.homestead.com/drums2_030.jpg)

I thought I would share what amounts to my current setup.  It's used mainly for messing around, but I would have no qualms about using it with others for lower-volume applications.  If you'll pardon the horrendous-quality pics from my webcam:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v375/AtomicBadger/Image155.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v375/AtomicBadger/Image156.jpg)

A sound sample is forthcoming in the "Let's Hear You Play!" thread.

Luvmyleedy, it's a 20X16 Bass.  It's got quite a nice punchy sound.  The whole thing is the best kit I've ever played on.

I like Joe and RD's kits.  Pretty cool

My current set up (YMCAN's):

(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e58/Snowdogyyz/frontofkit.jpg)

(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e58/Snowdogyyz/sideviewtoride.jpg)

(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e58/Snowdogyyz/sideviewftohihat.jpg)

Styles thats a beautiful Camco kit. How and where did you get that? Its in beautiful shape.

Awsome kit Snowdogyyz.  As for styles's kit I believe it wa his fathers.  Correct me if I am wrong.

yeah, snowdoggz has posted the beaut of a maple custom before.  I really really love that drumset.  It's stunning.

Does this kit count?  Tama Starclassic Exotix I (chestnut outer ply in Sierra Gold Burst finish).  Sizes are 18X22, 8X10, 9X12, 11X13, 14X15, 16x18 (5.5X14 snare not shown).

(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d5/bilkay/DSCN0364.jpg)
(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d5/bilkay/DSCN0360.jpg)
(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d5/bilkay/DSCN0359.jpg)

Piggy-backed, double, twin, extra cowbells.  Sweet.

Great finish!

I agree, Awsome Finish.

Beautiful kit, i envy you.  Except i don't like my toms to wiggling around like a bellydancer- but that's me.  I just wanted to say (in non smart-a$$ manner) that i think keeping your china upside down (or wrong side up, depending how you look at it) might be ruining it...probably puts some crazy dents in your sticks too.  please switch it  :-X

Great stuff, Mr. K - don't change a thing.  Gotta love a nice fade.  :)

(Hmm...where have I seen that "stacked cowbell" setup before?)  ;D

That woodgrain just lights up!
Beautiful.

Ummmm,  wiggly toms!

Okay, you can kill me now, but I really like the pink snare with the gold hardware more than the chestnut sunburst (which is really great, but I'm a sucker for pink and gold).
NICE SK1!!!!!  LOL *ducks*

http://www.geocities.com/hen_haz/TheNuttyDrummer.html?1135138241453. Click on the red block that say's add photo or something like that.  It is the only means I have of displaying a photo on here so far.  When my web site is done I will be able to do better.

Sorry if has exceded it's limit.  It does that some time.
                               Nutty

Nutty!  Your pic is way too big in size man!

You should tell your guitar player to quit smoking- it's bad for him.

Nice shirt.  ARe you playing your drums AND your headset while standing up?  Whoa!  Heavy!  A little soloing shmaltz there? ;)

It couldn't be a sound check could it?

 ;D *I only pick on the new guys I like*

Hi Felix,
The picture should drop to the right size once it is loaded.
Oh Well, yea the smoking is a problem that I find with most musicians that I know.  I quit about 8 years ago.  I am about the only one that doesn't smoke.  I do most of the vocal work so I take care of my throat and lungs.  It was a picture of a 2 class 25 year high school reunion we did summer before last and I am still playing with this group.  It was taken during our
Led Zed medley.  HeartBreaker into BlackDog into Whole lotta Love into drum solo into Boogie Mamma and back to Heartbreaker.  I had just gotten done with the solo and I stand up to do the Boogie Mamma thing with my guitar player Bill.
This alway's goes over really good.  It was done at the Phoenix Bar and Grill's ball room in Lexington Ky. Thanks for checking it out!
                             Nutty

shame that that nice drumset is covered by all those guitars

Yea,
I agree but we had two special guest guitar players on the last set.  That make for 3 and a bunch of show.  Each guitar player had at least 3 guitars.  Had to put them somewhere!!
                                       Nutty

here's 2 pics of me and my kit i actually like, it shows pretty much the whole kit...
(http://mcqphotos.com/WR%20-%20014.jpg)
(http://mcqphotos.com/WR%20-%20017.jpg)

here is a pic of me and my band, 1 person you can't see though
(http://mcqphotos.com/WR%20-%20008.jpg)

Well here is my new kit. These were built by Dave Conaway @ Conaway Drums. I just have to say that Dave did a PHENOMINAL job on my order, and will continue to have my personal business in the future.

24" kicks with woofers
8" 10" 12" 13" rack toms
14" floor tom 20" gong bass (not shown)
6- 6" octobans from 12-18" in length

http://www.rivercityrhythm.org/images/Drums/bwskit.jpg (http://www.rivercityrhythm.org/images/Drums/bwskit.jpg)

http://www.rivercityrhythm.org/images/Drums/bwkit.jpg (http://www.rivercityrhythm.org/images/Drums/bwkit.jpg)

http://www.rivercityrhythm.org/images/Drums/bwdrums.jpg (http://www.rivercityrhythm.org/images/Drums/bwdrums.jpg)

I am in the process of purchasing all of my hardware(custom rack), cymbals, etc.

Great setups folks.  Hey SnowdogYYZ, you need to get a black galaxy acrolite to go with that!  Funny, until I typed your name I didn't get the Rush reference.  Just thought you liked snowy dogs.  

Funny you should say that... I DO have one!  I also have a black sparkle birch custom absolute snare as well. I have about 7-8 snares that I rotate in and out all the time. The "blacrolite" as James Walker has penned it (or was it Mr. A?) is quite a nice sounding snare, considering it is the cheapest in the bunch.

PS- the snare in the pics is my 6.5x14 Manu Katche Signature, which I bought after hearing rave reviews from a couple of members here.

But of course now you know better!  :-X :-\

Gamma, you are everywhere man!

I like the lighting, slow shutter speed and B8's over the flamed shells.  "Cool" rig.  I dig.

these are my old ones..there for sale...not on this tho(http://pic.piczo.com/img/i165382447_34431.jpg)
and these are my babys(http://pic.piczo.com/img/i165427933_54012.jpg)
(http://pic.piczo.com/img/i146365589_85652.jpg)
(http://pic.piczo.com/img/i165427929_62064.jpg)
(http://pic.piczo.com/img/i165427940_33424.jpg)
like the finish?? sorry about posting so many (im in love)

thanx, i did the shells myself:).....

Here's my '70s Ludwig 3-ply green sparkle rewraps on their first gig!  Well, their first gig since I rebuilt them anyway...   Also note the Supra 402.  Really looking at home there as opposed to with the Yammies...

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v324/sptucker/stagefront.jpg)

BTW, the soundman said they sounded great mic'd up, and kept raving about them between sets!  Really made my day after all that work!   ;D

Nice Kit.  I do like the medal flake.  Used to have a red medal flake set.  They are at a local Music, New and Used consignment
store now.  I may live to regret it.  I didn't need 3 drum kits.
I kept the two best and one of them was a Green/Blue label Ludwig set, but it is Black. These are pretty good Quality drums.
Yours look very nice.  I am sure they sound good too!
                                         Nutty

I figured I would post some pics of my newly acquired snare. Got it for $20. All I gotta do is buy new rims ( I used the ones from my Radioking for the time being )

(http://show.imagehosting.us/show/1143443/16469/user_16469/T1_16469_1143443.JPG) (http://www.imagehosting.us/index.php?action=show&ident=1143443)

(http://show.imagehosting.us/show/1143431/16469/user_16469/T1_16469_1143431.JPG) (http://www.imagehosting.us/index.php?action=show&ident=1143431)

(http://show.imagehosting.us/show/1143435/16469/user_16469/T1_16469_1143435.JPG) (http://www.imagehosting.us/index.php?action=show&ident=1143435)

The stamp date inside is May 1962...I would look for a day but some genius happened to stamp the date where a screw for a lug goes,lol.

Hey. Here to 'show off' my Mapex V Series, with a nice wooden black finish :) .
Kit 1.JPG (http://img.photoamp.com/i/L7SmvaPfRH.JPG)
Kit 2.JPG (http://img.photoamp.com/i/I5BxzJ9e.JPG)
Kit 3.JPG (http://img.photoamp.com/i/TtILDterpZ.JPG)

Thinking of getting another floor tom, and a couple of new crashes. Thinking of a pair of XS20s, they good for money?

SpeedKing,
I have had problems too.  Doesn't seem to like copy/paste so I think you need a link to post?  I would really like to show some good pic's too.  If there is another way I wish someone would shed some light hear?
                 Nutty

Your photos need to be hosted somewhere on the web - either on your own web site, or one of the many photo-hosting web sites available.

Then you post a link to it here, surrounding the address with these Image tags, like this:

http://www.imageshack.us/

just curious. post some pics people! i wanna see those things....

heres mine.

(http://www.hostdub.com/albums/gteeiguy/100_2681.sized.jpg)
(http://www.goodshakes.com/albums/albun08/adp.jpg)
with my oc snare...
(http://www.hostdub.com/albums/gteeiguy/100_2692.sized.jpg)

MVP wrap, nice. I plan on owning one in a few years. I decided not to get one right now, couldn't really justify dropping the money on it. I know Chef Doug has a huge one and so does Zalloy..actually his is huge too. I think a guy posted up his PP kit awhile ago saying he was the drummer for matchbook romance. Right now I just play snares.

just to make MYSELF feel better i'll just talk about the pork pie that was...almost mine. lol. I had been trying to get a used PP for awhile almost got a pink sparkle one on ebay for 800 (3 toms +bass) but at the last minute it went up to like 1300. So I was convinced to get a nice used one. There was a used tobacco burst laquer PP at guitar center. 10x8 and 14x12 toms and 20x18 bass. They wanted like 1500 or something like that, but it was a big sale and the kit has some big chunks of laquer out of the hoops with some overall scratches. It needed a new set of heads too, they had been listing it on ebay forever so I figured @$%# they want to get rid of this bad boy. I tried to get them down to 900 with no avail. They got all tough about it and i said keep it, I went out and bought my current kit with the 900 dollars. Few weeks later guess who I get a call from...asking if i still want that kit. I told them I had already purchased a kit. I always wonder if they had finally broke and were willing to go down around the price i wanted to pay. Oh well, I nevere see it on ebay so I guess somone got it.

chefdoug owns one, and its pretty dang sweet.

Oh dang, look at what i just found, http://soundattak.co.uk/productdetail.asp?ID=1182&sectID=93&catID=195&parentID=86&sort=

Little squealer drum kit, could this be pork pies economy line kit?! When I was at the pork pie shop i saw a larger little squealer snare in the office, I didn't ask about it but i was curious. Man that thing is in prime sizes. I wonder what this is going to turn out to be.

What's that? Did someone say Pork Pie kit? Don't make me post pics again.....OK, twist my arm.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v64/chefdoug/jvm1008.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v64/chefdoug/newdrumpic1.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v64/chefdoug/newdrumpic5.jpg)

dsflkjasdl;fkjl;k sooo jellous of all you. le sigh

OK, Web site isn't done yet but thanks to Ranman see if these work.
http://img311.imageshack.us/img311/2838/fh0000036ds.jpg.
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/7123/fh0000058yr.jpg.
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/4418/fh0000049np.jpg.
http://img422.imageshack.us/img422/5076/fh0000017co.jpg.
http://img290.imageshack.us/img290/1858/fh0000029xs.jpg.
This was from a 4th of July Party we played last summer.
                          Nutty

Oh yea.  Here is what my Bass head looks like now!!
http://img324.imageshack.us/img324/9467/fh0000113am.jpg.
                                      Nutty

This was Heartbreaker and the Led Zep medley.  Shot this one after the drum solo and while doing Boogie Mama.  I stand up to take Vocal licks and trade off with Lead Guitar Licks.
http://img316.imageshack.us/img316/7899/9186539r104722medium1ol.jpg. Hope this works!

Your so lucky!

Thanks Randy,
I thank God everyday!

Great pics, and nice cymbal porn too. You sure like your pies...

Hi Moosetication,
I checked out your pic's too and I see your into the Natural  wood look too.  Yours are a little different shade but I like them. Yes, I am into pies/Paiste cymbals.  I will go to my grave believing that the Swiss make the best cymbals.  I have 15 and I can think of two more I would love to have.  A 24 in. 2002 Ride
and a 20in Flange Ride from their Exotic series. I have also thought about replacing the Roto Toms with two matching toms.
I do use them for solos and music like Santana where I am trying to make up for the missing congo and bongo drums.
Glad you liked my pictures. Thanks!

Heres my purdy Tama Superstar 5-piece (until the rest of my toms get here!)

(http://www.kjharn.com/drums/tama1.jpg)
(http://www.kjharn.com/drums/tama2.jpg)

12, 13, 16 toms
14 snare
22 bass

Sabian B8 14" Hi-Hats
Sabian B8 16" Crash
Sabian B8 20" Ride
Zildjian ZXT Titanium 18" China
Zildjian Wuhan 12" Splash
Iron Cobra Power Glide double bass

I love the midnight blue finish... Cant wait for the 8 and 10 inch toms to get here. Im selling the sabians and china and getting 5-6 K Customs once my budget allows.

Heres the POS I'm selling for 200...

(http://www.kjharn.com/drums/vex1.jpg)
(http://www.kjharn.com/drums/vex2.jpg)
(http://www.kjharn.com/drums/vex3.jpg)
(http://www.kjharn.com/drums/vex4.jpg)

Many folks (myself included) mount their chinas like that.  Especially if they're more "pang" style (turkish style bell, lighter flange), as they're often used as rides.   And it wont hurt your sticks if you're playing the bow of the cymbal, and not the edge (as most folks riding one will do).

Honestly, mounting chinas in the way most folks do (bell down) requires it being screwed down tighter, which is what can ruin a cymbal.   Mounting it bell up gives it a chance to sway.  

I prefer my china's bell up.  I have seen them both ways. I have a Nova china which is made with the rim down and regular china with the rim up.  The bell on the Nova has a very unique sound. Again, I don't think there is a wrong way, unless you play the Cymbal with to much slant. Then you have to worry about key holeing, (stretching the hole), and damaging the cymbal.

My current setup. Tama 6 piece Starclassic Maple EFX, G2 batters on the toms, G1s below, vintage 5x14 Gretsch brushed aluminum snare 42 strand, coated emperor batter/Ludwig marching snare (WFL I think) and mostly sabians. bass has an EQ4 batter, Tama logo front head.

(http://images.sunfireweb.com/drumset.jpg)

This is a better pic of my other snare
(http://images.sunfireweb.com/snare/snare1.jpg)
it sounds alright but needs some work, thats another post..

my late 70's ludwigs. i bought them used in 1981. recovered them last year.


(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b388/dublg/PDR_0092.jpg)

http://www.angelfire.com/music5/the_dropouts/Greg_page.html

Hey, I finally got a picture! Amzingly the Pork Pie snare is probably woth more than the rest of the drums put together.

(http://www.fordtruckworld.com/gallery/03Blue250/642475.jpg)

(http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f260/jambo171083/RotationofRalla-trommer007.jpg)

Here`s a pic of my drums. Last time I was in the studio I used my 1967 Acrolite with an Aquarian New Orleans head. That snare kills!

My Grover Pro custom kit

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a62/cuznred/P1010023.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a62/cuznred/P1010022.jpg

Oh my god man! Those are my favourite drums in the world! Ayotte are the best drums in the world IMHO....and they're made in Canada...hehe. For some reason i've always had a soft spot for wooden rimmed drums. Amazing man.

Yeah, the drums sound amazing. Especially the bassdrum; 24x18 with no muffling or porting. It`s a cannon! My alltime favourite bass drum.  8)

I'm more of a ported guy but I can just imagine how that would sound. One day i'll have a wood rimmed set of ayotte's....one day. Congrats man!

Haven't posted in like forever, but I just got these out of mothballs:


(http://home.cfl.rr.com/boose44/IMG_0471a.jpg)


(http://home.cfl.rr.com/boose44/IMG_0477c.jpg)

It's about time to do some serious cymbal shopping. :)

-bruce

Here's my two latest drumsets, the one I have now and then one before it.  These aren't exactly ordinary pictures, so if that's going to bother you, don't look at them I guess.

http://presby.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2000765&l=ce3c0&id=49500260 (http://presby.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2000765&l=ce3c0&id=49500260)

This is one of mine... Its fun... please dont laugh.
(http://i1.tinypic.com/nq39c2.jpg)

wow, great setup.

but is it just me or are you setup in the hallway?  looks rather elongated, and not exactly conducive to recording.  lol!

and that overhead looks really low.  knowing me i'd totally smack it w/ my left stick. :P

That is quite possibly the most confusing set up I've ever seen, how do you play fast on it?  ???

(http://img.photoamp.com/i/0sm1ke3ZVF.JPG) (http://img.photoamp.com/i/0sm1ke3ZVF.JPG)

New Picture of my kit, other ones were crap. Hope this one isnt too big

Suprisingly alright, You cant really see, but the cymbals are at ridiculous angles too. I play by feel a lot, and that kit feels right in terms of placement. Thats actually how it turned after about a year of trial and error. Its fun!

well i have a few kits stashed all over the place. here are some of the ones i bang on right now followed by my most favorite snare :)

first is my current gig kit.

(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e46/lizerj/DSCF18831.jpg)
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e46/lizerj/DSCF18821.jpg)

next is my chinese graphics kit

(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e46/lizerj/DSCF0758small1.jpg)
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e46/lizerj/2005-01-20_203808_DSCF04161.jpg)

here is my practice kit

(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e46/lizerj/DSCF08981.jpg)
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e46/lizerj/DSCF09031.jpg)

now is my pearl masters brx i had for a short time and recently sold (didnt like the sound......familiar around here eh?)

(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e46/lizerj/n16905250_30356570_47381.jpg)

followed by my favorite snare, pearl 14x6.5 brass free floater.  loud and awesome crack, very sensitve...i love it!

(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e46/lizerj/fb14651.jpg)

Nice Drums!!!!  All of them!!!  What is the White Kit?
                                  Nutty

Hehe, you should`ve seen the overhead mic on the last recordings i did Joker. I could almost touch the overhead with my head. It`s a very large recording room indeed, but I get a full and open sound in there. Hopefully I`ll get out a soundfile of the recording as soon as we`ve got all the other instruments recorded. We started recording the drums 3 a.m and after severeal cups of coffee we were done at 8.30 p.m.... The next day; very close to insanity...  8)

paradrum, I just played one of those Pearl brass free floater snares ( a 14x5.5 I believe) a couple of nights ago. I am with you, the crack was just killer, and it was super sensitive.
Too bad I couldn't pony up the dough to take it home.
hmmm...I do have a brithday coming up...HONEY?.
 :D

-RHS

Here are my babies:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/chillman4130/DSCF3895.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/chillman4130/DSCF3894.jpg)
No, they are not real DW's, although those lugs do look like the old Workshop Series.
They are the newish Pacific FXR all-birch drums, and I just get a kick (pun intended) out of having a DW front head on them.
This is a burning rock machine: 18x22, 6x14 snare, and 9x12 and 14x16 toms. The crashes are 18" and 17" A Medium Crashes, with the 17 on the right and the 18 on the left--I like it that way for some reason. The ride is a big bad 22" K Heavy Ride, and the hats are an old new beat bottom and a newer quick beat top, which basically makes them new beats. All my cymbals are ebay specials, and I paid $380 for all of them, and the ride makes up more than half that.

So, I went on vacation for the last 11 days and my wife found an acro for 50 bucks to add to the collection.  It is the one on the left.  

(http://rei.bustkaratedojo.net/post/ruiacro001.jpg)
(http://rei.bustkaratedojo.net/post/ruiacro002.jpg)

It is 100% original, including the heads and still sounds SWEET!

As you can see in the picture, the acro that I already have has a broken plastic wingnut on the snare stand's height adjustment.  Does anyone know where I can get a replacement?  Obviously I can get a standard wingnut, but I'm looking for one that has ludwig stamped into it that matches the rest of the wingnuts.

Ok, I'm going to show the same old Ludwig Blue Sparkles.

BUT, I wanted to show off my new digs.

I was playing in a walk-in closet when I was living in Louisiana, now I've graduated to an entire corner of the basement:


NEW DIGS (http://pdrums.com/pdrums_la_va.html)

Very cool.

The risk of developing "drumming claustrophobia" is gone now, huh?  ;)

For sure!  The only thing is that my wife probably liked the closet better because you couldn't hear my drums AT ALL in the house.  She gets to hear my drums nice and LOUD now upstairs when I'm playing in the basement.  Heck, she doesn't even get to hear the music I'm playing to thru headphones.  

My Yamaha Maple Custom Absolute Nouveu vintage finishcame yesterday..
OH MY.
I am stoked I ordered these.  I am still waiting for my virgin kick (6 mos.) and they ordered the wrong 16" tom (wanted 16x16 floor, go 16x14 rack), but they sound beautiful.  Even made me more confidant of my tuning abilities.
(http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/6303/yamaha10zy.jpg)
(http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/6518/yamaharack8gq.jpg)
(http://img423.imageshack.us/img423/7730/yamahakick1sv.jpg)

Nice looking Yams there, jermdogg.  It looks very similar to my Maryland kit.  :)

By the way, this is the first time I'm playing with a 16x14 (w/ legs) and I must admit that I really love it.  Besides the great sound, it's easier for load in/load out, so I'm glad I have it instead of the 16x16.

Thanks, Jeep!

Yeah, I wouldn't mind so much the tom being 16x14, but without legs, things get a-shakin' too much for my taste.  (wobble-wobble) =)

Three pics for you guys & gals

(http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b324/mind-drummer/DRUM_KIT/front7pieces_right.jpg)

(http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b324/mind-drummer/DRUM_KIT/kit_side.jpg)

(http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b324/mind-drummer/DRUM_KIT/snares.jpg)

My gear...This should take you back a bit...

6,8,10, 12, 14, 16, 18" roto toms w/ PS3 heads
20x18 Ludwig reissue bass with psycedellic red wrap
custom 13x6 burl maple snare by RhthymKing (still to come) with fibreskin3/ps3 heads
1960-something 14" zildjian HH; 16, 18" A custom crashes; 20" A Flat ride; 20" A earth ride.

I play mostly blues, country, classic rock. Have been out of it for a while, but now am in a life situation where I can start looking to play again.  Am looking forward to the new discussions...
Cheers, Bob


(http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/2439/drumsmar060100am.jpg)

<Homer voice>Mmmmmm.... Spaaaaace Muffins.... *droool*</Homer>

Front the front:

(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y263/audballio/DSCN0522.jpg)


Front the back:

(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y263/audballio/DSCN0523.jpg)


All tightly crammed into the only space available in the house:

(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y263/audballio/DSCN0520.jpg)

This is my Premier 4ply Birch kit. Yes it is completely over the top. I'm an older guy now and this is the kit I've always wanted. It never leaves the house and it is purely for my own pleasure.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v70/NPYYZ/IMG_2066.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v70/NPYYZ/IMG_2074.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v70/NPYYZ/IMG_2069.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v70/NPYYZ/IMG_2070.jpg

This is my more reasonable Ludwig Classic Maple kit.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v70/NPYYZ/Img_1398.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v70/NPYYZ/Img_1400.jpg

And this is the latest additionto the family, the Yamaha DTXTREME ll's

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v70/NPYYZ/IMG_2338.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v70/NPYYZ/IMG_2339.jpg

Love the premier! You went very Bozzio when you bought that didnt you  ;)

man...the Premier kit is a monster!

got another one :)  
silver glass glitter finish. yum.

(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e46/lizerj/DSCF21481.jpg)
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e46/lizerj/DSCF21411.jpg)
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e46/lizerj/DSCF21321.jpg)
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e46/lizerj/DSCF2114.jpg)
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e46/lizerj/DSCF21421.jpg)

Nothing fancy, just a quick shot of my rig at the moment, complete with dual cd player (with pitch control), drum machine and mirror.  Alot of guys are using MP3 players with their practice rigs.  I would like to find one that can slow down program material.  That would be cool!

Beautiful drums and pics as always Paradrum- kudos to you!

(http://www.woolyinc.com/images/setup.jpg)

I haven't seen pocket-sized mp3-players that do this, but I generally use my laptop with Winamp, and there are plugins to winamp that will slow down your mp3's without altering pitch (and the other way around, etc...). So yeah, the technology exists  ;D

Bah, while I'm here and everything, here's a shot from last week's gig. My all-Meinl cymbal setup is coming along nicely. I've spotted rides and hats I want too, but I've run out of cash at the moment  ::)

(http://images.naigewron.net/drumkit/060309/driver01.jpg)
(http://images.naigewron.net/drumkit/060309/stage01.jpg)

Nice kit and whatta great gig that must have been.

Lots of guys are playing behind screens it seems anymore- even in the local bar scene around here.  They sync to videos and everything.

You showed my yours, now i will show you mine.  :P

Here is my Tama Rockstar, with my starclassic maple snare, and Premier 252 pedal.

http://www.samteld.fo/rani/tama-rockstar01.jpg (http://www.samteld.fo/rani/tama-rockstar01.jpg)
http://www.samteld.fo/rani/tama-rockstar02.jpg (http://www.samteld.fo/rani/tama-rockstar02.jpg)
http://www.samteld.fo/rani/tama-rockstar03.jpg (http://www.samteld.fo/rani/tama-rockstar03.jpg)

Me rocking the rockstar:

http://www.samteld.fo/rani/tama-rocking_rockstar.jpg (http://www.samteld.fo/rani/tama-rocking_rockstar.jpg)


My Starclassic maple:

http://www.samteld.fo/rani/tama-starclassic01.JPG (http://www.samteld.fo/rani/tama-starclassic01.JPG)
http://www.samteld.fo/rani/tama-starclassic02.JPG (http://www.samteld.fo/rani/tama-starclassic02.JPG)
http://www.samteld.fo/rani/tama-starclassic03.JPG (http://www.samteld.fo/rani/tama-starclassic03.JPG)
http://www.samteld.fo/rani/tama-starclassic01.JPG (http://www.samteld.fo/rani/tama-starclassic01.JPG)

I also have a Starclassic Performer, but no pics.

Here are my Yamahas. It's a Recording Custom kit from early 90's. 24" bass drum with 5 toms and -67 Ludwig Acrolite snare. My cymbals are all Zildjians, A Quick Beat 14" Hi-Hats, K 20" Ride and 16" & 18" A-Custom Crashes. There is also the LP Rock Cowbell. The hardware is from Yamaha, Tama and Pearl mainly. Well, here comes...

(http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/6812/kellarissa0bo.jpg)

This is the 16" (i think) tom after waxing operation.

(http://img466.imageshack.us/img466/6237/vahattuna0ow.jpg)

Oh my. Absolutely gorgeous.

Yes, I have a soft spot also for the recording customs.  What a nice drumset.

Thanks guys! Yes, my gear is already in pretty good level, so i only have to learn to play now. ;D  I'm a very late starter with drumming. Bought my first kit two years ago in the age of 38. Beginning midlife crisis, i guess. Well, anyway, i'm in my first band now and it's great. 8)

wow Eesau,
I'd be willing to venture that there's nothing that kit and cymbal combo wouldn't sound good on. Especially the vintage Acro. Congrats and welcome to the sometimes expensive. sometimes aggravating, sometimes deafening and always rewarding world of drumming!

Well put. It's indeed all that you just said and more... When it comes to playing, there are bad days, sad days, shameful days etc, but yes, there are also - when you could do everything you know as well as you possible can - almost ok days. ;)

Hi guys.

I popped for a matching snare drum for the the Delite kit yesterday!

It's a 5x14.  You guys probably don't care to much but I'm sure geeked!!!!  I had been using the 6x14 ferromang designer, but it's just SO much drum for the little Delites.  

So I played my friends Sonor Jubilee snare which is the same drum as this only with a signature badge and black hardware- boy was I knocked out.  So hopefully mine will sound almost as good as his.  I didn't have a maple snare until now...so it's about time!  

(http://sonor-world.com/cgi-sys/Sonor_FE/sonor/english/detail_farbe.html?button-kategorie_03-find_kategorien_farbe=&a-kategorie_common-sz_CurrentKatLevel=03&button-quicklink-set_selected_katfarbe=&button-kategorie_farbe-get_artikel=&button-quicklink-set_selected_artikel=&yhpb-id=wd2575b9a9c45e10f282ed56bfe12bcc8ca8624a56c)

http://image59.webshots.com/159/3/26/62/2312326620086601311sNlyHf_ph.jpg]http://image59.webshots.com/159/3/26/62/2312326620086601311sNlyHf_ph.jpg]http://image59.webshots.com/159/3/26/62/2312326620086601311sNlyHf_ph.jpg (http://image59.webshots.com/159/3/26/62/2312326620086601311sNlyHf_ph.jpg)
 and
http://image59.webshots.com/159/3/26/62/2312326620086601311sNlyHf_ph.jpg]http://image59.webshots.com/159/3/26/62/2312326620086601311sNlyHf_ph.jpg]http://image59.webshots.com/159/3/26/62/2312326620086601311sNlyHf_ph.jpg (http://image59.webshots.com/159/3/26/62/2312326620086601311sNlyHf_ph.jpg)
This is my first set I will get better pictures soon.

What's old is new again!  My very first set of drums has become my main kit for my steadiest gig - an acoustic trio.  I also use it now for a weekly church gig.  

(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i37/Pharaoh14/Drums/Drums003.jpg)

(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i37/Pharaoh14/Drums/Drums002.jpg)

At one time I couldn't stand the finish and now I actually get compliments!  

(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a351/blaqsparrow/Drums1.jpg)

(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a351/blaqsparrow/Drums2.jpg)

Gretsch: Catalina Birch kit, with Sound percussion 16x16 floor tom from my first kit.
8, 10, 12, 14 toms.
14x5 snare
13 hihats, 14 crash, 16 crash, 18 crash/ride

The kit is "Caribian Blue", although its impossible to tell with these pictures.

My Vintage Slingys

This is p6 of my site that shows a number of pics of vintage Krupa- Rich stuff.  

http://www.geocities.com/slingerman43/p6.html (http://www.geocities.com/slingerman43/p6.html)

Roger

I posted this in its own thread, I forgot to post it here though. For anyone who didn't see it this is my new pork pie snare. 14x4 vaughncraft sycamore solid shell w/reinforcement rings. Finished in Orange Candy Sparkle Laquer with wood grain showing through. I'll save the bandwidth and just post the link.

www.nickbrandeauphoto.com/snare

The snare drum parade continues.

(I had to buy this shell - it was on sale as a clearance item...really.  Half off.  It was beyond my control.  Seriously.)

7x14 purpleheart stave shell (Global Drum Company (http://www.globaldrumco.net))

(http://www.malletjazz.com/snares/purpleheart24.jpg)
(http://www.malletjazz.com/snares/purpleheart26.jpg)

I'll post some sound files after I get some fresh heads for it.

Wow, that's a nice one man.

What kind of throw is that?

Thanks!  It came out pretty well, altho in person the finish doesn't look as good as it does in those photos.  From the research I did, my understanding is that one should use water-based finishes on purpleheart - the other kinds will adversely react with the purpleheart - so I ended up using the only one I could find around here, which was water-based polycrylic.  Royal pain - I hate doing brush-on finishes, and I don't have the equipment or the expertise to spray finishes.

The throw is the much-maligned Nickel throw.  I've heard the same horror stories about them falling apart, but I've had three on various drums over the years, and I've yet to have any such trouble (touch wood).  Eventually, tho, I'll probably replace this with another throw, the Ayotte "Drumsmith" throw (which is similar in design to the Noble & Cooley throw - very simple, very easy to use).

That, and I'm also thinking of getting black hoops for it.   ;)

I'm really into how the trick throw works but its so hideous looking, nickelworks ones are nice looking.

Folks, just revisited the thread.  Thanks for the great comments!

Here are some responses:

Dave From Chicago- I saw Bruford playing stacked cowbells with Earthworks and shamelessly copied him.
bryanseyes- Hanging toms are not a problem for me; pangs and swishes are made to be played bell-up.
Jim Walker-  ;D
felix- the snare is a Mapex Deep Forest Cherry, and much as I hate to admit it, it isn't pink in person (but it is beautiful).

I really love this kit.  And its beauty is not just skin deep!

Thanks again for all your kind words.

Awesome bilkay.  Totally awesome.

Well guys maybe some of you remember when the 80's noble and cooley was gravitating around my universe?

The tuning godz have smiled upon your humble brother felix the cat.

I don't know how to say this since I ain't no shakespeare but here's the story felix style:

The dude who owns the kit called me out of the blue today (we sorta run in the same circle of friends (historically) but we never hang, he just moved back up from Florida- I have not seen him in years), he called me up and wants to write a record in my studio (I guess) so in the meantime he's going to leave his drums over there a couple of months.  ???  !!! wha???  I got gooseflesh.

I said no.

THen I said no way.

Then he later on we talked and he said he would leave them over there for three months!

I said no way, they are crap... (we laughed).

Needless to say I am geeked.  I hope to do some decent work on them to share with you guys.

peace,
f.

Have a look people so you all know who I am when I post hear, I would love to see pics of you also!

http://www.blues-is-truth.co.uk/herman.htm

Spirit

Nice looking kit Herman.  
                            Nutty

The Noble and Cooleys are going to be in my studio this weekend, at least for a month... hopefully longer.

Did they ever wrap them? This guy is telling me they are wrapped?!  But then he doesn't know the depth of his snare either.  *Not all of us can be geeks*.  I know they put enamel on them, but really I don't have a clue.  I'll have to email N&C with the serial #'s

Heres my kit. Its a Pearl Export. It is old, but has a good tone to it.

(http://www.5images.com/uploads/89601f6ea9.jpg) (http://www.5images.com)

(http://www.5images.com/uploads/abf356a7c1.jpg) (http://www.5images.com)

This is the first full shot of the new Daedalus. Soon it will be outfitted with new heads and hardware to make it "none more black". Also hoping to add some custom Octobans on there just to make sure that no one can see me sitting behind it.

http://www.merlincoryell.com/images/kit1l.jpg

Many more photos are at my site merlincoryell.com

 :( http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=57872431&imageID=651908416&MyToken=8516e423-11a0-43d5-b553-e0c1ad5c6a4c (http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=57872431&imageID=651908416&MyToken=8516e423-11a0-43d5-b553-e0c1ad5c6a4c)

My kit looks so weedy next to you lots! Anyway its a Premier Cabria lite fusion kit! lol! :-\

Mine. New today. Sound sweet. Great deal. Wife upset. Don't care.

Mapex M Birch 6 piece, '68 Acrolite snare, Paiste PST 5 14" thin crash, 16" thin crash, 18" thin Crash, 20" medium ride, 14" medium hats, and a 12" Wuhan splash not set up yet.

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(http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h305/chknguts/P1010063.jpg)

Why's that?  Does she not like the color? Or did she not know they were coming?   :o

I think she now understands that my renewed interest in drumming is not going away.

Yes, my wife had a realisation like that too. It might have been when I bought her those earrings in the shape of a drum kit.

Nice kit. I know you mentioned the colour wasn't your faourite, but I think it's rather nice.

It's not a bad color, in fact it looks 100% better in person than the pictures would indicate, but I always said that my next set would be a white pearl or oyster finish, because that's what my old Ludwigs were when I played in the early 70's.

The wife "thing" has already passed, as when she was watching us jam last night, she said I looked "sexy" behind the set. Love is a many splendored thing indeed, as only true love could see me sweating and think "sexy". Must be the drums!

Here, I'll clue you in, WP. Women always think a man looks sexy when he is doing something that he is passionate about. Maybe that's why girls fall for musicians so much  ;D

robyn

My new Yamaha Absolute Maple Nouveau in Vintage Natural
18x16 Bass
10x8 tom
14x12 tom
13x4 snare
Yamaha hardware
20" Istanbul ride
20" Paiste flat ride
13" Istanbul HH's
I'm just an enthusiast who likes playing Jazz and these sizes are what I wanted.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j270/cooljazzman/HPIM0152.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j270/cooljazzman/HPIM0149.jpg
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smyth,
With the rakish angles of your snare and hats and those mini sizes, I can totally hear the be-bop coming out of that small room. That set-up looks like it's built for tone.
Congrats on your lovely kit.

good taste smyth.

That's such a classy lookin kit.  I've also recently become a big fan of Istanbul cymbals.

Early 90's 6-ply Maple Ludwigs. 16 x 24, 8 x 12, 9 x 13 & 16 x 16 w/6.5 x 14 Supra-Phonic {1971}

(http://pic4.picturetrail.com/VOL725/3888856/9959397/142876563.jpg)

(http://pic4.picturetrail.com/VOL725/3888856/9959397/142876601.jpg)

In addition to the Supra-Phonic I also use a Brass Shell, Super-Sensitive, Black Beauty w/tube lugs as well as a Acrolite, both 5 x 14's. For a wood shell I have a mid-60's 6.5 x 14 Premier.............

(http://pic4.picturetrail.com/VOL725/3888856/9959397/142876664.jpg)

(http://pic4.picturetrail.com/VOL725/3888856/9959397/142886277.jpg)

Jack

Nice pics and cool name ludvig.

Nice Ludwig Ludvig...  But your names confusing me  :P

Nice Rocktagon back there, Ludvig.

Thanks for the comments all..............

Chris, even though you can't make it out in the photo that's actually a Clocktagon {Clock} so it isn't an actual cymbal. I do refinishing work for a friend who is a Sabian Dealer and he passed it along to me as a way of saying thanks since I never accept the money he offers. He also sells Zildjians & Paistes and soon I'll be going in and receiving my "employee" discount on a set of 2002's, which is how I usually receive compensation for all the work I do for him. Deep discounts..................

Jack

Jack,
Are those coated studio x's with power dots? How do you like them? I am usually an Evans coated G2 guy, but I've been thinking about trying some Aquarians and those look like they're up my alley.

Bingo, that's exactly what they are Chris! Personally I like 'em but heads are such a subjective piece of equipment so results may vary.

I tried many different heads and was looking to have some resonance but not too much, if you know what I mean. These heads walked that fine line nicely and depending on how I tune them have proven to be quite versatile.............

I'm in the process of recovering two late 80's Ludwig toms w/long lugs, an 11 x 12 & 12 x 13, that I will use clear Studio X's {sans power dot} on for a more classic rock sound, i.e. less resonance / deeper tone. This will allow me to do a quick swap out on the two mounted toms with only the 16 requiring a head change to get a much different sound. I run Aquarian Classic Clears, which is a single ply, on my reso's.............

Jack  

Here's my Mapex Orion Orbitor Fusion- Aquamarine Lacquer Finish

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mcphersondoug/album

I'm the guy with no shoes on the group photo.

20" Zild. K Ride
14" Sabian XS 20 HH
16" Zild. A Custom Crash
16" Paiste 802 Crash
8" Paiste 802 Splash

Had it about a year now and love it.  Haven't owned anything else.

And yes, I'm a lefty.

D-Fresh

Nice drums and heads... I like the black regulator skin against the turquois.

So many of the kits in this thread look so pretty and new. My kit isn't like that. I've had most of my drums for about 10 years, and they were all second hand (V-Club aside). One day I hope to refinish all my shells so they all match and look cool, but for now I'm just worrying about my playing. hah!

This is my current set up. My room is small, and this kit takes up most of it. It was very hard for me to fit the whole kit in a single pic. Nevermind the pinstripe head. It's just a figment of your imagination. I want to swap the kick head over to a CA as well.

In this setup:

16x22 kick : Premier
5.5x14 snare : CB 700 Educational Percussion (lol)
7x10 rack : Slingerland
11x12 rack : Premier
12x13 rack : Premier
15x16 floor : Royce
16x16 floor : Premier
15" Zildjian hats (not sure of series, very old. aquired with vintage Slingerland kit)
16" Sabian B8 Thin Crash
18" Zildjian ZXT Rock Crash
20" Sabian Pro Dry Ride
20" Sabian B8 Ride
22" Zildjian Ping Ride
Roland TD-6 Brain
5 PD-6 pads
2 CY-6 dual trigger cymbal pads
hat control and kick trigger
and a 6" toy tamborine

(http://www.sleepybrighteyez.com/video/DrumSet1.jpg)
(http://www.sleepybrighteyez.com/video/DrumSet2.jpg)

When I get a new head for it, I'm replacing the 22" kick with my 24" Slingerland. I'd like to then replace one of the 16" floor toms with the 22" kick, as a floor tom. I also have a deep Slingerland snare that needs new hardware that I'm really dying to use again. I have the TD-6 going to a 200W PA. I've been playing around with different samples on the pads, but I really like keeping an 808 kick on the kick trigger. I know most of you probably think this is a very strange combo... but I love to play on it. I'm the type who will try to mount anything and everything. I like all percussive sounds.

I'd love to hear that royce... I love those drums.  The premiers probably sound alot better but I am sentimentally attached to royce kits.

The Royce sounds just fine. It's from a 5pc kit that belongs to my friend. I'm using that one instead of my other two 16s, because this one only has a 15" depth and I have it tuned a little higher than the other 16. My friend disses his Royce kit a lot, saying it's nothing special. I love it! Maybe one of these days when he gets strapped for cash I can take his whole Royce kit off his hands heheh. I'm just a sucker for all drums really. I wish I had a bigger room.

thanks felix.

For those who think the concept of a micro kit for subway travelers is new, here's a kit for streetcar travelers, circa 1920's.  13x3 snare, 8x24 bass, (both one ply maple).  Came with a 1917 Ludwig Jr pedal equipped with a cymbal beater. Except for the obvious corrosion on the  bottom snare hoop, the plating is in decent shape.  The bass even still had maple sanding dust on the inside. The lacquer on the outside is a little beat up but the insides look like thay were made yesterday.

I also have a bunch of same-period goodies kicking around that I will add to it.  The label is a real hoot .

Roger

(http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h32/slingerman43/DSCN0072.jpg)

(http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h32/slingerman43/DSCN0071.jpg)

Just some self-indulgent pictures of my kit on stage at the Beta Bar in Tallahassee this weekend. I like Bart's description of this thread as "drum porn."

As Drummerworld will one day put it: The Master's Place
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/chillman4130/DSCF4824.jpg)

My viewpoint
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Niiiiiiiiice! Love the cymbals, and the DW! Are those New Beats? My favourite hats by far. Not personally keen on 4-piece kits, but I admire the ability to be satisfied with only two toms.

Thanks!!

It's a fake DW--Pacific birch FXR with a DW front head to both indulge my sarcasm and make me strive to play the kit up to its (falsely) advertised standards.

The hats are a Quick Beat top and an older New Beat bottom. They sound good and solid, nothing groundbreaking or anything.
The rest are 18" and 19" A Medium crashes and a 22" K Heavy ride. All bought on the cheap on Ebay.

As for the 4-piece, I just happened to always play that way. Something about it appealed to me. Now I am glad because I play lots of gigs even those 4 drums barely fit into my car or the band van. Most smalling touring rock drummers I see these days use 4 piece kits, which I presume is mostly for convenience's sake in the van and on small stages.

I think everyone should play a 4 piece for a while. As my music theory teacher used to say, "restrictions shall set you free!"

I agree. I do sometimes play a 4-piece setup at rehearsals, and it's cool to see what I suddenly find myself doing, but to do all the things in my toolbox (and that the songs we play demand), I need those three toms.

As long as I'm in here, I'll show off my new Gretsch mini snare and new setup. The snare was bought purely on recommendations from this forum, and I love it. Great poppy little thing for intros or light pop songs etc.

(http://images.naigewron.net/drumkit/060505/driver.jpg)
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Forum software shrinks the pictures down. Originals are here:
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This is my first post here! Heres my Vintage 70s Ludwigs with 14" 15" and 16" Toms and 16" and 18" floor Toms. The 18" is a mismatch. I am going to cover it to match! 20" Zildgian Ping and 20" Zildjian Sweet Ride 19" Z Custom Crash 16" Z Power Crash and a 18" and 16" B8Pro Crash.  

(http://us.a2.yahoofs.com/users/43f0793fzce54eb6a/90b0re2/__sr_/f159re2.jpg?phw7kcEBmwAeaSDM)
http://us.a2.yahoofs.com/users/43f0793fzce54eb6a/90b0re2/__sr_/c901re2.jpg?phw7kcEBHaUI