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Title: Custom Internal Kick Mic Mount Post by: metalshredder on April 17, 2008, 06:24 PM So I decided that $220 or whatever they cost, $150 for the Kelly Shu and $220 or so for the May mount...that it was WAAAAAY too much for something like that.
Then I saw the Mike Portnoy Mirage kit on Tama's site, and he had something different. A light bulb went off in my mind, 'I can make that' I said! So I did. Check it out below, cost me nothing, used tools and materials that I had laying around. 2 cuts, one bend and drill 3 holes. Done. Sound easy? Yeah, it was. Worth 200 bucks? I didn't think so either. Works like a champ though! Oh, and uses existing hardware, cord goes up thru the tom mount, no modification to the drum at all! I'm not meaning to brag, just excited! (http://www.slamwerks.com/images/keith/misc/ktim1.JPG) (http://www.slamwerks.com/images/keith/misc/ktim2.JPG) (http://www.slamwerks.com/images/keith/misc/ktim3.JPG) Title: Re: Custom Internal Kick Mic Mount Post by: diddle on April 17, 2008, 07:15 PM looks good !
Title: Re: Custom Internal Kick Mic Mount Post by: Bart Elliott on April 17, 2008, 08:04 PM looks good ! Except you need to replace your Kick drumhead and get yourself a Kick Pad. ;) Nice work; way to use your creativity! I've done something like that in the past, but now the only Kick drum I own that has a Tom mount on it is my Yamaha Recording Custom kit. Title: Re: Custom Internal Kick Mic Mount Post by: metalshredder on April 17, 2008, 08:38 PM Except you need to replace your Kick drumhead and get yourself a Kick Pad. ;) Yeah, I know...it's on the list. I got that head for $15 used from a guy at work...I just haven't been able to justify (to the wife) a new one. It'll be getting an SKII sooner or later! Title: Re: Custom Internal Kick Mic Mount Post by: boomerweps on April 20, 2008, 04:51 PM I just used a two way universal drum hardware clamp and clamped that to the tom arm post for a similar setup. Then I made a shorter version like yours that was held by the spur screws ;>)
Boomerweps Title: Re: Custom Internal Kick Mic Mount Post by: Paicey on May 11, 2008, 03:12 PM Well ya O'l devil, nice job!. Put the DW front head with the small holes around it on and youll be ready to sound like a million bucks. Ingenious.
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