agreed

Wow, What a drum kit.  Reminds me of kits from 20 years ago but I guess people still play These large Double bass kits.  Set up and tear down must be fun?  I thought I had a lot of hardware.
Thank you for sharing Timekeep69.
                     Nutty

That Voodoo Temple kit is cool man.  Gotta biggun' here boys 

This is the only picture I could find. It'll do for now:



Pearl "All Maple Shell" Series (late 80's, early 90's)
10", 12", 14", 15", 22"
Luka Percussion Snare
Luka Percussion Djembe
Zildjian Cymbals

Hopefully I'll come up with a better picture soon!

I've been playing with my primary HiHat in the center of my set-up for well over 7 years now. Many of you have seen photos of my set-up in the past, but now it's simplified even more. Here's the latest photos taken just a few days ago at gig. Sorry for the poor pic quality; I used the camera on my Treo. I'll have some better photos another time.




I'm using my FIBES kit with a rack system ... Remote Cable Hi-Hat as primary (centered), 12-inch Tom is to the left of the Snare, 16-inch Floor Tom is to the right of the Snare. The Tom sizes vary at times, but these are the sizes I typically go with.

I really enjoy playing this set-up; perfect for my Pop/Rock/Country gigs!

I don't always use the center Hi-Hat set-up, but ergonomically speaking it's the most comfortable ... so I use it as much as I can.

Here's a few photos taken last night from a live video shoot that I did with a new artist I've been working with. The music is in the Ambient/World category, so my set-up is a bit different than the norm.


From left to right ...

• Sioux drum
• Ngoma drum, played with a pedal
• LP Djembe
• Pandeiro (above Djembe in photo)
• Yamaha 4x12 Erskine Snare drum, played with pedal

I'm also have Ghungaroos (ankle bells) on my left foot and play a lot of other rattles, shakers and hand drums which I pick up to play.

The video will be avaible soon; I'll post that when it comes available.

I'm going to do a thorough explanation (video) for an upcoming podcast in which I'll show how I rigged the Snare drum. Simple to do ... yet I don't believe anyone has rigged it like this before. Snare drums played with a foot-pedal isn't new, but the way I did it is new (to me at least). I came up with this last year but don't put it to use until now.

The Snare strainer release is on top, so it's easy to turn on and off. Since gravity isn't helping me move the snare wires away from the drumhead (the drum is vertical instead of horizontal), I place a little something between the head and wires to keep it quiet when the Snare is in the muffled (off) position. Very easy to remove and add back; takes only 2 seconds. In fact, for this the live performance video shoot, I only used the Snare on one tune ... so I had to turn the snares off/on. Sympathetic vibrations when the snares are on wasn't any more of an issue than it is on a standard drum set-up.

Just getting back in the game after 15 years. I don't even have cymbals yet!





Mapex M birch series kit

14x5.5 Snare
8" 10" 12" 14" Toms
22"x18" kick

Looking at for cymbals
14" A New Beats
17" A med thin Crash
16" A thin Crash
20" K Dark Custom Ride

The hardware is what came with the kit

Its clear. . .  its there but you can't see it.   

Are you "thee" Mickey Dee ?

I thought you were a sonor man?

Nice pearls though!  I remember the 50th anniversary snare drums- they were great. We didn't have a whole kit though.

Very cool!