Had to assemble a freshly delivered Yamaha Stage Custom 5 pc in Cranberry. It's beautiful and sounds so good.
Saturday night, I went out to catch my old band with their new drummer. The band broke up last October due to drama between the singer and bass player. At some point, this spring, they buried the hatchet and started playing with a drummer that the guitar player had been playing with in another band and had known since high school. For whatever reason, they never contacted me to see if I had any interest in coming back. From a technical standpoint, he's a better player than I am, but the groove just wasn't there. They sounded better with me behind the kit, but I might be a bit biased.
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Mmm... Saturns.
Had to assemble a freshly delivered Yamaha Stage Custom 5 pc in Cranberry. It's beautiful and sounds so good.
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I think we should call you Phillips 66 instead of Bish.
You seem to have abundant reserves of GAS.
-Brian
"Too many crappy used drum stuff to list"
Play the SONG......not the DRUMS!!!
"I think that feeling is a lot more important than technique. It's all very well doing a triple paradiddle - but who's going to know you've done it? If you play technically you sound like everybody else. It's being original that counts." ~ John Bonham
Not a damn thing!!
YOU MESS WITH THE DEVIL YOU KNOW.
YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE DEVIL YOU DON'T KNOW.
VAE VICTIS
ONCE YOU HIT A CERTAIN AGE, YOU BECOME PERMANENTLY UNIMPRESSED BY A LOT OF CRAP.
I HIT THAT AGE 20 YEARS AGO.
IF DOGS CAN'T GO TO HEAVEN, I WANT TO GO WHERE THEY GO
WILL ROGERS
Unpacked and set up the kit from last nights show, and cleaned all the cymbals.
1976 Tama Imperialstar Saturn 12+1 Platina6,8,10,12,13,14,15,16 concert toms, 16, 18 floor toms, 2-22x18 Bass drums.
1971 5x14 Ludwig acrolite snare
Tama metalworks snare 13x6
DW collectors Maple Blue Glass7x8, 8x10, 9x12 rack toms, 11x14, 13x16 hanging toms, 18x23 bass, 8 and 12 timbale toms, 5.5x10 Ten and Six All Maple snare, 5.5x14 Supersolid snare, DW 9000 rack system, DW 5002 Double bass pedal, DW 5000 Hi-Hat stand, DW 9000 Snare stand.
Sabian Xs20 cymbals: 16 & 18 crash, 20 ride, 14 hats, 8 splash, 18 china.
Zildjian cymbals: 21 ride, 15 hats. All '70's era.
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I forget about this thread. So on Sunday I setup some of my kit to start playing again. Been playing ever night since Sunday.
Conrad
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Nothing. It's still early.
Practiced traditional grip to a metronome on a pad the other night, if that "counts?"
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Snares: 4
RIP- Frank, Wolvie, Les Paul
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No metronome?
The Rudiments
Window shopping on the web for another new kit...or cymbals...or something I need. In reality, I have everything I need and more. AND, what I DO have is plenty good enough for my needs. What I REALLY need is to get back to work on restoring the pile of vintage Ludwig 3ply shells I’ve accumulated!
-Brian
"Too many crappy used drum stuff to list"
Play the SONG......not the DRUMS!!!
"I think that feeling is a lot more important than technique. It's all very well doing a triple paradiddle - but who's going to know you've done it? If you play technically you sound like everybody else. It's being original that counts." ~ John Bonham
Changed batter heads on my 10 and 12 inch toms.
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Six Piece Mapex Saturn V, Five Piece DW Performance Series, NOS Slingerland Snares, Centent Ardor and Emperor Cymbals
Thought about pulling the kit out of the cases and cleaning it and the cymbals and stands.
Then I came to my senses. Whew, that was close.
GeeDeeEmm
Driving out to Simi Valley to band practice. Today a female vocalist in the mix. . . . . .Hmmmm. The 2 bands I'm jamming with have keyboards and Sax players, very good ones at that! very cool.
Nobody has done anything drum related since September??? I put a Gretsch sticker on my toolbox last night, that's drum related, right?
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Aut Viam Inveniam Aut Faciam
"I shall either find a way or make one"
Oh, another thing. My new throne showed up today. Gibraltar 6608.
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Aut Viam Inveniam Aut Faciam
"I shall either find a way or make one"
I'm going downstairs to beat on my drums.
YOU MESS WITH THE DEVIL YOU KNOW.
YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE DEVIL YOU DON'T KNOW.
VAE VICTIS
ONCE YOU HIT A CERTAIN AGE, YOU BECOME PERMANENTLY UNIMPRESSED BY A LOT OF CRAP.
I HIT THAT AGE 20 YEARS AGO.
IF DOGS CAN'T GO TO HEAVEN, I WANT TO GO WHERE THEY GO
WILL ROGERS
I just received my new-to-me hi-hat stand. A Tama Iron Cobra Lever-glide. It was well used, but in great operating condition. There was a bit of light corrosion on the raised parts of the pedal, but with the help of a brass brush and some anti-corrosive lubricant, it cleaned up nicely. The rod is slightly bent, but I think I'll give it a go before I go ordering a new one.
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Aut Viam Inveniam Aut Faciam
"I shall either find a way or make one"
^^Nice!!
I went back to the Aquarian Studio X heads over Aquarian Clear Classics (think Remo coated Emps with a taped underside muff ring over clear Ambass). I found the Studio X heads were more subtle to my ears than the stock DW heads when close mic'd but I'm sticking with the Remo coated Ambass on the Ludwig BB.
I moved the hihat mic (SM57) to the 12:00 o'clock position opposed to the 9:00 o'clock position where I found air lock from the hats were being picked up by the mic when I played 1/4 notes on the hihat pedal.
I ditched the idea of trying to mic the rack toms from a mic stand with a small condenser AKG T-170 overhead mic but went back to clipping a Audix D2 between the 8" and 10" tom and a Audix D4 between the 10x14" rack tom and 14x16" floor tom.
Nothing today I'm 2000 miles away from my drums all week
I'm picking up a new head for my Mapex Black Panther 6.5x14" birdseye maple snare that I bought used 10 years ago at my local mom and pop drum store. I've forgotten how good the Mapex sounds since I've been playing nothing but a 5x14" Ludwig BB as of late.
The snare has had an old Evans PC reverse dot for the batter since buying it and I'm getting lots of positive comments from my band-mates since switching to Mapex so I decided to replace it with a newer version. I haven't bought Evans heads for a while. In fact, this is the only drum related item I have purchased since my divorce back in December of 2018. Man, things are looking up!
Ordered a new ride cymbal today. I’ve been wanting a new 18” ride to use with my small gig kit. I LOVE my bass drum mounted ride, but on an 18” bass, a 20” ride interferes with the tom mount. I’ve been using an 18” Wuhan crash/ride. It sounds great, but just a little too much wash and too little stick definition. If you really lay into it, it gets out of control quick. I also have an 18” Zildjian A medium ride, but I hate it...waaaay too bright.
After a lot of on-line research, I decided to try an 18” Sabian Monarch. We’ll see...
-Brian
"Too many crappy used drum stuff to list"
Play the SONG......not the DRUMS!!!
"I think that feeling is a lot more important than technique. It's all very well doing a triple paradiddle - but who's going to know you've done it? If you play technically you sound like everybody else. It's being original that counts." ~ John Bonham
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