^^Wow!! Looks fantastic!! Congrats!!!
^^Wow!! Looks fantastic!! Congrats!!!
I tried out the kit at my store ( it is an option for next kit) and you will be completely satisfied with the kit, or at the very least the snare. The snare is amazing.
6 Piece Pearl Masters Custom Extra Maple
14x5.5 Snare
10x8 Tom
12x9 Tom
14x12 Floor Tom
15x13 Floor Tom
22x16 Bass Drum
Miscellaneous Hardware
14 inch Zildjian Quick Beats
16 inch Istanbul Xist Crash
20 inch Meinl HCS ride.
VERY nice...Congrats!!!
Congrats. I see that Crush has an acrylic bop kit now, too.
Mmm... Saturns.
WOW! Love it Shane. Can't wait to see the full kit.
Man, I can't wait to see the whole kit! I can totally understand why you went with the Crush Acrylics!
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I saw a few of those on ebay. 18 kick, 10 rack, 13x13 floor tom, and snare. I might try to pick up a bass drum if I see one for a reasonable price. I play a lot of jazz and blues that the full 22" acrylic will be way too much for. Then again, that's what my Yamaha kit is for.
Thanks for the congrats all around gentlemen!
This represents the very height of patience of which I am capable. Here is a view from where I do most of my work in the mornings, and what I had to stare at without opening all day:
I snuck the bass drum out during lunch and snapped a quick iPhone picture:
I think with the virgin kick, I'm going to have trouble with a 2 up offset configuration. I can't see how I can get the 12" far enough over the kick on a stand, so I'm probably going with a rack. I can convert my Gibraltar Stealth Rack to a full height one with a couple of 48" bars, which will arrive tomorrow. I'll get everything set up and tuned then take the kit to my recording space on Friday evening and do some video/photo/recording work and hopefully post it that night. Stay tuned!
I've owned a set of fibes acrylics for 41+ yrs. Not a single crack...and they're not seemless. They spent over 4 yrs on the road too. But it's true, they look like crap if you let them get dirty. I bought them for volume and because I was a huge Mahavishnu / Cobham fan.
I spent much of that 41yrs retired from playing. When I decided to get back into it, I couldn't get into the old plastic drum sound so I got some dw collectors. There is no comparing the sound. Plastic just doesn't reverberate like wood or metal!!!
There's a reason you don't see acrylic flutes, clarinets, guitars, violins, etc etc et al.
I would have said, "Keep the Pearls!" Add on. I agree about their toms. I've never played any Pearls I didn't like.
After your acrylic phase wears out...you will be glad you kept your Pearls!
Staring at those boxes without opening them musta been torture!
Really amazing kit man, acrylics are beautiful!!
-DrumRookie
-Gear-Birch Tama Starclassic 22", 14", 12", 10" - 14"x5" Black Panther Steel Snare - Iron Cobra Hi-Hat Stand - Zildjian 20" A Vintage ride - Sabian HH 16" Crash - Sabian AAX 18" Studio Crash - Agazarian 10" Splash - Sabian XS20 14" Medium Hats - ProMark Shira Kashi Oak 5A - Various sticks & percussion - CP Bongos
-DrumRookie
-Gear-Birch Tama Starclassic 22", 14", 12", 10" - 14"x5" Black Panther Steel Snare - Iron Cobra Hi-Hat Stand - Zildjian 20" A Vintage ride - Sabian HH 16" Crash - Sabian AAX 18" Studio Crash - Agazarian 10" Splash - Sabian XS20 14" Medium Hats - ProMark Shira Kashi Oak 5A - Various sticks & percussion - CP Bongos
First acrylic drums I ever saw was when a friend of mine took me to a small venue in Ft. Worth to see a new band from Houston -- turned out to be ZZ Top, before they made their first album................F. Beard was playing a Fibes acrylic kit at the time.
Next, I saw a local Dallas band with a drummer that had a double bass Ludwig Vistalite clear acrylic kit, including the snare..........I thought they sounded good but looked awesome.
I'd never (ever) get rid of my old Gretsch USA kit but I would like to also have a Crush acrylic set some day.
Gretsch USA & Zildjian(What Else Would I Ever Need ?)
Dang Shane! That kick is awesome. DON'T DO THE RACK!!! LOL.
+1...............I think the rack would take some of the visual effect away........you should be able to get the toms correctly over the bass if you uses two cymbal stands, on either side of the bass, and attach some single tom mounts to them.
Congrats...........those do look Bada$$
I'm not sure if the construction techniques have changed since then, the seam has something to do with it, or maybe bearing edges, but so far these things ring like mad. In fact, there is a good deal of sympathetic vibration between the drums. I don't think I'll be able to play these wide open like I can my wood drums. I do have a nice maple kit that I consider my career set that I'll always use for lower volume gigs. The Pearls that I kept are going to become my practice kit and live in a garage. I am worried that I'll have to keep cleaner on hand at all times. I've noticed dog hair migrating to these things like they are magnetic.
I broke and after everyone but me left for the day I got out the snare and tuned it up.
I spent a couple hours last night trying to get the positioning right with stands and it just would not work for me. I've gotten used to offset mounted toms and with the stand I couldn't get the 12" over the bass drum far enough to be able to tuck the 10" between it and where I like my hihats. I think eventually I'll get sick of the rack and either drop the 10 altogether or switch to a standard placement without the offset. When I think about it, the rack probably takes an extra 10 minutes to set up and a couple extra to tear down. On a full gig I play for 3 hours, so that seems worth the effort to get the placement locked down. I'm going to try to set the crossbar as low as possible to get it out of the way. I have a curved bar, so it might actually look cool. I'll get into it this evening.
I'll always have a wood set, and I see this as something situational to rock gigs. I realize they will probably end up sounding pretty good, but looking much better. Hopefully I'm pleasantly surprised at how good they actually end up sounding once I get them tuned up with decent heads. I'll report back as soon as that happens.
Another big thanks for all the support guys!
This is the offset positioning I've gotten used to recently. I'm not in the mood to readjust to new placement at the moment - I like the skin on my knuckles where it's at .
I was refering to acoustic instuments not being made of plastic for a reason.
I think some one built an carbon fiber acoustic violin but as you would expect it was loud and harsh. Not quite a Stradavarius. It may have been electric as well.
Shane, you may be able to spray your new tubs with some anti static product for the dog hair. Just try it on a small area first to be safe but acrylic, or plexiglass, is pretty impervious to anything that doesn't contain petroleum solvents or acetone etc.
That acrylic looks mighty classy indeed. Post a sound sample when you get a free minute
Shane, I didn't really clean them all that often. While on the road the cases (soft & fuzzy) kept them pretty dust free. I did use windex once in a while. (soft cotten cloth) They spent many years in storage (non climate controlled if that helps ease your fear of temperature extremes and variations) and/or set up gathering dust and grime. About a year ago I totally dissmantled and cleaned and polished them. I used the three step plastic polish on any scratches or mars and they came out really nice. I was planning to sell them but realized they were the perfect compliment to my dw collectors. I can't believe how the quality of top-line drums has improved!
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