Gong Drums/ Kit update!

[brknsgnfcncdrummer]

HI EVERYONE! I haven't been on in a while. I have been busy with work and band stuff. BUT ANYWAY!

I built a Gong drum out of a bass drum and 2 pearl rack legs i have lying around.




Also, i wanted to share a couple pics of my kit from Dirtfest in Birch Run Mi last weekend.

[late8]

Welcome back!! Sweet mod. How's it sound?

[brknsgnfcncdrummer]

It sounds great. We played a pretty large festival last weekend and the sound guy came up to me after our set and said, "holy crap that gong drum thing you have sounds amazing!"

[FlyByNight]

It looks great with the kit! I noticed your splash placement over the ride. Do you ever reach to hit it? I don't even have the distance to hit that side of the ride.

[SpazApproved]

that's a great add! If this darn orange wasn't so hard to find in the first place I would love to also build one myself.

[G-man]

Welcome back!! Sweet mod. How's it sound?

Kind of like, "Booooooooooom!"

[drummer]

I've never heard of a gong drum. Guess I better get with the program, lol.

[slinglander]

I've never heard of a gong drum. Guess I better get with the program, lol.

seen'em but don't know what I'd do with'em!

[brknsgnfcncdrummer]

It looks great with the kit! I noticed your splash placement over the ride. Do you ever reach to hit it? I don't even have the distance to hit that side of the ride.

I like it where it is. normally keep my arms bent a little. For me it is in a great place. ha ha

[markthechuck]

i saw one on eBay, apparently they sound better if you have an oversized head, that's what the guy selling it says anyway, i've never heard one.

[Spiderjig]

Nice job, looks really sturdy.

[brknsgnfcncdrummer]

I think it sounds great how it is. That one looks silly.

[drummerMD]

Drum Craft has been making them since they started. You can buy them as add ons with your kit. . . . only if you live in S. America/Europe or down under. . . .I guess that doesn't help me here.

[Johnny G]

seen'em but don't know what I'd do with'em!

You hit em! Really really hard! (Actually, they can be quite moody at low volumes, too)

Great, Now I need to add a gong bass drum to my kit!

[brknsgnfcncdrummer]

You hit em! Really really hard! (Actually, they can be quite moody at low volumes, too)

Great, Now I need to add a gong bass drum to my kit!

I can make one for you!

[gdmoore28]

That one looks silly.

Actually, if you want to stay true to the original gong drum concept (originated in the late 1970s by Tama), the oversized head is the way it's supposed to be. The original idea was to offer a tympani-like sound in drum set format. I can remember seeing a few of them that actually used a tympani style footpedal to allow pitch adjustment. (Yamaha and several other companies used to offer footpedal-adjustable floor toms to the same effect.) A google search turns up many pictures of the original, along with current offerings.

GeeDeeEmm

[kay-gee]

What exactly does one do with a drum like that?

all the best...

[Lefty]

Actually, if you want to stay true to the original gong drum concept (originated in the late 1970s by Tama), the oversized head is the way it's supposed to be. The original idea was to offer a tympani-like sound in drum set format. I can remember seeing a few of them that actually used a tympani style footpedal to allow pitch adjustment. (Yamaha and several other companies used to offer footpedal-adjustable floor toms to the same effect.) A google search turns up many pictures of the original, along with current offerings.

GeeDeeEmm

This is what I've allways thought a gong drum was all about, not just a kick on a stand.

[kay-gee]

Why not just get a small kettle drum?

all the best...

[brknsgnfcncdrummer]

I suppose you are right. but since it has a Remo Ambassador on it, it sounds like a big wide open tom. Not a kick drum.