Fitting a KickPort to A bass drum

[stopmonkey47452]

and good job being a true drummer and using your spare beater to put it in.

[stopmonkey47452]

the guy who invented it says leave the head on, put the ring on, cut the hole, put in the kick port. then use your palm to reseat the head. three minutes tops, and it works.

[isfint]

Or the easy way:

- take the head of

- put on the reinforcement ring and cut the hole

- install the Kickport

- put the head back on

;)

[AdamOuissellat]

You didn't play the kick before you installed the KP . You only played it after. I wanted to see the difference.

[firsty33]

Thanks for the info!!

[jmenchefski]

Awesome product! Direct Music Supply carry us and Kickport. The really create quite the buzz at NAMM this year.

Joe from Billdidit

[TimMc333]

To all the people who say you don't need to take the head off: I've seen first hand that a bass drum head can split if you try to cut it while it's tensioned on the drum. Not a good idea...

[drex48239]

fore future reference you should of peeled the template stuck it and used the template to cut the circle like a stencil

[ramonbunny69]

thats the bestest thing i ever seen !!!!!!

[ARQUIANDRES777]

There is not necessary to remove the drumhead.

The video is very good.

[z2thaanko]

you're supposed to stick the black ring on 1st then cut inside that ring that's what it's for lol

[Meatlooaf]

it's better to put the re'enforment ringon before cutting the hole!

[ARQUIANDRES777]

Deberias mostrar el antes y después

[JesusLikesPork]

I have it on a Ludwig Centennial Maple 20x22' bass drum and it sounds like a 24' now with none of the 24 inch sloppiness. Love it!

[JesusLikesPork]

Drops my resonance to 30hz from about 60hz,, absolutely awesome for low tuning, gigs, and studio recording. WOW I mean it.!. Cant believe someone didnt invent this sooner.

[samthedrums]

It's a 20. Still sounds good. PA engineers seem to like it too.

[kickdrum100]

18" bass drum or 20"?

[5n00p105]

the reason you have to offset the hole from the centre is because the way a bass drum works. a bass drum works by air movement and when the centre of the batter head is hit, air causes the resonant head to resonate causing the bass drum sound to be produced. so... basically if you put the hole in the centre of the resonant head, the air will leave the bass drum and the resonant head will hardly resonate. makes the resonant pretty much pointless and you might as well not have one. hope that helps

[wrthdrumer]

just picked my up yesturday! awesome purchase, thx for the vid

[nowprice]

Thanks Sam:o) Great demo!!!

[xbeast666]

lol why didnt u install the kick port whilest you had the head off ???

[samthedrums]

Well, I just went by the instructions. It seems the protocol of fitting has changed since it was 1st put on the market. Look at the official site.

[freestylefilmsinc]

the reson why you shouldnt have it dead center as it is the week point on the resonence head i know i cant spell

[cobraopts7]

is there drum skins that already have holes for this

[kickport1]

By the way... I contacted Dunnett1972 to see what he experienced. I handle most or all of Customer Service and have only had very happy drummers.

We try very hard to provide a great product and great service!

[drumdoc]

congrats with your success in Namm show.... any updates on variation of the kickport for other drums? like the floor tom?

[kickport1]

Sam- Jesse here again from KickPort International.

Great video and thanks!! Everybody here at our company really likes it. We also think very highly of Austin and his fine crew at Poole Percussion and glad you included information about the store in your video.

by the way... We just won a 'Best in Show' award at the Summer NAMM in Nashville last month.

Thanks again and best regards,

Jesse Bradman

FPC- KickPort International

[samthedrums]

Hey, Jesse - thanks for that!

I think I followed the instructions pretty well, but having seen your own YouTube clips I realize that keeping the skin on the drum makes it a quicker and easier job.

I'll leave my vid up in case anyone wants to do it 'the long way'!

Still enjoying using the KickPort. I get lotas of lovely comments about it's sound from audience and sound engineers!

[skinz00]

Thanks for this!

[drumdoc]

actually i spoke to one of the owners before ordering it and we chatted for almost an hour and he was very pleasant and informative therefore could you be a little more descriptive about your complaint with the customer service

[Dunnett1972]

Terrible customer service,

Bad attitude

no thanx

[BalletGrl12]

could you be more specific?

[stuartmarchant]

Thanks for the vid, Sam. A couple of tips for anyone watching:

For a couple of quid in most stationers you can buy a pair of compasses with a blade attached instead of a pencil. It's adjustable and gives you a perfect hole every time!

Or simply affix the reinforcing ring first, then cut around the inside (as recommended in Kickport's own literature ;-)

Then fit the Kickport BEFORE putting the head back on your bass drum, hence negating any problems flipping the gasket back into place ;-)

[drumdoc]

thanks for the video.. i just ordered one after listening to live performance with a drummer who was using it... and it had a phenomenal bass drum sound...

[therandomo]

Liking the vid Sam!

[quackbeef]

ever tried a remo dynmao and a hole saver kit?