My Drum Kit

I've seen a lot of videos on here of people showing off their drum kits just to show what stuff sounds like, and as helpful as those videos are for me, I thought I'd do 1 for anybody else on here wanting inspiration! :D

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Music

Tags:

• drum kit tour
• drum set tour
• showing off drums
• drums
• cymbals
• meinl
• meinl classics
• bell cymbal
• cowbell
• black beauty cowbell
• Tama
• Sabian B8
• Wuhan China
• splash cymbal
• crash cymbal
• crash ride
• Imperialstar
• Evans drum head
• Remo drum head
• Vater drum sticks

[schybba]

Dude, that splash upsidedown on the hi-hat will break. Be careful on how you mount your cymbals, but on the other hand playing is learning.

[BCvonRayfus]

@schybba I've mounted splashes upside-down on top of other cymbals for the 8 years I've been drumming, and I haven't broken one yet. It's all about how hard you play. Tightness is another issue; the tighter you have the wing-nuts cranked onto your cymbals on the stands, the more likely it is that a cymbal can crack. Always give cymbals room to breathe and they'll last longer, so a splash on the hihat stand should be ok. I don't mount splashes there anymore because my drop-clutch gets in the way.

[schybba]

@BCvonRayfus

I've broken a few cymbals myself during my 19 years of drumming, mostly Z. 14", 15" and 16" crashes and a 20" Z. china boy. I'm not sure why the china broke, it was mounted very high at the time with a steep angle and upside down compared to your china there. It's difficult to get Wuhan here in Norway, mostly Sabian, Z., Paiste and Istanbul cymbals in the stores.

I don't have room for my splashes where my band has rehearsals so the 10" Sabian HH splash is still alive.

[BCvonRayfus]

@schybba There's a small crack in my Wuhan 10" splash, but I never mount it upside-down on its own. I just beat the heck out of it when I first got it because I loved the sound so much, and the crack hasn't affected the sound yet. I don't break sticks a whole lot either, maybe a pair every half-year or so. :P I've learned not to hit my Wuhans too hard because they're more fragile, I beat the daylights out of my Sabian hihats because I've played on cracked hats before and they sizzle perfectly...

[DrumCoalitionWithWar]

i wuldnt put the rings on the heads, the drums dont resonate :(

[BCvonRayfus]

I'll either use rings or MoonGels just so it's not extra-echoey in my livingroom. :P The drums are in my room now though, so I don't use rings often...They kinda buzz on the drumhead if you turn your snares off, it's weird. I never noticed until playing with my snare-switch off for a more tribal-feel to my style, and the rings will buzz on the tom-heads, so I don't use them as often now.

[schybba]

Personally I would try to modify the crack. If the crack in on the edge you can file it away or cut a "halfmoon" piece of it around the crack, which will stop the spread. It shouldn't affect the sound that much. I've never cracked any of my hi-hats. My Z. 15" rock hihat from 1995 is still in shape. But I am going to be very sad when it does. :)

[schybba]

Change the head on the snare drum to Ambassador a coated type. The first snare I got was pinstripe and I broke the head in less than 3 months. Also if using brushes the ambassador will give a better sound. Multi-purpose, man.

[kijkenify]

it's called bostic..... just because i wanted to give it a name hahahaha

i was laughing my ass of when you sead that xD

[ps3fanatic619]

I hav those hi hats and the splash ontop of it, respect

[ramonbunny69]

haha i love the bell !!!!! flip the bell and put the moon jell in side it !!!! that way it will be easyer too hit and the moon jell wont get in the way :) nice sett