NUTHA JASON'S DRUMS

[NUTHA JASON]

my new drumkit!!!
a second-hand pearl blx (thats proto masters series in birch).
a free floating maple snare (i also have a spare 6.5" deep steel free floating snare). i love the free floaring system.
a modified firecracker snare (10" made into a wooden timbale by removing all the bottom bits).
14" hi hat, 15" 16" 18" crashes, 18"china and 22"heavy ride all paiste 2002 and one 8" zildjian splash.
a ching ring.
gibraltar rack, yamaha hardware. a pearl hat stand and a single iron cobra.
mics: i broke open three beyerdynamic clip on mics and mounted them internally (SEE thread http://www.drummerworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10) the bass has an AKGd112 internally mounted. only the snare and cymbal mics are exterior mounted. this makes for quick set up and tear down and awesome sound.
plus hard cases.

oh and 'animal' from the muppets as my mascott
j

[mediocrefunkybeat]

That's a big ride there Nutha. I like your setup, always had done, but one thing always bothers me. On the DH pictures, it looks like you're sitting very low. Is this just a trick of the eye or do you actually sit really, really low?

[Bernhard]

That's John Bonham at his finest!

See the position of the ride in relation to the Snare and the mounted Tom. Very good distance between Ride and Snare - very BuddyRichJazzy.
So the second disturbing Tom goes to the left - great solution.

Perhabs a second floor tom needed? Yes of course, ask Buddy: if you need a good place for the towel.

So Jason melts Buddy - Animal - John Bonham - together - circle closed. Just great.

Congratulations

Bernhard

[House Drummer]

Yes, the good place for the "disturbed" tom is to the left. Allows the ride to be where it's comfortable to "ride" it, with the elbow in low and close to the side, especially if you're swinging it.

I suppose that third stick on the snare in the photo is for Animal, right?

[Wegadrummer]

as always Nutha : i love you kit! the way you set up your kit... aah... i love it..
Animal keep drumming!

[Jason Dorn]

I agree with Brerhard your setup is very Bonhamesque especially with those 2002's. Do you sit facing the left your hihat would seem to indicate that you do somewhat. I used to have my ride situated over my bass drum like that but found raising it and moving it to the right worked better for me not sure why but it flows better for my playing. Great kit Nutha.

[NUTHA JASON]

MFB.
i only wish i had the true giant. the 24'' ride. this one is magnificent tho. believe me i still use it as a crash when i want. its an eye trick really. i sit with the tops of my thighs perfectly parallell to the floor.

BERNHARD
i would love a second floor tom and i promise myself if i make it big to get one. its just that a) it would be extra gear to carry around b)it would take up a lot of space on the stage (some of our stages are a bit small) and c) i don't really need it at the moment. so for now my towl will go under my bum on the seat.


HOUSEDRUMMER
it is so comfortable to have it there. when i play on other guys kits my shoulder feels weird. the thrid stick goes into my jeans behind my back so the but end(handle) is easy to grasp from behind when i drop or break a stick.

WEGA
animal rules. watch him play with buddy on drummerworld videos.

JASON
a little to the left. as if i had a second bass drum.

j

[DrUmStIcKmUrDeReR]

yeh...animal kicks my a** at drums...

[NUTHA JASON]

he kicks mine at head banging.

here's another shot from my view point. i like where my splash is now because i can immediately incorporate it into grooves with both hands. especially when playing 16ths.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/Image2.jpg
j

[LDGuy]

Nice kit. Like the ride.

So you have three arms or something? (note amount of drumsticks on snare on top pic) You must be a monster (at playing drums ;-) ).

[NUTHA JASON]

nice to see you again harsh. i put the other stick down the back of my jeans where its ready to be grabbed if i drop or break a stick.

does anyone else do this?

j

[krazykenny5150]

sweet kit man, love the set up! and the rack looks really good. i keep a bag with always one backup pair in easy reach off my floor tom, shattered a 2b during a rockout in my drumline show at a competition once, didnt realize till then what value a backup pair did for me :P

[NUTHA JASON]

ta krazy.

i bought a new addition last week. on ebay there was a pair of paiste 2002'' heavy ROCK hats (really vintage black label and all). the advert said one of the hats had a chip in it but the price was really low (£25) and i have been meaning to get a unique hat sound for ages.http://i10.ebayimg.com/01/i/04/4a/00/6b_1_b.JPG
so they came in the mail and the top one has a 7mm chip in it. but it is the bottom hat i wanted anyway. now i have combined my new medium 2002 hi hat bottom with this old 2002 hi hat bottom but as a top. the sound is awesome. loud and crisp like zildjian fast hats but also sweet. they cut through my kit like butter and stood up to the onslaught of my 22'' ride.
j

ps: i'm going to cut an inch off the broken hat and make it into a 13'' crash/splash. cool project for the holidays. how should i do this so that it is super neat? i don't want to use tin snips like i did when i was a kid.

[DogBreath]

Man, that's great the way you put those hi-hats together for a unique sound.

[DrUmStIcKmUrDeReR]

he kicks mine at head banging.

that on the other hand, i beat animal at...lately the back left part of my neck has been hurting when i headbang from side to side though...13 and im already falling apart...

also about cutting the cymbal,i would use some sort of compass (not the magnetic ones, the ones you use in math class to make circles) with some blade on the end of it...like maybe a pencil attached with a hinge to an exacto knife...that might work...anyway, just an idea

[NUTHA JASON]

no mate, that's inspired. why didn't i think of that? i'm gonna take my hi hat clasp and attach a piece of wire 6.5 '' long to it. then on the other end a piece of sharp tool-steel (maybe a small shapr screw driver) then i will slowly turn it until i have a groove and then cut a bit deeper until it is through. then a bit of water paper (1200 grit) to finish off the edge.

i'll let you know how it goes

j
ps: i'm not going to do this for a few weeks as i am so busy so if any one has a better idea, let me know.

[jamsjr44]

Nice kit, you have anything you could post, I'd love to hear how you play.

[NUTHA JASON]

nothing digital and current at the moment. but here is my band (in originals mode) a few months back:

http://www.myspace.com/swarm

or learn more at ...
http://www.swarm.tv/pages/1/index.htm

thanks
j

[NUTHA JASON]

I posted my pics ages ago. so here's another go. when we won the quarter finals for the carling battle o' the bands we each got 250 pounds. i spent mine on a set of aquarians for my toms and two new paiste cymbals(see * below). so here are the total specs for the kit.


Drums:

second-hand pearl blx (thats proto masters series in birch).
a free floating maple snare (i also have a spare 6.5" deep steel free floating snare). i love the free floating system. both have 42 strand snare wires on 'em.
a modified firecracker snare (10" made into a wooden timbale by removing all the bottom bits).
gibraltar rack, yamaha hardware. a pearl hat stand and a single iron cobra.
cymbals (all paiste 2002):

14" hi hat (a medium bottom on the bottom and a rock [black label] bottom on the top)
8'' (zildjian) splash
16'' crash
17'' rock crash *
19'' rock crash *
22'' heavy ride
18'' china
and sometimes a ching ring (a la bonzo tamourine thingy)
j


http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/a5.jpg (http://photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/?)
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/a6.jpg (http://photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/?)
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/a1.jpg (http://photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/?)
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/a3.jpg (http://photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/?)

ps: animal couldn't make it to this gig, so ...
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/qweryuu028D.jpg (http://photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/?)

[NUTHA JASON]

and here's my practice kit.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/fret.jpg (http://photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/?)

[aahznightsky]

Your kit is smoking now! Im loving it.... Paiste and v drums, we have great taste in drums hehe. Your kit really does look amazing

[parser]

Ahh, the new crashes came in. I bet they sound amazing with the rest of the Paistes. Congrats on winning the quarters, and good luck with the rest!

[MECHT4NK]

I like the way you have your toms set up

[thetourist]

As much as I like the drums and cymbals, I particularly admire the pictures themselves. The lighting in that room and the angles really look geared to show off all those pretty paistes. Quite Artsy.

[Colin]

Two Paistes and a set of Aquarians for 250 pounds!? Are Paistes cheaper in the UK than in the US?

By the way, I still love your kit. Paistes are the best way to go. Good job Nutha!

[Zack-Attack]

don't take this the wrong way...but, Can I have your drumset if you die? :-]

Kick ass set, impressive pictures too.

[NUTHA JASON]

thanks everyone for the good coms.

Two Paistes and a set of Aquarians for 250 pounds!? Are Paistes cheaper in the UK than in the US?

well i had to suppliment a bit collin. the paistes were 130 and 144 pounds each and the tom heads were about 45 for the lot. yeah and paistes do rule.

the tourist:
As much as I like the drums and cymbals, I particularly admire the pictures themselves. The lighting in that room and the angles really look geared to show off all those pretty paistes. Quite Artsy.
one of my other hobbies is photography and this was all done in an immense ballroom. i love the cherub playing my kit angle.

I like the way you have your toms set up

it kinda grew that way MECH. i was an addicted four piece player. i love having my ride there. then the band i joined started doing reggae as well as punk and rock so my top tom was not high pitched enough for those reggae rolls. then when drum solos entered the picture i loved having the extra voice. so it stayed past the reggae phase.

i set my vdrums as much as possible to the same angles as my gig kit.
j

[Wegadrummer]

aah... nutha.. i love the new cymbals..

[Johnny_Stacks]

hahaha. your practise kit is better then my only kit. i need money man!

[NUTHA JASON]

but i don'e like playing it live tho.

here for fun is my kit with its new 8.5'' ride using the kit builder...
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/mydrumss.jpg (http://photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/?)

[Bernhard]

Hi Nutha

Just wondering: is this Kitbuilder also running under Mac and can I put in own work with photoshop to have the exact look?

Bernhard

[Anchein Vouivra]

The real Cherub Rock !!!
What an esthetic, I really like it. I'd like to hear a sample of how the whole kit sounds specially for your customised cymbals.

[NUTHA JASON]

soon as possible Anchein Vouivra. thanks.

bernhard
i don't know. i'm not that computer literate. its a jpeg. i could send you a bitmap if that's any help. all i did was take one picture of each drum and cymbal and used maths to resize them according to percentages. ie a 10'' becomes a 12'' if you resize it 120% etc...

j

[Rick Wilkinson]

Assume kit. I also love your practice kit that’s what I would like.

[Ynnad101]

Question: which type of head u using??? i like the black rings, do they muffle the sound alot??? nice kit bro... it has that individual touch...:)

[NUTHA JASON]

thanks Ynnad101 and all.

they are

Performance II™ with Power Dot acquarians (on the two toms - so black ring is built in) see:
http://www.aquariandrumheads.com/products/display.asp?id=3


Response 2™ with Power Dot™ on the timbale. see:
http://www.aquariandrumheads.com/products/display.asp?id=1 (http://www.aquariandrumheads.com/products/display.asp?id=1)


Hi-Energy™ on the snare. see:
http://www.aquariandrumheads.com/products/display.asp?id=15 (http://www.aquariandrumheads.com/products/display.asp?id=15)


Super-Kick II™ on the bass drum batter. see:
http://www.aquariandrumheads.com/products/display.asp?id=11 (http://www.aquariandrumheads.com/products/display.asp?id=11)


j

[Colin]

Hey Jason, now that you have your two new 17" and 19" Rock Crashes, what are you going to do with the 15" and 18" 2002 Crashes you had before? Perhaps just for fun, you could set them up as well so you could have five crashes to play with!

[Superlow]

Slick NJ! It seems you have another talent of capturing of phtotgraphy, the drums look like a million dollars. The cymbals aren't too shabby either, That's a good sized kit, is that what you play in the live setting? Some drumers reduce no mater what . They don't want lug around too many drums. Keep up the good work.

[NUTHA JASON]

colin:
Hey Jason, now that you have your two new 17" and 19" Rock Crashes, what are you going to do with the 15" and 18" 2002 Crashes you had before? Perhaps just for fun, you could set them up as well so you could have five crashes to play with!

i'm sort of saving them for the studio where i will have all my gear to hand for what ever is needed. or i might sell them on ebay. i've got to be careful or my cymbal set up will grow into a Nico mcbrain clone.

superlow:
Slick NJ! It seems you have another talent of capturing of phtotgraphy, the drums look like a million dollars. The cymbals aren't too shabby either, That's a good sized kit, is that what you play in the live setting? Some drumers reduce no mater what . They don't want lug around too many drums. Keep up the good work.

if i cannot make it into the pro world i wouldn't mind being a band photographer (when i'm older).
this is my live kit. it all fits into five hard cases, a big wheeled kit bag and a cymbal case. and these all fit into my renault clio with my girlfriend. it has been whittled down and rebuilt over the years to become as ergonomic and also as easy to lug around as possible. i love it. thanks.
j
ps: still looking for slick nuts in the uk.

[pc7411]

Hi Nutha

Just wondering: is this Kitbuilder also running under Mac and can I put in own work with photoshop to have the exact look?

Bernhard

Being a fellow Mac geek, Bernhard, I suggest opening up NJ's kit builder in Appleworks paint and taking it from there. Of course, being the Mac version of MS paint, it's far better and easier to use! :-D

[Kevinm]

Interesting 8.5 ride, how was this modified to give you a ride sound rather than a splashy sound. Is it like an isobell?

[NUTHA JASON]

got me a rototom and a tambourine now. i also raised my cymbals up much higher so i can see the girls in the audience. still sometimes missing the left crash as i am not used to it being up there.
basic specs: all cymbals are paiste 2002 except the far left splash which is a 6'' zildjian.
the drums are pearl blx with my own mods (internal mics and I.S.S mounts.) the high tom is a modified firecracker snare tuned up like a timbale - no lower valum etc. the rototom is a remo 8''.
all the toms work nicely together because not only do they decend in pitch but also warmth and depth. so you got a no-shell 8'' roto, then a small shelled one skinned 10'' wooden timbale, a 12'' power tom and a 16'' floor tom.
all the heads are aquarian.
j

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/red1.jpg (http://photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/?)
what the audience saw last night (i'm setting up side on for a change)
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/red4.jpg (http://photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/?)
internal micing ideas:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/www.jpg (http://photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/?)
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/a7.jpg (http://photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/?)

a cut down hihat i turned into a mini ride (center splash-like cymbal)
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/1.jpg (http://photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/?)

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/red3.jpg (http://photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/?)
cheers
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/red2.jpg (http://photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/?)

[davodi74]

That kit is simply beautiful! your cymbals look (and probably sound) great. I like the ride alot and the crashes, china and splashes look just awesome! But my favorite part of all? The throne you got goin' there. Looks super comfy. I could fall asleep on that thing.

You also got some great pics. some of the ppl on this site dont know how to operate a camera... juuuusssst kidding!

PS good idea about the cymbal raising to check out the babes... i'll try that

[Thinshells]

I wondered if someone would try the power-thins. The power thins, IMO are a modernized cs black dot---one that works. I'd like to try them on maple drums.

[NUTHA JASON]

i had an evans black rock head on the roto (that's what it came with from ebay) but it was not responsive and rather dead. the power thin rings out a lot which is what i wanted. if i roar around on my toms now it sounds very neal peart last roll on yyz.

davodi74, the stool was a pearl round one, but i wanted comfort because the last thinbg you want in a six hour practice is a sore butt. so i bought 2 sq metres of leopard print fauxfur and cut it into circles one was twice the diameter of the stool, the othere were all the same diameter as the stool. then i stacked them, sowed a little X in the middle to stop them slipping round, then i sowed an old bootlace to the rim of the big circle and just pulled it tight over the stool. i never have probelmes now with comfort or sweat (which i did also get from fake leather stools).
i put the china up so i could swipe it from underneath like john blackwell.

j

[Wegadrummer]

Man, nutha.. my favourite kit as always.. i simply love it! Great idea putting everything higher so you could see the girls :)
i love the new setup, great placement of the tambourine, now i want one!
Where was the gig? in ireland? i just looked at the pictures on the wall..

wega..

[mlehnertz]

I like the bent "multi-size wrench" mic mount you have in one of the toms.

[NUTHA JASON]

nah, wigh wycombe (west of london) but we play a lot of irish style pubs. thanks for the compliments. if you ever come to a gig of mine you can definitely have a go.

j

[0neyellowdrum]

My 'Brutha from a Nutha Mutha',
Wow! Great web site, great songs and your set is beautiful.
I like my crashs higher, too, though I can't see the 'girls' much because of the lights.

[Stevesmithfan]

As always nice set up. I like the homemade internal miking system.

[DogBreath]

Jason is the MacGyver of our forum.

"We need to fix the internal mic, and all we have is a potato and some old gum wrappers!"

"No worries mate. Potatoes are excellent conductors, and this gum wrapper is just long enough to..."

"Uh, I was just kidding. The microphones are working just fine."

"Nah, let's do it my way."

[thetourist]

Corona...good choice...

[Colin]

Absolutely amazing— I've always loved your kit Jason. A fellow Paiste brother!

[OceanDirt]

*whistles*

that's a damn pretty kit

[amardavid79]

Awesome, nutha! Lovin the new setup.

So you saw the china in my kit (http://www.drummerworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3767) and decided to copy?

hah, just kidding man.

david

[Drummer Karl]

Very cool! I love your throne. Why do you have "dots" in the center of any tom tom?

[DrumGod]

Great kit looks great sure it sounds great and the 8.5 ride i would love to hear how that sounds
that stool has to be stolen from a porn set.

[NUTHA JASON]

aHAAAHAHAHAHAHAH. YES and i wouldn't mind having a bed spread like it as well. actually i was hoping to get a zebra pattern but i know it would be filthy by now. beige with dots actually covers just about any stain.

Very cool! I love your throne. Why do you have "dots" in the center of any tom tom?
to help me aim for them when i'm drunk.
kidding. they are quite a retro design from aquarian. they provide a little dampening (i don't generally use any other muffling etc) but mainly they are very tough, like kevlar, and so the heads stay undamaged for months. the snare is covered with the same material and i have bashed it for a year and a half without loss of sound quality or damage. its more expensive then normal heads but lasts much longer and sounds great.

Corona...good choice...
or sol when i can get it. but actually that's my girl's beer. my wetty of choice has got to be stella artois. ALL THE WAY.

Jason is the MacGyver of our forum
Just keep selma and patty off my stage.
duct tape rules!

[NUTHA JASON]

Awesome, nutha! Lovin the new setup.

So you saw the china in my kit (http://www.drummerworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3767) and decided to copy?

hah, just kidding man.

david


no jokes dave, it was your kit that made me try it, as much as watching the man (j Blackwell). and i love it up there. sweeping it from underneath is pure magical showmanship.

that's the cool thing about this forum. sharing ideas...making others think.
ta man.

j

[JavaDrummer]

Sweet kit NJ...ahhh Paiste's...delicious

BTW..i hit you up on myspace for a friend request....(Cafe Pietro)

Peter

[TitanSound]

Thats a sweet kit. You ever play in a place called the Archway Tavern? Its an Irish pub near me.

[NUTHA JASON]

no, but where are you? i could give you a 'closest' gig date. be great to hook up with any fellow DWer

[TitanSound]

Well i'm just round the corner, in Archway :)

I looked on your band site and the closest place would be Palmers Green.

[NUTHA JASON]

cool. well if you come to any of the gigs come up and introduce yourself.


j

[Irobotwillneverdie]

That kit's truly stunning. Out of curiosity, have you ever played the White Horse pub in High Wycombe? I know the sound guy there quite well, he does most of the gigs.

[NUTHA JASON]

no, we only ever play o'niels out there. i hate that gig. the audience are cool and the club is nice but it is so far from home that i only get to bed at 3:00 if i'm lucky (i live in south london).

we may be dropping it thankfully. our agent is negotiating our gig list for next year (we get a whole year at a time - lots of advanced notice for us)...and we may take a few residency gigs in central london (which will be sweet). i'm playing in milton keynes this saturday and that is a huge shlep as well. be home at 4:00 if the roads aren't too iced up.

j

[NUTHA JASON]

drumgod:

Great kit looks great sure it sounds great and the 8.5 ride i would love to hear how that sounds
that stool has to be stolen from a porn set.

well i finally have permission to play the new recording. listen to it at 1:40 there is a section where i play the 8.5 incher. sounds almost like a triangle.
http://www.myspace.com/swarm
THE SEARCH - is the song.
j

[finnhiggins]

that stool has to be stolen from a porn set.

Ergh. German stool-porn... quick, cover your eyes!

[Latin Groover]

so let me get this rite. in ur 5th pic that used to be a big ride then u cut it down to 8"? Is that it?

[NUTHA JASON]

no it was the top part of a 14'' 2002 hihat that had a crack. i bought it from ebay because i wanted the bottom part to make a heavy new combination. then i looked at the broken top and wondered what it would sound like if i cut it down. it looks like a splash but it is so thick it doesn't wash at all, it pings like a ride and the bell, although quite small sings out like a real ride. so i decided to christen it the 8.5 incj mini ride. maybe paiste will use it as a proto type one day. did you hear it in my recording at 1:40 here?
http://www.myspace.com/swarm

j

[Latin Groover]

yea it sounds good. Do u crash/splash on it too? Very useful cymbal. In that recording were u using the bell of it?

[NUTHA JASON]

i was. the first little ruff of the pattern was near the edge and i was holding it with my left hand then the ding part was near the bell and unmuffled.

this is often how people play patterns on a triangle and so i did the same.

j

[zildjian_dude101]

I like that set. I might try that ride position. looks more comfortable than mine. What kind of hats r those? couldnt really see.

[CraigG]

nice kit nutha, a "working mans" kit. The set up is clean, effecient and looks comfortable. What is the size of that ride? 22"?

[NUTHA JASON]

nice kit nutha, a "working mans" kit. The set up is clean, effecient and looks comfortable. What is the size of that ride? 22"?

Thanks. its a 22'' heavy ride. the kit is very ergonomic interms of angle and position. i've taken some advice from billy ward's video as well.


I like that set. I might try that ride position. looks more comfortable than mine. What kind of hats r those? couldnt really see.

very comfortable. the hats are a combination: on the bottom is a bottom hat of a 2002 medium. on top is the bottom of a black label 2002 rock hat.

j

[Latin Groover]

thats sort of the set-up i hav now , drum wise i mean. (God if i had money to buy all those cymbals!) I recentl found the set-up that im going to keep, but i was thinking that if i eva had to play an xtremly fast song with alot of tom work in it, than i would set it bak up the 'standard" way. I was wonderering if u eva hav ne trouble going from ur mounted toms to ur floor tom? Can u change down to ur floor tom fast? Do u get used to it?

[NUTHA JASON]

absolutely. the biggest thing was putting the ride in the right place. it has to be far back enough and low down so that it doesn't get hit by accident particularly when going from low tom to mid tom. i love the way a rack lets you micro adjust stuff until its is just right. if everything is in place then there is no problem you get used to the gap quickly and now when i play other kits i'm like: 'heck this ride is so far over and what am i supposed to do with this extra tom?'
plus less of the audience can see you with a wall of toms.

j

[NouveauCliche]

You still have this little beauty with the slick front bass head?

[NUTHA JASON]

yeah, that's my old kit. she lives in the band's practice studio. i gigged her hard and so i don'y think i will get much money for her if i sold her. i will only do that if i run out of space. my new kit sounds 10x better tho.

j

ps: where did you get the picture from?

[NouveauCliche]

yeah, that's my old kit. she lives in the band's practice studio. i gigged her hard and so i don'y think i will get much money for her if i sold her. i will only do that if i run out of space. my new kit sounds 10x better tho.

j

ps: where did you get the picture from?


I'm stalking you...

Actually I found it the other night on:

http://www.drumsontheweb.com/DOTWpages/Drumkeypages/Yourphotoglry.html

You're gallery 112. I was spinning through all the drum sets and I was like "wait...that looks familiar!" and surely enough, Jason from the UK and his band SWARM. hehe.

[NUTHA JASON]

Hey i remember that website. i posted my kit there and then googled other places to post my kit and that's how i discovered that drummerworld had a forum (and actually what a forum was by the way)
that was about a year and three months ago.
j

[NUTHA JASON]

in anticipation of putting my double bass pedal on my gig kit later this year (when i know how to use the thing) i bought an auxillary hihat stand and then decided to make up my own minihihats. so i did some research. on the paiste website (http://www.paiste.com/products/) you can listen to the sounds of each cymbal via wav file. very nice. so i decided i want a 10'' hihat...that means either buying a dedicated 10'' minihat or going for my own combo of splashes and getting something more unique. so i decided to get a 10'' rude splash and put a 10'' 2002 rock splash underneath it. i have since used it in three gigs and love it. surprisingly it is lower toned than my 14'' hat. i modified the stand so there is a big lazy spring underneath the bottom hat. this way if i hit the top hat with the tip of my stick i get a short chick sound but if i bash it with the shoulder of the stick it barks. the sound is generally short and raw and ideal for the purpose. i've tried combining it with the ride to make interesting accent and wash patterns. i was worried that it would not be loud enough but cymbal makes don't get much louder than paiste rudes so it even competes dynamically with the huge 22'' sheet of bronze next door.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/rrrr.jpg (http://photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/?)
so here is an overview shot to show its placement...
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/ggghghj.jpg (http://photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/?)
for other pics of my babe (sans the new hat) see ...
http://www.drummerworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4261&highlight=nutha

j

[Thinshells]

That's very cute. I think I saw Thomas Lang/And or Marco Minnemann emply mini hats for effects. They are almost like finger cymbals in effect.

I see that you have all the aquarian drumheads I ordered.

Midwest percussion is sllllllllllllllllllllllooooooooooooooooooooowwwwww wwwww.

I may have to experiment with some real "cutty" mini hats one day.

[Drummer Karl]

Great!! I really like to have a second hi-hat, too!!
Paiste`s Rude cymbals are very loud, or?

[WeatherKing]

A high school friend had a set of mini-hats that I played a few times. I had a blast with them. I like Bozzio's set next to his snare...great for that hi-hat/snare interaction. These may be something I may incorporate to my kit later on. I'll try to post some pics of my stuff soon. I have my Tama Swingstars all cleaned up and just about ready.

[Wegadrummer]

super! got any sound clips of it? i would love to hear the sound of it..

[NUTHA JASON]

sound very similar to this hat... (click icon)
http://www.paiste.com/products/cymbals/images/hhpattern10.gif (http://www.paiste.com/products/cymbals/sounds/streamaudio.php?f=3&s=10&n=micro_hat&c=4)
j

[Wegadrummer]

sound very similar to this hat... (click icon)
http://www.paiste.com/products/cymbals/images/hhpattern10.gif (http://www.paiste.com/products/cymbals/sounds/streamaudio.php?f=3&s=10&n=micro_hat&c=4)
j

cool, maybe i shall get one.. :D

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http://www.drummerworld.com/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif wanna know more about you and your drums
hi
i saw your drumset...ists amazing and nice. but i dont know whether i should ask or whether i am allowed to, but would tell me what your drumset cost?
and is drumming your hobby or job? its so amazing, the techniques you play, the drumkit you have.....that is my dream.
i cant image. do you learned drums at your own or with a teacher? and which drumbook you used?
ok would be happy to know
thank you
have anice day in london

[NUTHA JASON]

cost? according to my recordsi have spent about £3500 on her over the last year. but my drumming is my secondary (weekend career), so i do get paid. i keep it all on a spreadsheet so that i can justify spending money on new gear. currently i am more than £1000 in the green so its all profit at the moment. one of these years i'm going to buy something even better ...a drumset to retire with. a pearl masters perhaps in burlwood with hart digital drums and maymics.

as for your other questions:
i'm a self taught drummer but i have had advantages. my day job is teaching so i have a degree and plenty of experience on how learning takes place. this means i can apply the principles to myself. for the majority of my time as a drummer (now over 16 years) i had no books or videos or even the internet. i learned mainly by listening to music and then trying through trial and error to get those sounds and feelings out of less than the best gear. a breakthrough occoured when i bought my roland drumkit in 2001 and discovered A) metronomes B) i could play along to my fovourite songs without struggling to hear them (i was too poor to afford a good stereo in my youth). with that all the skills accelerated. but you must understand that for ten years i had mainly worked on grooves and had virtually no rudiments nor chops other than some weird ones i had invented myself. i had a handful of fills and a lot of rock drumbeats in my toolbox. in 2001 i began to take drumming far more seriously and so i began to build up my collection of rudiments and also to try other genres out. i joined my first cover band in 2004 and was shocked by my very strict and pushy singer/leader into getting much better quicker (or be fired). i have since outstripped that whole era in my drums and now i guess i'm one of the best drummers he's ever worked with. in the last two years i have built up a collection of 15 dvds and several books plus i have made up many exercises and drills of my own which i hope to make into my own drumming book soon.
thanks
j

[Exident]

i realy cant image....could i get some tipps for free...please? im collect some money because since to years i´m playing a 200€ drumset that is complet bad. but its good for pratice.
i´m learning for my self and i play things i heard or with some drumbooks and with many things of drummerworld.com :)
but could you give some tipps how i could get as good as you....just some tipps for learning.
i would be very impressed.

[NUTHA JASON]

no problem. by the way my first drumkit that i played for 8 years cost the equivalent of 50 pounds! so we are in the same boat. most important is to really listen to music. i used to lie on my bed with drumming magazines and listen to heavy metal and hard rock bands while looking at pictures of drumsets and imagining how thos drumbeats would look being played...visualisation. then i would run out to the shed and try what i had seen in my minds eye. my best two 'drumming teachers' in this regard were phil rudd (ac/dc) and john bonham (led zepellin)...bonham to this day is a major influence on how i create on a kit.
i will post more later. got to go now.
j

[Exident]

little bit german but "there is falling a stone from my heart"
i´m listen to blakc, heavy and death metal while looking some magazines like the sonor or pearl guidbook and im dreaming to be on stage and how it would feel to have all these drum things that a good player has. and even if see someone who is playing drums i wanna be as good as he and than start practice more and more. but if i see all the guys at the drummer forum i become really small i think. so please let me sleep better by giv some other drum-learn-tipp. thank you

[NZ[v]etalhead]

Ive been reading this site for past few months and loving it to bits. At the same time I get very depressed reading and seeing all this great stuff, knowing ive got so much to go..but reading your words and experiences (almost excatly like mine) its pleasing to hear that you dont have to start as a 6 year old..

How old are you by interest?

nice talking
Marc

[Slayer_metal_head]

Great idea with the higher cymbals i think thats why bands these days dont have any rack toms!! i like the kit with the roto dealy and the firecracker then the toms its insane and the cymbals are quality but i dont spot any double bass anywhere?

Also what kind of beer you guzzlin' there?

[NUTHA JASON]

to slayer
the best beer in england has got to be stella artois. hmmmm beeeerr arrrrrrghghghh.

i bought a double pedal two months ago and i will put it on my gig kit in a few months when i know how to use it. for the time being it lives on my practice kit.at the moment i can do 400 strokes a minute neatly and for a long time. i want to up this by 100 and also learn a few standard fills and d/pedal beats before i start giging with it. its an iron cobra.


to marc
i am 30 (so i've been drumming non stop for around 16 years).

thanks to all of you for your kind comments.

nj

[mediocrefunkybeat]

to slayer
the best beer in england has got to be stella artois. hmmmm beeeerr arrrrrrghghghh.

nj

Stella? Stella? The devil's urine? Oh well, give me a Shepherd Neame Spitfire any day of the week or even a Guinness. Bah; I have expensive tastes.

J, do you get your Aquarian's from Wembley Drum Centre? I just wish they put the heads on the main retail store, I got very self concious going up there and asking and in the end I didn't actually buy any. They seemed a bit snobbish in there; they probably saw I was just a kid with my dad and wrote me off. No matter.

[NUTHA JASON]

i think the wdc is way over priced. i buy everyting i can on line. it would take me 45 minutes to drive there from where i live so i figure i could spend that 45 minutes surfing and end up saving a bunch. i always check out their prices but to be brutally honest they are consistently more expensive than nearly every other place. my rack was more than 40% cheaper from an online store (including delivery) than wembly as i recall. ADC drums in liverpool are always worth checking out online and do a search for anyone lower than them.

j

ps: but you can get stella nearly everywhere.

[mediocrefunkybeat]

You can get Guinness from nearly everywhere and Shepherd Neame isn't hard to come across in Kent. They even sponsored a rugby festival I played in when I was little. (Playing Blackheath on Sunday, for Gravesend; I'm mildly scared) WDC did seem a bit overpriced to me, but I got a good deal on my DW5000, they were on sale for £100 and I wasn't going to complain for that price.

They didn't take me all that seriously though, when I went in there it wasn't that busy and I asked if I could do a tryout, so they took me into the room with the crumbiest kits they had; in the end I went into a room with better kits and re-tuned them and played around with various pedals. If I were driving I'd be going there more often, but it was a 3 hour drive through traffic...

[TitanSound]

Stella is lurvely. 10 pints of that on a Friday night and you truly are bulletproof!

I have never been to WDC but was thinking of a visit in the near future just to play around on some kits. I have a shop near me in Kentish Town called Professional Percussion, they are the sister store of Footes in Golden Sq. I found Footes to be overpriced and the people arrogant but strangely PP is OK. I go there to get small things as I find Andy's drum shop in Denmark Street a very friendly place to be although it only has a limited stock of stuff.

[mediocrefunkybeat]

We've had the Andy's discussion before; but man that is a great shop. There's a shop I went to in Gloucster last year that I forget the name of; but I know the owners and they had the most fantastic cymbal selection I've seen since WDC. I got some money off some hardware I bought and a free Gibraltar rack clamp. Good stuff.

[NUTHA JASON]

i got my roland from pro perc a couple of years ago.good price.

so titan and MFB, when should we three london boys meet for a stella? could get rosco and womble as well...and a couple of the others. perhaps a drummerworld informal for all the london crowd. what do you think?
j

[mediocrefunkybeat]

i got my roland from pro perc a couple of years ago.good price.

so titan and MFB, when should we three london boys meet for a stella? could get rosco and womble as well...and a couple of the others. perhaps a drummerworld informal for all the london crowd. what do you think?
j

I'm never around London to meet up; can't get there easily seeing as I'm skint. Plus you'd be condoning underage drinking ;-) And it's Guinness.

[Womble]

i got my roland from pro perc a couple of years ago.good price.

so titan and MFB, when should we three london boys meet for a stella? could get rosco and womble as well...and a couple of the others. perhaps a drummerworld informal for all the london crowd. what do you think?
j

I think that'd be just swell. But count me out if we're drinking wifebeater :)

I've only been to the Wembley Drum Centre once, and foolishly by train. It took me bloody ages to get there, then I spent God-knows how long wandering aimlessly around Wembley in mid-summer trying to find it. And once I found it, I didn't like the staff at all, so I've never been back. I tend to go to Chas E. Footes, where unlike TitanSound, I find the staff friendlier than anywhere else.

[TitanSound]

I think its a great idea.

Dont worry MFB, you are mature beyond your years and I can imagine you wont be throwing up after 3 sips of Guinness...hehehe. As soon as you get some spare cash give us a holler and we can arrange a date/place too all hook up.

Edit:

It was a few years ago Womble so it could be different nowadays!

[mediocrefunkybeat]

Spare cash requires job. Job requires effort. Oh well, it'd definately be something to do when I've got some cash just lying around, like it does.

I know, we could start Bonsai Cash trees... £20 anyone?

[katman]

Hey Jason,

To start with, I love your kit and specially your cymbals. Right now I don't have the money to throw at them (you probably know what the stuff costs here in SA), but I bashed various Paiste's the other day at Paul Bothner Music and have made up my mind that a substantial collection of 2002's is what I am aiming for. One day. When I can actually play properly. And when I can afford a decent kit. And when I have a band. If I ever have a band. Wait, I'm spiralling into a bad space here...

I saw a pic of your old SA band in the Pics thread. What was the name of the band and where did you play? Ten years ago would have put you in a pretty cool era of live SA music, with all the festivals (Rustler's Valley, Splashy Fen, Oppikoppi, Up the Creek) kicking off. I should have got into drumming back then - can really kick myself for leaving it so late. But hey, I've gone to see 30-somethings play before. So others might too.

Greetings from a hot and sunny Cape Town.

P.S. I've been stuck on Windhoek Lager for most of the past decade now. I think I love it.

[NUTHA JASON]

hey a saffa on the site...welcome mate.
thanks.

yes i played with kevin botha of mango groove fame ... his project at the time was called the groove babies but was quickly changed to cold train and then finally to SOUTH for the years i was with band. we mainly played the roxy rhythm bar in jo'burg and we did do oppie koppie and splashy although i cannot remember exactly which years those were.
then i left for london. the band's new name is quite cool...concussion girl.
so look them up.

and as for equipment in south africa it is ludicrously over priced. it took me forever to afford even a moderate semi pro kit.

j

in SA my beer was always black-label although i really liked the flavour of windhoek.

[katman]

Yep, most music equipment here costs exactly twice as much as in the USA. And we earn roughly half their salaries, so you can make that four times more expensive. Which explains my Export with pst3 Paistes. But hey, they don't sound too bad to me (with Evans and Aquarian heads and a loud-as-hell Wuhan crash added). And I have a jol playing them. And now that I have a kit, I'm in no real rush to find something better - I have all the time in the world to track down the World's Most Amazing Drum Bargain.

[NUTHA JASON]

you have a fantastic attitude...

i firmly believe (from years of experience) that learning to play on less than the best drums will make a finer drummer out of you...then when that evetual dream kit is yours you make aquantum leap in your ability. so good luck.
j
the weather in the cape must be great today...mid summer. do you surf?

j

[katman]

Um, do I surf? Let's see... I own a surfboard. But I don't really surf. Bought it (a busted and repaired Mini-Mal) off a mate who had to move up to Jo'burg last year. And I've been out twice at Muizenberg (the beginner's beach), but only managed to successfully get to my feet and ride a wave out once. Struggling to find time for this.

First priority this year is to become a competent drummer (second priority is to groove my golf swing). I have some drumming experience - marching band at school as well as national military service in the army band, but kit work has been very limited. Luckily we have a large empty office at work and a co-worker plays bass, so we jam some evenings. Just basic grooves that we make up as we go along. Highlight of my week.

And yes, Cape Town is just beautiful right now. Some djembe and fire collective started gathering on Clifton 2nd beach Monday nights and this has snowballed into a huge weekly event. Not particularly good tribal drumming (too many wannabe earthy posers with designer dreads and expensive djembes) but fun nonetheless. Incredible sunsets.

Love this forum. Learnt more the past few weeks about drums and drumming than the previous 30 years.

[NUTHA JASON]

sounds like you surf as well as i do, lol. ironic because my band is SWARM (surfer who are rock musicians) and like the beachboys only one member of our band actually surfs.

did you see the : 'our other drums' thread? its got djembes etc including my babe:


http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.jpg (http://photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/?)
regards
j

[RudimentalDrummer]

sounds like you surf as well as i do, lol. ironic because my band is SWARM (surfer who are rock musicians) and like the beachboys only one member of our band actually surfs.

did you see the : 'our other drums' thread? its got djembes etc including my babe:


http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.jpg (http://photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/?)
regards
j

Very Beautiful Djembe...I like the Rim where it is (Rope-Tied)...This must be expensive...

[katman]

Jason,

That's one good looking djembe. I'll try and get a pic of mine up there soon. Cape Town is flooded with djembes - all from up West-Africa (Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Ghana etc.) and they're flogged here as tourist curios. Not cheap, I might add. And a bit odd, since these drums travel 6000km down the continent only to be sold here to tourists who just assume that they're from here. Traditional South African percussion is way different. And generally not as much fun to play. The tension in the djembe skin just makes it so versatile and "ringy".

Does your band do original material or covers? Do you have any recordings?

Jacques

[NUTHA JASON]

we are one of the hardest working cover bands in london: last year we did more than one hundred gigs. but at the same time we are writing and devloping our original material. our lead singer is a perfectionist and his idea of a demo is what most people consider an album (he is also a pro sound engineer with years of experience under his belt so you can imagine what recodring is like).
here is a thread with one of our original sounding covers (we jam them all and make them our own)
http://www.drummerworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5303

also check out our website in my signature below for four of our originas. these are finished ones bt already there are three we are working on that are far better. i can't wait for his permission to post them up here.

as for djembes...yes she was quite expensive but she is the loudest djembe i have ever heard and tonal separation that is cosmic. i've always wanted to make my own one though. one day when i see some tree surgeons chopping up a felled cherry tree or something i will ask them for a good section of trunk.

j

[NUTHA JASON]

so i go to drumshack (in clapham) with a mate to help him buy a second hand drumkit and amongst the dusty stacks of second-hand cymbals i see a wavy edge. so pull it out and yes, its a black label 2002 14'' sound edge hihat cymbal.

now i've always been a bit wary of sound edges...but i'd never tried one out and i do love the sound of bonham's cymbals so i thought i would have a go. last night i put this old cymbal underneath my newer 2002 medium hat (bottom). the result was superb. the new hat was heavy and crisp but so articulate i was floored. i got the loudest most defined 'chick' sound when i was playing with my foot (it even cut through the wash on my 22'' ride) and as for playing her splashy (a la led zep rock'nroll intro style) she sang with a superb dynamic range and control was far easier than with any other hat i've ever tried. last night i fell in love with hihat playing again.

j

here is a vid of it with some idea of the sound.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZPFLLBSB

[foghorn2]

On my old mapex set I used some Sabian B8 Highs. Really sounded bad until I turned them into Sound Edge hats with my hammer! It worked. Well it still souded like crap, but a bit better!

I now use a SE Signature Paiste 14" and will never go back to anything else. The old Alpha SE sounds similar though. Great 2nd choice.

[franklinj]

I heard Paiste SIgnature Sound Edge hi hats, and they were awesome. Dark, very, very defined.

Unfortuanately, very, very expensive as well.

[foghorn2]

My playing has a great example of the SE Signatures:

http://www.drummerworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8671

You could even hear the chicks played by the foot between the rolls!

[NUTHA JASON]

hey foghorn2...will you post some pics of your Sabian B8 Highs and how you modified them in the CYMBAL MOCIFICATIONS THREAD?

signature cymbals are the true great cymbals on the planet franklin. i envy you.



here are some pics:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/aaaaarrr010.jpg (http://photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/?)
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/aaaaarrr001.jpg (http://photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/?)
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/aaaaarrr012.jpg (http://photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/?)

[foghorn2]

hey foghorn2...will you post some pics of your Sabian B8 Highs and how you modified them in the CYMBAL MOCIFICATIONS THREAD?

signature cymbals are the true great cymbals on the planet franklin. i envy you.

Well I donated the old set with the cymbals to the Salvation Army. Maybe the lucky soul who got them will someday post the pics here by luck of chance!

I simply took a hammer and a cement block with a long groove in it, put the bottom hat with the edge at an angle, and hammerd into it equally spaced. Basically I made ripples, little "u"s. No cracking or splitting occured. Sure they were cheap cymbals, cheap enough to try out converting them, yet strong enough to take the beating!

[pimp_my_RIDE]

Your kit is amazing. It looks like your ride would have a nice sound to it. Does it?Also, what kind of drink is that:)

[NUTHA JASON]

thanks. it does. it took some getting used to tho. its such a big heavy slab of metal that it takes an effort to play it. but once the skill is ther it is very versatile. the bell when struck with the tip of the stick is not separated from the rest of the ride (like a mega bell ride would be) so some wash builds up (although not annoyingly) when i want bell only i have to hammer it with the shoulder of the stick but then the sound is cuttingly loud (even in big [500-800 people] venues i never mic this cymbal). i even use this baby as a crash when the moment calls for it (although perhaps gong would be more appropriate)

to hear what it sounds like see my band's website...any ride you hear on any of the songs is this one.
plus check this thread for the cymbal being played live.
http://www.drummerworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5303&highlight=jason
j

ps: its a corona beer (mexican)

[infernal drummer]

i like your cymbal setup dude .. very nice

[Bonhamfan]

Sweet kit and Paiste cymbals. Love the "The Animal" figure. Sweet touch :P

[CHCDrummer]

hey

I like those paistes, i have some the Pst 5 set, but im looking for a new crash, i dont wanna go too overboard with the price. i mostly play rock ( Led Zeppelin, Red Hot Chili Peppers, in that general area) if you have any suggestions id love to hear them. thanks

[Bonhamfan]

hey

I like those paistes, i have some the Pst 5 set, but im looking for a new crash, i dont wanna go too overboard with the price. i mostly play rock ( Led Zeppelin, Red Hot Chili Peppers, in that general area) if you have any suggestions id love to hear them. thanks


Here is paiste's new signature cymbals. This link is for the new signature Crash. They give sound samples, and a wide range I might add, of the cymbal:

http://www.paiste.com/products/cymbals/new_signature_crashes.php

This is the link to the homepage if you want to look around yourself
http://www.paiste.com

And this is a link to the wide range of different cymbal types they make:
http://www.paiste.com/products/cymbals/default.php

Hope that helps.

[d.c.drummer]

Congrats on battle of the bands. Nice set up there.

[pcmckay]

Is your snare drum in the emerald mist finish by pearl? If so my old kit was in that finish and it is a very sharp finish! I agree Paiste rule! I love my 2002 crashes. Very nice kit! Simplicity is definately the way to go.

[Class A Drummer]

ahhh thats sweet! really nice set. id do anything for a free floating snare, or any drum for that matter.

[MetalThrasher442]

Cymbals look very nice. You have a great kit on your hands. The heads for some reason make it look even more expensive and the free floating sytem is amazing too. I'm thinking about getting a 14x6.5 brass free floating snare.

[nhzoso]

Very nice NJ, How come you have 2 bottom hats? Do you not like the Giant beats?

I am thinking of getting some alpha sound edge or rock hats soon. They sound good on the web site but I never heard in person.

I actually played with some 15" giant beats about a week ago and was not impressed at all. I thought the Rudes sounded much better but out of my price range now.


Again very nice set up would love to come have a beer and listen to ya play someday.

[osevensurfer]

how do those aquarian heads sound, thinking of trying one for my bass

[MetalThrasher442]

Don't mean to be ugh annoying, but can I see a closer picture of your snare.

[BarryBuchanan]

Awsome man!! i love blx!!! check mine out!! I love ur set up!! and tht animal doll..i gota get me one of thouse :D:D and tht first photo looks awsome wid the baby angel cherub thingy :P very pro :) check my blx out and tell me what you think :) thnx

http://www.drummerworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12504

[Audun_D]

Hi Nutha Jason!

What a awsome kit you have there! I really like the enviroment around the kit. Sweet cymbals too, I'm a really big fan of Paiste 2002s. The Rock crashes are awsome! Anyway, gratz with the new cymbals. Treat them good!

Best Regards From Audun

[pingride]

Nice leopard skin!
your kit looks really good too. I like the layout.

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http://www.drummerworld.com/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif Rototom Question
You mentioned in an old post that you had rototoms. I just bought some rototoms (a 6/8/10 set) and I'm having difficulty finding a place to put them in my kit. Where did you end up putting yours? It just seems that the obvious places are taken by either the ride or crash cymbals, or they end up too far away to reach.

Thanks.



i only got the 8'' and put it here:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/red1.jpg (http://photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/?)
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/red4.jpg (http://photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/?)
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/red3.jpg (http://photobucket.com/albums/y290/nuthajason/?)


you might try raising your left hand crash/es and putting the rotos over the hihat

http://www.stickspage.com/images/drums/exsblkrack.jpg
http://www.stickspage.com/images/drums/exsblkrcktp.jpg
or between the hihat and first tom:
http://images.google.co.uk/url?q=http://img133.exs.cx/img133/4740/rototoms0018so.jpg&sig=__nEuLcjiZN8icOm-2u9nSw_kkdCw=
or try under the hat:
http://www.ludwigdrummer.com/Other%20Peoples%20Drums/jack%20howe/rearview.jpg

[AllTheCoolNamesAreTaken]

I tried over the hat first, but the damn rod keeps getting in the way of the small tom. I want to saw that thing off but I'm certain I'd regret it if I did.

My original idea was to mount the rototom holder into the three-hole tom mount, but the rototom stand is too thick for the mount. Guess I've just got to get used to moving around more. Or start welding.

[fijjibo]

i'm playing in milton keynes this saturday and that is a huge shlep as well.
j

Hey Jason, if you come to Milton Keynes again, PM me, Id love to come see you play!!!

[NUTHA JASON]

no problem. tho we try to avoid that gig as much as possible as it is so far away.
tonight is in leytonstone o niells

j

[fijjibo]

no problem. tho we try to avoid that gig as much as possible as it is so far away.
tonight is in leytonstone o niells

j

Cool, if your going to DrummerLive, Ill look out for you, and for other members.

It would be cool to meet some of the people on here.