Project of the Drums...

[Jazz]

Out with the old... Out with the old... Out with the old... Out with the old... Out with the old...

[Jazz]

In with the new In with the new In with the new

-and now there's only 3

[fourstringdrums]

Sweet, are you doing them yourself? That's maple right? What are the sizes?

[Jazz]

yep-these are right after staining. I'll put on a semi-gloss clear coat tomorrow

nope- pearl forum series is poplar (I've only seen poplar in Pearl drums and a few stave snares- most sompanies go for cheap mahagony instead)

-16x16, 8x10, 11x13 - mini bop :)

I thought the stain turned out well- pretty close to the color I had in my head. I also have make the floor tom into a bass drum. I made a crade a while ago, but I don't really like it. I like the 40 cent bass/tom conversion idea I saw from acrolite on the drummercafe forums. It's basically attaching L-brackets to the bottom two tension rods and putting some wood between them. Then I need to figure out spurs (modify the legs maybe...)

Ideally, I'd like to be able to leave one kit at home and one at someone's house but I don't have enough cymbals or hardware.

Anyways, I'll post more pics at later stages.

[Tuxido]

An other alternative to convert your floor into a bass drum would be to buy one of these type of legs that fit in the normal floor tom leg mount.
pearl:
http://en.woodbrass.com/images/woodbrass/JG16.JPG

Gibraltar:
http://www.drumsmith.com/NAMM2007/images/kamankit.jpg

Also a tom mount for floor tom that fit in the leg mount:
http://www.drumsmith.com/NAMM2007/images/kamanrailmount.jpg

[fourstringdrums]

yep-these are right after staining. I'll put on a semi-gloss clear coat tomorrow

nope- pearl forum series is poplar (I've only seen poplar in Pearl drums and a few stave snares- most sompanies go for cheap mahagony instead)

-16x16, 8x10, 11x13 - mini bop :)

I thought the stain turned out well- pretty close to the color I had in my head. I also have make the floor tom into a bass drum. I made a crade a while ago, but I don't really like it. I like the 40 cent bass/tom conversion idea I saw from acrolite on the drummercafe forums. It's basically attaching L-brackets to the bottom two tension rods and putting some wood between them. Then I need to figure out spurs (modify the legs maybe...)

Ideally, I'd like to be able to leave one kit at home and one at someone's house but I don't have enough cymbals or hardware.

Anyways, I'll post more pics at later stages.

Oh! It didn't click that you refinished the Pearls.

I'm slow tonight.. :)

[stasz]

Nice, that's gonna look sweet with some hardware! That stain looks great.

[nhzoso]

OK I am confused, Did you modify the pearls?? If you did you also say that you would like to leave one set at home and the other at a friends house. So wheres the other set?

[Jazz]

Yes, I'm modifying the pearls. Here's my other set- http://www.drummerworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33023

I just put a clear coat on, then I'll pdo another tonight. I'll be ready for hardware tomorrow :D :D

[Jazz]

Voila! .

[gusty]

wow! you have a great looking kit there.

[stasz]

That is sweet! How does it sound?

[Mendozart]

That turned out really nice. What batter head are you running on the converted floor/bass drum?

[NIMBY]

you must be pretty proud of your kit right about now...i know i would be, thats stunning

[Jazz]

I need new heads for the bass drum (probably g1 coated batter and fiberskyn reso like my other kit), but otherwise it's working pretty good. I have single ply coated aquariansover evans resonant heads on the toms and they sound pretty good.

-Anyone have the secret formula for heads on small bass drums?

Also, I plan on having the beater hit center with a (softer) felt beater