Cherry stave kit

[Unix]

I know another one.

I did some shop improvement here it goes:

20" x 18" bass drum
16" x 14" Floor tom
14" x 12" floor tom
12" x 9" tom
10" x 8" tom

The trick is; they are all 3/8" thick, even the bass drum. All cherry wood. It will receive Beavetail lugs, and Coated heads.

[Deathmetalconga]

Wow, amazingly beautiful set. I'm not too fond of tobacco fades but this is an exquisite set.

[zambizzi]

Beautiful work, Francois. The cherry would have been very nice w/o the fade, it's a pretty wood. Those are the thinnest shells I've ever seen you post here, I think.

[Unix]

Beautiful work, Francois. The cherry would have been very nice w/o the fade, it's a pretty wood. Those are the thinnest shells I've ever seen you post here, I think.

Well, it's not my drum so I had to do as the client requested ;)

[Ironcobra]

Amazing finish, looks great. The bass drum looks like a 22" though.

[rmandelbaum]

Very nice, and I happen to love Tobacco Fade ;-)

[bojangleman]

dont freakin question the king man....haha j/k...

Amazing finish, looks great. The bass drum looks like a 22" though.


franky, those look sooo beautiful....first you give me a hard on over at GN, and now here...gah... =P

Alex

[Unix]

I went back to the shop to be sure, I was worried, because on the pics the shell look like all they have is 2 giant brown stripe, but my camera is really crapy, because in person they have a very nice brown fade.

Again sorry for the crapy pics, and I will try to take better pics tomorrow.

[mikei]

Wow,

I can't wait for my snare. I am sure shortly after, I will order a matching kit!!!

I am so excited!!!

[FunkyJazzer]

OHMYGOD.

That looks awesome. AWESOME AWESOME AWSOME.


I've never been an overly huge fan of fade finishes, but this one looks...AWESOME.
Reminds me a bit of the Mapex Orion finishes...but better...

Lloyd.

[Philippe]

fantastic!!! what a finish! congrats!

[metal overlord]

I have always wondered, how would a cherry stave kit sound compared to any other kit?
I know how staves sound and all that, but cherry stave, to me, would be quite differant. Same with a full walnut stave kit.


And 3/8 of an inch is thin? Nearly a half inch of solid wood.

You want thick though, those 2 inch shells you made. My god.

[Deathmetalconga]

I have always wondered, how would a cherry stave kit sound compared to any other kit?
I know how staves sound and all that, but cherry stave, to me, would be quite differant. Same with a full walnut stave kit.


And 3/8 of an inch is thin? Nearly a half inch of solid wood.

You want thick though, those 2 inch shells you made. My god.

3/8 if thin for a stave drum. Plywood is much, much stronger than staves or whole wood kits, so a plywood shell can be a lot thinner. That's why plywood and other wood composites are used so much in construction. A thin stave shell is more fragile and needs reinforcing rings.

[Unix]

Call me crazy, but I didn't like the first try, so I redone it this morning here is the result much much better.

[stasz]

Mmmm those drums look tasty! You have got to post some pics of the shells with hardware.

[TenPastTen]

One day, my cymbals and my drums will be Canadian because of this kind of stuff I'm seeing here. I love my drums now, but one day Unix will make something for me. Great stuff.

And not to be a nerd or anything, but this is a burst finish (and a gorgeous one at that) not a fade. You'd think a bunch of drumaholics would get that wrong a lot less...

[driver]

Call me crazy, but I didn't like the first try, so I redone it this morning here is the result much much better.

The first finish was nice but I agree that looks much better. Bit more cherryness to it. You have a very admirable perfectionist quality about yourself and your drums Unix.

[Deathmetalconga]

Much better finish. This one looks more organic - like the coloring came from the wood itself, as opposed to be applied on.