my pearls :D

[mrbling]

here they are i havent posted a pic in like a year and now im using the site a bit more again time for more pics :P

its changed a bit new ride. which im so proud of my AA raw bell. new snare remo 50th anniversary.swapped a 13" tom out for 1 16" floor tom. so i now have 12 14 16 just like chad smith. inadvertantly so similar pearls sabs sizes :P. taken of china and splashes which im going to sell to get some decent crashes, aax dark crash 18" and xplosion 17". and i think thats about it.

spec:
snare remo 50th anniversary snare drum 14"

pearl export kit. (dunno age)
22" bass
12",(13"), 14", 16" toms

cymbals sabian
B8 hi hats 14"
B8 pro thin crash 16"
B8 thin crash 16"
AA Raw Bell Dry Ride 21"

Big dog pro double pedal
Big dog b series boom stands
Bigdog pro saddle throne
pearl hi hat and snare stand
meinl cowbell and mount

[mrbling]

some old pics as well :P forgot bout the cowbell and new throne

[mrbling]

and heres me playing i think im done now :P

[mrbling]

:'( no one likes my drums :(

[Clone285051]

Hey dude !

Great kit ... I like the 1 up - 2 down setup.
What china is that ?

Keep up the drumming !!!

[theindian]

I always like an interval of at least 2 inches between my toms too. There seems to be so little difference between a 12" and a 13". It is much more pronounced in larger intervals.

[mrbling]

a b8 china :) ps im selling it :P

[Clone285051]

I always like an interval of at least 2 inches between my toms too. There seems to be so little difference between a 12" and a 13". It is much more pronounced in larger intervals.

True, mine are also 12" and 13" ... but I can tune the 13" deep enough to go with my floortom.

[mrbling]

yr ive found that from the 12 13 14 to 12 14 16 much better tuning

[mrbling]

i got bored so i decided to take some more pics :)

and as you may have guessed by the amount of amps i hav band practice at my house and have a lazy guitarist and bassist there just the temp mic amps there thats not the half of em :P

[mrbling]

man ive never noticed how many stickmarks are on my ride

[mrbling]

oh and 200th post :D

[ibernalq]

Great snare man.. I like it... but do you always need a moongel?.. I suppose a snare like that doesnt need it.. why dont you try another head?.. just an opinion.
And amazing ride too.. congrats...

[martinpaul12]

Hi mrbling,

Well dude,You and your band rocks as you have collection of good materials kit.I like all things related drum and bells.Post some more snaps as I am waiting for your positive reply.

Thanks

[eddiehimself]

Great snare man.. I like it... but do you always need a moongel?.. I suppose a snare like that doesnt need it.. why dont you try another head?.. just an opinion.
And amazing ride too.. congrats...

yeah true, try out a high energy head they tend to damp things down slightly without totally killing your tone.

As for the kit, looks good. Looks very old-school with those CS tom heads.

[mrbling]

Great snare man.. I like it... but do you always need a moongel?.. I suppose a snare like that doesnt need it.. why dont you try another head?.. just an opinion.
And amazing ride too.. congrats...

if i had the money i would get a new head will eventually. does still sound good now. yr and i do love my ride shame my guitarist dosent. hes an idiot and wants me to invest in a jack white esque kit. he love everything about JW im surprised he hasnt moved to tennessee and started stalking him.

[mrbling]

Hi mrbling,

Well dude,You and your band rocks as you have collection of good materials kit.I like all things related drum and bells.Post some more snaps as I am waiting for your positive reply.

Thanks

thanks for the band comment appreciate it my first serious band and are getting regular gigs now so its al good. and when i can come up with some more imaginative shots ill post em i mean ive done alot

[mrbling]

yeah true, try out a high energy head they tend to damp things down slightly without totally killing your tone.

As for the kit, looks good. Looks very old-school with those CS tom heads.

ill try a new head some other time. any remo reccomendations. yr and the CSs are great just got a new 12" as i smashed through it recently going to get some EC2s soon and i need a new bass drum head its nearly gone through recon the CSs will be ok as resos ???

[eddiehimself]

ill try a new head some other time. any remo reccomendations. yr and the CSs are great just got a new 12" as i smashed through it recently going to get some EC2s soon and i need a new bass drum head its nearly gone through recon the CSs will be ok as resos ???

okay well i'd say probably the remo equivalent is actually the CS snare. Personally i'm a preferer of just having 1 ply standard vanilla sort of reso heads, people did used to use them though but it will damp down the sound a bit.

[mrbling]

yr ok well ill experiment see what its like. my currrent resos are stock pearls :(

[ibernalq]

if i had the money i would get a new head will eventually. does still sound good now. yr and i do love my ride shame my guitarist dosent. hes an idiot and wants me to invest in a jack white esque kit. he love everything about JW im surprised he hasnt moved to tennessee and started stalking him.

JAJAJA.. your guitarist idiot.... guitarists dont have the same ears as drummers...and you dont play to satisfy everybody... its OUR taste..period..
luck..

[eddiehimself]

JAJAJA.. your guitarist idiot.... guitarists dont have the same ears as drummers...and you dont play to satisfy everybody... its OUR taste..period..
luck..

+1 don't listen to your guitar player. You don't tell him to use a fender amp because you don't like the sound of his marshall or whatever. I mean i suggest what amps my guitar player should get but that's only because he asked me. Otherwise get what you want.

[mrbling]

lol yr no way am i getting rid of it its by far my best cymbal best ive ever played in fact :P

tbh i am suggesting a fender and so is he were pretty much on the same page when it comes to his gear.

[ibernalq]

+1 don't listen to your guitar player. You don't tell him to use a fender amp because you don't like the sound of his marshall or whatever. I mean i suggest what amps my guitar player should get but that's only because he asked me. Otherwise get what you want.

I agree... it is YOUR sound...no more to say...
Good luck..

[mrbling]

yr internet hi-five. he knows i dont listen to him so its not all that serious

[mrbling]

would an evans power centre head work on my snare ??? found a pack for 40 quid 14 " snare head and a 22 " emad so would be good to get

[mrbling]

anyone? dont wanna waste my money on heads that wont be good

[mrbling]

got some more pics put everything i own onto the kit. had a gig last night so drums were downstair grabbed everything else and made my 'monster' my metal and all :) for the record the dixon pedal going off to the side does naff all

[eddiehimself]

anyone? dont wanna waste my money on heads that wont be good

they are really great heads. My mate paid £70 for a set of EMAD heads.

Also i remember i saw one of those 50th anniversary snares in bad dog. They still haven't sold it yet, but it looks good anyway.

[mrbling]

i know the bass head is good

[GRUNTERSDAD]

...and a snare stand to hold the FAN. Genius.

[eddiehimself]

i know the bass head is good

well i'm sure you should know what a power dot would sound like by now? I think it would be fine, little less "open" than the head like you've got now.

[mrbling]

:D thanks grunters made my day :P,

and yr i have got to know bout the snare just saying i know the emad is awesome

[mrbling]

yay my new heads just came emad and power center just going to go and try them out :)

[mrbling]

yay just won some barely used xcelerators on ebay for £130

[mrbling]

yay my hi hats just came :D

[RhythmDrums]

Your snare drum looks really cool dude :D

And btw what series is your pearl kit from?

[mrbling]

its an export.

ill get a new pic up tonight with the new hats on it since ive gotta reset up after last nights gig.

[mrbling]

here they are 25 hours late

[mrbling]

just updated the specs

[mrbling]

just moved thigs about a little. put tom on snare stand that used to hold my fan £90 that was just sitting there thougt id use it plus makes tom lower. also means that i had to put hats back to the left of the DB pedal and crash over a tad, and put in a china to play around with.

[mrbling]

just noticed that even my b8 cymbals dont look too bad in that light really need to get rid of them :/

[mrbling]

ive got a new china :D

zildjian oriental 18" got it for £80 on ebay just some logo wear and finger prints the usual

[spantney]

Thats a tidy looking kit you've got there fella! Congrats on the Zildjian China, those things are intense. The B8 crashes are fine too but since you look to be replacing your cymbals over time anyway then I would wholely recommend Sabian AAX stage crashes. I've got a 16" and an 18" and I can't recommend them enough!

Keep on rocking!

[sufc.loyal]

UP THE SHRIMPERS. sufc

[mrbling]

thanks ill think about em i currently have it narrowed down to 2002 crashes a custom crashes or aax dark and an xplosion and im going to go try some out in february, now some more to try out :P

also wanna get an eliminator

[zildjank09]

SUFC.loyal I think you will find that this is a drumming fourm!! Der!!!
Football is another thing. Lol, mind you some people are easily confused!!

[spantney]

UP THE SHRIMPERS. sufc

Good man!!!!

thanks ill think about em i currently have it narrowed down to 2002 crashes a custom crashes or aax dark and an xplosion and im going to go try some out in february, now some more to try out :P

also wanna get an eliminator

Ahhh thats cool - quite a good selection there buddy. I've also got 17" and 18" A Custom crashes and they are fantastic live but I prefer not to use them for recording. The Sabians seem to be better as an all-rounder. Eliminator is a good choice aswell although I must admit I'm more of an Iron Cobra fan!

SUFC.loyal I think you will find that this is a drumming fourm!! Der!!!
Football is another thing. Lol, mind you some people are easily confused!!

Hey hes just excited as he is one of my Southend Brethren! Theres only about 160,000 people in Southend so its quite nice to bump into another one on the forums!!

[mrbling]

Eliminator is a good choice aswell although I must admit I'm more of an Iron Cobra fan!

hhm yr but i do prefere elims and every ic ive played i cant get along with especially the hi hat stands

[mrbling]

now i am annoyed after having never brokoen a cymbal in 5~ years playing ive broken my first cymbal.

closely followed by me second my 2 poor sabian b8 and b8 pro 16" thin crashes they were pretty old im sure the pro was 10 years old :P

but at least ive got an excuse to buy some paiste 2002 crashes 18 and 20 " just gotta find some £££

[wy yung]

Sorry to hear you broke some cymbals recently. I really like your set up. Nice looking kit. Always liked that wine red color on the Exports.

Sorry I cannot hear your band, my pc has no sound.

[mrbling]

thts fine would ideally like as many people as possible to hear it but you know :P

im nearly there with waht im looking at having
hopefully once ive gt my crashes i will get some elims and a hi hat stand then a ludwig black beauty finally some dw 9000 stands and 2 dw 9000 snare stands but thts just an extra

[wy yung]

You'll get there. Just like one day I will get a decent pc. The pc I own is an old workhorse from a govt department donated to me by a bass player friend who fixed it up for me.

[spantney]

I checked out your band man. Some definate props to your playing! I like that you keep it fairly simple most of the time, theres no overplaying which suits the style of music very well.

Also sorry to hear about your crashes - I've not broken a cymbal in 10 years of playing and I'm quite a hard hitter, so I'm dreading breaking my first one (seeing as my cheapest crash cost me £140!). As Yung said though, you'll get there in the end!

Cheers :)

[Coldhardsteel]

Well hey, another export user.

Glad to know I'm not the only one on this forum who uses the reportedly "low-end" Pearl kit.

I like your set-up, I've been a fan of the one-up-two-down thing.

And I have a question: How does the AA raw bell ride sound? I've been thinking of looking into Sabian rides.

[mrbling]

Well hey, another export user.

Glad to know I'm not the only one on this forum who uses the reportedly "low-end" Pearl kit.

I like your set-up, I've been a fan of the one-up-two-down thing.

And I have a question: How does the AA raw bell ride sound? I've been thinking of looking into Sabian rides.

yr it was a good first kit want a dw still :P

i dont think ill ever play another set up again 1 up 2 down is where its at. i lik the aa but i now think its the worst of the raw bells my favorite is the aax

[mrbling]

I checked out your band man. Some definate props to your playing! I like that you keep it fairly simple most of the time, theres no overplaying which suits the style of music very well.

Also sorry to hear about your crashes - I've not broken a cymbal in 10 years of playing and I'm quite a hard hitter, so I'm dreading breaking my first one (seeing as my cheapest crash cost me £140!). As Yung said though, you'll get there in the end!

Cheers :)

hey thanks i get some stick from a few people i know for what they feel is underplaying. annoyed about the cymbals but im over it i guess not to much difference just when i get some 2" cracks ill have to take action really need cash :/

[spantney]

Unfortunately there is a fine line between underplaying and playing for the song. Not everyone realises this and just thinks you should be soloing 24/7. Do whats comfortable for you man and as I say, credit wheres credit due...I think you are pretty good! Trust me I've been to many a gig where the drummers have absolutely ripped into the kit all night and its been epic. I've also been to many a gig where the drummers have ripped into the kit all night and its been a disaster - they do stuff that doesnt flow, fit the song and all that jazz.

Do what you are comfortable with man...it seems to be working a treat from those recordings! Only critical thing I would say is that quality of the drum recording isn't fantastic - certain things aren't balanced very well but then again you are only young and arent on a superstar budget so its to be expected!

Cheers man.

[mrbling]

cheers for the vote of cinfidence the recording was £180 i think if you check out somojo my guitarist uploaded our full songs

[mrbling]

i took some pics of the cracks one of them has ripped alot more and now folds. the last image was what it was like before this new tearing.

[mrbling]

cracks are far too bad and i hav a gig on friday so i brought a paiste 2002 20 crash for £130 quite pleased with that. shame i have no more £££ for another

[mrbling]

if anyone cares thats how bad one of them has got.

[mrbling]

new crash finally a paiste 2002 20" crash its good not as sharp an accent as id like but its a good riding crash and doubles as a second ride.

[fugazi]

Nice kit. looks awesome, and no worries about your cymbal, as long as you can hit it you can play it ;)

Your band sounds pretty cool aswell, you guys are a bit off on the timing here and there, but the overall sound is pretty fun. Keep up the good job :)

[mrbling]

just cleaned it it sounds better now. first cymbal ive ever cleaned as you may see by my pics. this was actually my guitarists idea. damn him im choosing my stiff from now on this has been a bit of a let down.

[mrbling]

yay i am getting a dw 9000 double pedal :)

my 18th birthday is coming up and my grandma and aunt are pooling together. im also getting something amazing from my parents but that is going to need a whole new thread when it comes mid june :)