Meh, I prefer a pink flame wrap, blue hardware and yellow hoops. That's just too classy to look any good. They probably even sound like a comfy leather sofa, 100-year-old Scotch whisky, Cuban cigars and Miles Davis' Birth of Cool. You should definitely get one of these to complement your kit
Sweet new addition. I especially love the reso head on the kick. Congratulations zambizzi.
Amazing work! The best aspect is that it looks seamless, and it's stave!
I have only heard a tama bubinga, I am wondering if the thicker staves make it a higher pitched kit?
Looks like excellent craftsmanship!! Good job!
Hey Shane - I think I might go with Tama Star-Cast (newer aluminum model) for the small toms, is this something I can get through you? I'd want the necessary die-cast hoops and matching hoops for all the other drums.
PM or email me if ya can?
I went with StarCast for my drums but they were Godawful ugly and industrial looking when I put them on my drums. I returned them and went with Gauger RIMS mounts, which are brushed aluminum and more discreet.
Maybe these newer aluminum models look better but I'd buy locally and put them on my drums to check out the appearance. If you don't like them you can return them. It's a matter of personal taste but clunky hardware could detract from those very beautiful drums.
Frank, make sure you send those drums to Florida first to the Unix Southern Division Test Center for moisture and hurricane testing. I will send them on when testing has been completed.
On a serious note The TV show How It's Made is shot in Canada. You really need to get a hold of those folks and arrange to show them a real masters work.
In a ply shell, the veneers are are crosswise to each other and that tends to cancel out/moderate the resonance of individual wood grains. Glue also interferes with resonance but drum makers never, ever talk about the presence of glue and how it affects sound.
In stave and solid shell kits, all the grains of wood are aligned with each other. Sound is transferred directly from the bearing edge down through the body of the shell and into the sound chamber and each grain of wood acts as a micro-resonator. The result is a great combination of projection and warmth. In stave and solid-shell construction, a thicker shell can be just a resonant as a thin ply shell. A stave shell has about 1 percent of the wood of a ply shell and a natural whole wood solid shell has no glue whatsoever.
The trade-off is that ply shells are easier to make, more durable and less subject to splitting, warping and cracking. Plywood's superior strength and workability make it preferred for building construction and mass-produced drum kits. But if a stave drum is built well and cared for, it will last just as long as any ply kit.
I looked into a stave kit after seeing this post. Fascinating stuff, and real eye-candy. The kits however, don't come cheap. Maybe...if I ever need a bop kit...or a snare.
I looked into a stave kit after seeing this post. Fascinating stuff, and real eye-candy. The kits however, don't come cheap. Maybe...if I ever need a bop kit...or a snare.
Well you sure didn't look into Unix, because I am not pricier than any pro kit out there, ask Zambizzi or any body else in private they will tell you.
The older ones are ugly as hell but the ones made after 2006 are really nice:
Wow, those do look nice. I checked some out in 2006 and they must have been older models.