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Mike_In_KC
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When I was at my local percussion store last night waiting for help I was toying around the hi hat section messing with the various hats they had setup. I saw my hats - Sabian AAX Xplosions setup and was like 'ah nice - I got those!' when I noticed that, ahem, they had them set up with the top hat on the bottom and the bottom hat on top... I almost said something to the clerk when I realized that I have my hi hats setup upside down I must say I do like the sound the upside down hats created but was pretty embarrassed that I made such a rookie mistake. In fact I am such a rookie I really don't know if hi hats can be reversed like I did - I wonder, as I said the sound was kinda cool....
Got me to thinking about other rookie mistakes and I could only think of a couple others:
- When changing heads on my snare drum I thought that each tension rod needed to be put back in the exact same spot. I panicked when I realized that I got the tensions rods confused and did not know how to get them properly re-aligned.
- When I got my Gretsch kit, (first acoustic kit) I did not know that drums had resonant heads and thought that Gretsch was super cool providing me with clear "replacement" heads. Probably my favorite.
- Could not "re-install" my snare wires when changing heads and had to take the drum to the percussion store. Of course the day I take the drum in to the shop the store is packed and the guy at the front desk decides that this is a training opportunity for his new help and conducts a small clinic on putting snare wires on in front of the whole store.
- Wanted to upgrade my Zildjian ZBT ride and crash cymbals so I bought used Sabian B8s
That is all I can think of now. Anyone else have any rookie zingers they care to admit to here? If you can't laugh at yourself...
MM
Got me to thinking about other rookie mistakes and I could only think of a couple others:
- When changing heads on my snare drum I thought that each tension rod needed to be put back in the exact same spot. I panicked when I realized that I got the tensions rods confused and did not know how to get them properly re-aligned.
- When I got my Gretsch kit, (first acoustic kit) I did not know that drums had resonant heads and thought that Gretsch was super cool providing me with clear "replacement" heads. Probably my favorite.
- Could not "re-install" my snare wires when changing heads and had to take the drum to the percussion store. Of course the day I take the drum in to the shop the store is packed and the guy at the front desk decides that this is a training opportunity for his new help and conducts a small clinic on putting snare wires on in front of the whole store.
- Wanted to upgrade my Zildjian ZBT ride and crash cymbals so I bought used Sabian B8s
That is all I can think of now. Anyone else have any rookie zingers they care to admit to here? If you can't laugh at yourself...
MM