StaggerLee
Silver Member
I was having a talk with my drum tutor today and got on to the topic of upgrading kits and the such. He revealed he had never actually brought a high end drums and instead made his more intermediate kit his own. He said after searching a lot of the time you can find some intermediate drums with very good shells, but the mix of poor hardware and stock heads bring the prices down to rock bottom. So in the end he brought a mapex meridian maple and set about customizing. First he fully rounded over the bearing edges to get that nice open sound. Then he lacquered the interior of his shells. Next he replaced the hoops with 2.3mm power hoops, added new gibraltar spurs to the bass drum and floor toms. And finally added nwe tube lugs to the kit. Then wollah, all the features you get from a professional drum set, only difference is its cheaper by far and its made in taiwan (not that that really counts nowadays, arent saturns the same?)
So has anyone else tried this? Its a more personal way of making your own sound
So has anyone else tried this? Its a more personal way of making your own sound