AZslim
Senior Member
All,
I recently went to an audition where they said they had a drum set. As usual, it was the worst piece of crap imaginable. It was an early 80's Slingerland with snare batter tunes so low, the the head felt like I was playing a floor tom. The snares barely touched the bottom head and couldn't be adjusted. The rest of the set was just as bad or worse. he hi hat was bent and couldn't be adjusted. The cymbals were complete crap A Camber crash and a B8 ride and hats.
I've seen this a lot. Now, I can understand them not wanting to spend a lot of money.
What I don't understand is at not at least admitting it sounds like crap and least have drummer friend try to do something with it. Even a crappy set can sound OK properly tuned with decent heads.
These guys happily played away with me playing this piece of crap. They even wanted me to join the band, which didn't, but not because of the drums.
Yes, I know to bring pedal cymbals and snare to a situation like that and I did bring a pedal and throne. (I'm 6'5" and drums are almost always set up way too short for me.)
But the bottom line is I don't think they really care how crappy the drums sound.
I recently went to an audition where they said they had a drum set. As usual, it was the worst piece of crap imaginable. It was an early 80's Slingerland with snare batter tunes so low, the the head felt like I was playing a floor tom. The snares barely touched the bottom head and couldn't be adjusted. The rest of the set was just as bad or worse. he hi hat was bent and couldn't be adjusted. The cymbals were complete crap A Camber crash and a B8 ride and hats.
I've seen this a lot. Now, I can understand them not wanting to spend a lot of money.
What I don't understand is at not at least admitting it sounds like crap and least have drummer friend try to do something with it. Even a crappy set can sound OK properly tuned with decent heads.
These guys happily played away with me playing this piece of crap. They even wanted me to join the band, which didn't, but not because of the drums.
Yes, I know to bring pedal cymbals and snare to a situation like that and I did bring a pedal and throne. (I'm 6'5" and drums are almost always set up way too short for me.)
But the bottom line is I don't think they really care how crappy the drums sound.