ConcertTom
Senior Member
Looking for pics and opinions of vintage kits with, say, a wrapped kick, but natural wood finished toms.
This backstory.... and I feel a little foolish posting this after starting to read through the sage advice to youngsters from professionals thread, because this is really not that important in the grand scheme, but im up against a real and immediate, albeit superficial, situation.
I've had a vintage rogers kit for the past couple of years who's toms i love but after playing with it and touring recently with it a bit I've decided that i really cant hang with the 22" kick it came with. I generally prefer 20" and the extra inches end up throwing off the rack tom placement to a point thats annoying (not unplayable, but not my favorite). I wasn't going to worry about it and just keepit as a studio kit, but the situation has come up that I might need to send a kit to live on the east coast for when i do shows and tours out there, and this is a good candidate for a few reasons, including because all the drums fit inside one another (because they're concert toms, of course).
Sooo... I'm thinking about getting a 20" kick to replace the 22. Im already about halfway through removing the black wrap and doing a natural wood finish on the toms. Ive seen a few kick drum candidates on the regular used sites. Some have nice (or intact enough) wrap on them. Some need to be totally rewrapped, which make them a good candidate for the wood finish. Some have hardware, some would need hardware (which i can just move over from my 22 without much problem).
My instinct is to make it as easy as possible and just get a decently wrapped kick with all the hardware i need on it, because i need to have this on the east coast by the 3rd week in august. On the other hand, if i took the time to find a cheap drum that already needs to be refinished i could save some money and have it really matching the toms, but i dont know if i actually have the time for all that.
The point, finally, is: would i be aesthetically happy with a white pearl or red sparkle kick, with natural wood toms (and an acrolite snare, btw)? I know none of you can actually answer this question for me but im curious what your feelings are, especially those of you who love vintage kits.
I also understand that is a quandry of my own making and that there are other solutions available, but this is the thing im considering at this moment.
This backstory.... and I feel a little foolish posting this after starting to read through the sage advice to youngsters from professionals thread, because this is really not that important in the grand scheme, but im up against a real and immediate, albeit superficial, situation.
I've had a vintage rogers kit for the past couple of years who's toms i love but after playing with it and touring recently with it a bit I've decided that i really cant hang with the 22" kick it came with. I generally prefer 20" and the extra inches end up throwing off the rack tom placement to a point thats annoying (not unplayable, but not my favorite). I wasn't going to worry about it and just keepit as a studio kit, but the situation has come up that I might need to send a kit to live on the east coast for when i do shows and tours out there, and this is a good candidate for a few reasons, including because all the drums fit inside one another (because they're concert toms, of course).
Sooo... I'm thinking about getting a 20" kick to replace the 22. Im already about halfway through removing the black wrap and doing a natural wood finish on the toms. Ive seen a few kick drum candidates on the regular used sites. Some have nice (or intact enough) wrap on them. Some need to be totally rewrapped, which make them a good candidate for the wood finish. Some have hardware, some would need hardware (which i can just move over from my 22 without much problem).
My instinct is to make it as easy as possible and just get a decently wrapped kick with all the hardware i need on it, because i need to have this on the east coast by the 3rd week in august. On the other hand, if i took the time to find a cheap drum that already needs to be refinished i could save some money and have it really matching the toms, but i dont know if i actually have the time for all that.
The point, finally, is: would i be aesthetically happy with a white pearl or red sparkle kick, with natural wood toms (and an acrolite snare, btw)? I know none of you can actually answer this question for me but im curious what your feelings are, especially those of you who love vintage kits.
I also understand that is a quandry of my own making and that there are other solutions available, but this is the thing im considering at this moment.
