evilg99
Platinum Member
I am totally with Bo on this too -
Having been in this situation before myself on a festival stage, you simply do NOT provide a drum set with the expectation that the drummers who play them are not going to tune and adjust them to their requirements.
Also - you should not be providing drums at all for others to play if they are not in a bare minumum- playable state. A quick tuning, heads in good condition, spurs that work, hardware that won't fall over, pedals within the sphere of normal, etc. There is such a thing.
I have both provided (multiple)kits and been the guy playing provided kits. I've played excellent kits and I've played kits that seemed like they had never,ever seen a drum key and had original heads on them, with everything set the way it was out of the boxes. Total crap.
Can you imagine handing a bass player a 6 year old bass with the factory strings on it, action 1/2" too high, intonation way out, broken strap and an intermittent output jack that is ok if you just hold the cable 'like this' ?
Having been in this situation before myself on a festival stage, you simply do NOT provide a drum set with the expectation that the drummers who play them are not going to tune and adjust them to their requirements.
Also - you should not be providing drums at all for others to play if they are not in a bare minumum- playable state. A quick tuning, heads in good condition, spurs that work, hardware that won't fall over, pedals within the sphere of normal, etc. There is such a thing.
I have both provided (multiple)kits and been the guy playing provided kits. I've played excellent kits and I've played kits that seemed like they had never,ever seen a drum key and had original heads on them, with everything set the way it was out of the boxes. Total crap.
Can you imagine handing a bass player a 6 year old bass with the factory strings on it, action 1/2" too high, intonation way out, broken strap and an intermittent output jack that is ok if you just hold the cable 'like this' ?