lefty2
Platinum Member
You took the words right out of my mouth I'm vertically challenged
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pinstripe
Active Member
I recently pounced on a '90s Pearl Export kit completely unaware of the outdatedness of the "power tom" thing. I didn't even realize it had what would be considered power toms until I started fiddling with the Tom Angles and was puzzled by why I couldn't set them up to be relatively flat and low like the cool kids do. That's when it dawned on me that I had unwittingly bought the drum equivalent of a Kramer Focus 2000 or something along those lines. It's a great first set to learn on and I got a good deal on it, but I'll definitely be on the lookout for something with a more modern--which is to say traditional--configuration for my next set.
SomeBadDrummer
Platinum Member
I hear you. My "shallow" toms are perfect, they are all semetrical (12x12, 13x13, 14x14, 16x16). But the bass drum is out of whack at 22 x 20 lol.
pinstripe
Active Member
This is pretty much what I'm aiming at now. Classic and versatile.
lefty2
Platinum Member
I have a Ludwig 4 pc. downbeat set that's pretty cool I love the comfort level of 12"14" and 20" The 14x20 is easier to transport to
JimmyM
Diamond Member
For about 10 seconds. Sorry...worked with a dude who played great but used Norths and still has them as his only set to this day. Can't do it.
mikyok
Platinum Member
That's dedication to a lost cause!
Janet Tambour
Junior Member
Because its Neon pink doesn't that make it a girl's guitar? (Joking)
Janet Tambour
Junior Member
Those bands should have banners printed of Marshal stacks that they can 'position' on the side of the stage for looks.
Absolutely not!
Pink is a very powerful color. A guy holding a pink guitar might look funny until he rips a mean solo.
A man driving a pink racecar looks funny until he wins.
A boxer wearing pink shorts looks funny until he pummels his opponent.
If one military went to war carrying pink assault rifles, think of how humiliating it would be for the other military who was decimated by them.
I like pink. It's got power built into it. Kryptonite for "real men" if you will.
Like this?
One can purchase a "wall of Marshall stacks" shower curtain also.
Janet Tambour
Junior Member
I think this is the second reason that e-kits had such a bad rap in the beginning. Sound obviously was the first. You see it in how all the manufactures are coming around to make all the e-kits look like acoustics.
Janet Tambour
Junior Member
Yes it is a very powerful color which is why girls were very happy to have it all to ourselves! (not seriously)
That is too funny I LOVE it!!!
GretschedHive
Gold Member
Man, I would love a pink guitar. Such a great color.
You with me on this, Bri?
I think I've mentioned before that the toughest guy I ever knew in real life, a Navy Seal, used to enjoy going into the diviest of dive bars wearing his pink backback. When I asked him why, he smiled and said, "because I can."
You with me on this, Bri?
I think I've mentioned before that the toughest guy I ever knew in real life, a Navy Seal, used to enjoy going into the diviest of dive bars wearing his pink backback. When I asked him why, he smiled and said, "because I can."
JimmyM
Diamond Member
Now you wanna talk "That Great Gretsch Sound?" That one's so great you don't even need to turn it on to hear its greatness! I hate their basses but I'd love to own a Gretsch guitar...maybe one of those Jets like Malcolm and Stevie Young.Man, I would love a pink guitar. Such a great color.
You with me on this, Bri?
I think I've mentioned before that the toughest guy I ever knew in real life, a Navy Seal, used to enjoy going into the diviest of dive bars wearing his pink backback. When I asked him why, he smiled and said, "because I can."
Quai34
Junior Member
Me too, I'm not a bassist (yet? Well, drums lessons first this year!!!) But I bought 3 basses after spending a lot of time on bass fori (one forum, several form, comes from Latin, second déclinaison) as well but because I was not able to play them, I went for one more old style ala Fender (G&L L2000) with new features, plus one bass more modern style (Ibanez SR1200 XXV anniversary) but the last one was for look and mainly because we needed a 5 strings for Peter Gabriel's song Sledgehammer (Ibanez SR2650 in clear Blue Burst). I think they will be kind of a timeless look but besides drummers, no one will ever pay attention to that because drummers are the back stage position guys anyway, like keys players!!!
Ibanez link:
SR2605 | SR | ELECTRIC BASSES | PRODUCTS | Ibanez guitars
SR2605 at Ibanez. Ibanez offers electric guitars, bass guitars, acoustic guitars, effect and pedals, amps, plus guitar accessories like tuners, straps and picks.
Quai34
Junior Member
Well, I'm like you, I'm really like instruments, vintage or not, even if I don't play them... But after keys, I think the ones that I know how to play the most is drums....Hey, I just have to think about beat instead of beat plus notes!!
For the most part, yes, they will be decorative. I'm not going to go out and buy the most expensive versions of what I want either. They will all be functional instruments however, in tune and taken care of.
I'm not sure exactly what I want at this point. I have room to hang 5 more at most. There are just so many cool shapes and colors to choose from. Picking drums is way easier than guitars/basses.
Xstr8edgtnrdrmrX
Local Boob
yeah...I have heard that many groups from the "wall of Marshall" days were actually just doing this...
and if memory serves me, I think a guy on the TalkBass forum did a thread about the redundancy of that many speakers...like from a physics of sound viewpoint
Xstr8edgtnrdrmrX
Local Boob
hell, I would love to have a White Falcon bass...only b/c I can't play guitar worth a crap, so it would be a waste to have that nice of a 6 string
Xstr8edgtnrdrmrX
Local Boob
it is funny for me that I am definitely a collector of things that I don't really use very much: sports cards and memorabilia (over 100,000), Dungeons and Dragons books and other media; flags...
but I can't bring myself to collect instruments just for the sake of collecting...I know many, many other people who have tons of instruments just for the sake of collecting, but I can't justify spending the money on an instrument that I won't use....the guitar player for my metal band has roughly 20 guitars at any given time, and only uses the same 2 or 3. The rest just sit in cases.
I stress out if I don't use any of my 5 basses in an even rotation
my brain works in really weird ways