Jonathan Curtis
Silver Member
Ok, I have an enormous Mapex M Birch drum kit in the following specs:
and a Gibraltar GRS-850DBL double bass drum rack.
Now, I started out with the basic 10-12-14 configuration, and then added to it. I added the 8, I added the second 22 kick, I added the rack, and it's grown very large. The problem is, I am gigging and rehearsing more and more, and it is becoming quite a pain to take parts of it out and put them back again to transport it to gigs.
I am considering selling the lot, including hardware, to free up space and reduce my massive amount of drum equipment, to buy instead a new, higher level yet smaller kit.
The problem I have is, I bought all this a few years ago for my metal band. We had big ideas of the double bass kit matching the scene, but the logistical realities of it are rather significant, and I'm now doing a lot more jazz work, for which this kit is just too big. Most notably, I do not use the second bass drum at all, and I can't use the rack on a single bass kit.
I do, however, have quite a sentimental connection to the kit.
I want perhaps a Gretsch New Classic, or maybe a Yamaha Custom, but would need to shift this big one first. However, I already have the shells. Should I stop moaning and just put a new set of skins on it?
Your thoughts?
- 2 x 22" bass drums
- 8", 10", 12" rack toms
- 14" & 16" floor toms
- 14" snare
and a Gibraltar GRS-850DBL double bass drum rack.
Now, I started out with the basic 10-12-14 configuration, and then added to it. I added the 8, I added the second 22 kick, I added the rack, and it's grown very large. The problem is, I am gigging and rehearsing more and more, and it is becoming quite a pain to take parts of it out and put them back again to transport it to gigs.
I am considering selling the lot, including hardware, to free up space and reduce my massive amount of drum equipment, to buy instead a new, higher level yet smaller kit.
The problem I have is, I bought all this a few years ago for my metal band. We had big ideas of the double bass kit matching the scene, but the logistical realities of it are rather significant, and I'm now doing a lot more jazz work, for which this kit is just too big. Most notably, I do not use the second bass drum at all, and I can't use the rack on a single bass kit.
I do, however, have quite a sentimental connection to the kit.
I want perhaps a Gretsch New Classic, or maybe a Yamaha Custom, but would need to shift this big one first. However, I already have the shells. Should I stop moaning and just put a new set of skins on it?
Your thoughts?