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Matt Bo Eder
Guest
Just an FYI for those of you who cherish your drums. There is a reason you buy pro-grade stuff. Out here in Southern California, we're going through a bit of a cold snap and last night here at the magic kingdom, we had our annual New Year's Eve party where the parks stay open until 4AM. Well, our temperatures got down to around 35 degrees last night, and we have a stage in the New Orleans section that's actually a big elevator and when the band is done for the night, it goes down into the ground. Well, that didn't happen last night.
Our little Yamaha Club Custom kit sat up and exposed on that stage for the last 24 hours at least and was completely covered with dew (or the water from the sprinkler systems in the planters), and was a little iced over when I got to the stage this morning to prep the stage for park opening at 8AM. I turned on the stage lights and even in 40-degree weather, the stage heated up a bit to make things touchable for me. Probably bad for the wood to be heated that quickly, though.
So I dried off the kit best I could and gave the heads a tweak and the kit sounds ok. Those Club Custom shells are pretty stout, that kit's been on that stage for a little over a year now and it's holding up considering the weather it's been through. There's also a Yamaha upright piano on that stage that at least gets covered with a cheap vinyl cover, but I'm sure both of those instruments are just going through trauma on that stage.
Something to think about as you carefully store your kit in cases before gently transporting them to your next gig, eh?
Our little Yamaha Club Custom kit sat up and exposed on that stage for the last 24 hours at least and was completely covered with dew (or the water from the sprinkler systems in the planters), and was a little iced over when I got to the stage this morning to prep the stage for park opening at 8AM. I turned on the stage lights and even in 40-degree weather, the stage heated up a bit to make things touchable for me. Probably bad for the wood to be heated that quickly, though.
So I dried off the kit best I could and gave the heads a tweak and the kit sounds ok. Those Club Custom shells are pretty stout, that kit's been on that stage for a little over a year now and it's holding up considering the weather it's been through. There's also a Yamaha upright piano on that stage that at least gets covered with a cheap vinyl cover, but I'm sure both of those instruments are just going through trauma on that stage.
Something to think about as you carefully store your kit in cases before gently transporting them to your next gig, eh?