Fontcow
03.06.02, 03:52 PM
So what kind of percussion equipment is everybody here at the VHL using these days?
A couple of years ago I bought a 6-piece Yamaha Stage Custom (Sapphire Blue, almost black but not quite -- they look purple in sunlight) kit because they were okay drums at a not-too-far-out-there price under $1,000, leaving money for some cymbals, boom cymbal stands and a double-bass pedal. Zildjian A Custom cymbals with one Sabian crash along with a Sabian splash. For sticks I use only Zildjian 7A (wood and nylon) sticks because Zildjian understands that hitting wood against metal will ruin a stick in mere hours. They use hard wood and I used to break ProMark sticks in two or three days and find the Zildjian sticks to be durable. I also didn't like those DIP sticks. Too sticky.
The Yamaha kit has proved to be quite a surprising kit. The ball-joint tom mount is so slick and sturdy the kit is worth the convenience of this alone. 10,12,13 mounted toms,a 16-floor tom (would love to add another 18 - they don't make Sapphire Blue anymore :( ebay!?), 22 bass and 14x5 wood snare (wood snare, less ring? that's what i find). After having them a year and learning how to tune the drums to their natural timbre, they really sound good to my ears and also have an incredible response for double-stroke rolls on the toms. Couple that with double-bass pedal strokes and you get some very smooth quadruplets. I must say the double-bass pedal takes getting used to and it is still a bit bizarre having another pedal down there after 20 years of hi-hat foot only. I certainly have a lot learn with the use of the double-bass pedal. It seems more appropriate for the style of drums I play to keep it used for accents, like Copeland does, and not the driving 16th-notes rhythm that Alex amazingly displays. Playing the old VH stuff like Full Bug and Hot For Teacher is like riding an exercise machine! But I digress...
What percussion equipment is everyone using these days in addition to any new things you've learned? Always fun to keep discovering one more secret about the abstract and transcending experience of playing music. :D
[ March 06, 2002 at 04:57 PM: Message edited by: Fontcow ]</p>
A couple of years ago I bought a 6-piece Yamaha Stage Custom (Sapphire Blue, almost black but not quite -- they look purple in sunlight) kit because they were okay drums at a not-too-far-out-there price under $1,000, leaving money for some cymbals, boom cymbal stands and a double-bass pedal. Zildjian A Custom cymbals with one Sabian crash along with a Sabian splash. For sticks I use only Zildjian 7A (wood and nylon) sticks because Zildjian understands that hitting wood against metal will ruin a stick in mere hours. They use hard wood and I used to break ProMark sticks in two or three days and find the Zildjian sticks to be durable. I also didn't like those DIP sticks. Too sticky.
The Yamaha kit has proved to be quite a surprising kit. The ball-joint tom mount is so slick and sturdy the kit is worth the convenience of this alone. 10,12,13 mounted toms,a 16-floor tom (would love to add another 18 - they don't make Sapphire Blue anymore :( ebay!?), 22 bass and 14x5 wood snare (wood snare, less ring? that's what i find). After having them a year and learning how to tune the drums to their natural timbre, they really sound good to my ears and also have an incredible response for double-stroke rolls on the toms. Couple that with double-bass pedal strokes and you get some very smooth quadruplets. I must say the double-bass pedal takes getting used to and it is still a bit bizarre having another pedal down there after 20 years of hi-hat foot only. I certainly have a lot learn with the use of the double-bass pedal. It seems more appropriate for the style of drums I play to keep it used for accents, like Copeland does, and not the driving 16th-notes rhythm that Alex amazingly displays. Playing the old VH stuff like Full Bug and Hot For Teacher is like riding an exercise machine! But I digress...
What percussion equipment is everyone using these days in addition to any new things you've learned? Always fun to keep discovering one more secret about the abstract and transcending experience of playing music. :D
[ March 06, 2002 at 04:57 PM: Message edited by: Fontcow ]</p>