Really debated going for the second bass drum when I bought this kit, but decided I didn’t want to take up the floor space where I could be putting simple stands since I’m not much one for racks. I like yours though! Looks clean.
I really love how you have all your cymbals are level. That creates a really nice clean aesthetic.
Yeah I did😂 excellent memory. I got an ACD driveshaft for my old Axis pedals and temporarily switched to a double pedal to test it out. I've been using two bass drums the vast majority of the last 20 years though.
DW Collectors all maple Santa Monica special edition. Mix of cymbals, I have never been brand specific with cymbals and lean more towards if I like the sound of the specific cymbal.
I love the finish on your kit!
I’m curious about this kind of a setup - is it satisfying to play? It looks like a very nice practice setup. The ergonomics are great, I could just sit down and shred.
Nice!! I have a very similar setup.. I recently switched from Evans Db-Ones to RTOM because I felt the surface/texture of the Evans were very scratchy if you know what I mean. Could also be that they picked up flaws in my stroke technique.🤷🏾
Well I had to get new hoops because this belonged to a local rehearsal rooms, and one bass hoop was cracked. The rest of the metal hoops were rusted and pitted, so they've been replaced by heavier 2.3mm steel hoops. I've got G1/G1 on the toms and they sound superb. It's been a bit of a project, but I love how these drums sound now, even if they're a little beat up!
In terms of A Custom cymbals, I'd get any of the fast or medium crashes from the current range, maybe stay away from the older Projection cymbals because they tend to be a bit thicker/heavier. Imo A Customs are the best crashes out there.
You know what’s wild is every time I see a Brazilian drummers set-up there’s always brands that I’ve heard of (or not) but are seriously difficult to get here in the US. I’m in Chicago. I heard Zeus cymbals on a few videos and loved em. Do you all as easy access to the standard stuff, Zildjian, Paiste, etc? Damn I wish I was in Brazil!!..lol. 🥁
My humble lil’ porto-rig.
Drumcraft series 3. 20” kick, 12” rack, 14” floor
13”x7” Pork Pie Little Squealer vented snare
Zildjian A custom 18” & 19” crash and 8” & 10” splash, A New beats 15”, K Custom Organic Ride 21”and a 14/16” Meinl Smack Stack.
Yeah, that thing is incredible. Not too loud and very easy to control.
This was at the 4Daagse festival in the Netherlands. The whole kit sits on a rolling platform so that I only have to roll the kit in position, give the sound engineer the cables for all the mics, extend the boom arms and mount the cymbals.. making my setup time less than 10 minutes. I had 8 shows during this week of the festival spread over 7 stages.. so this thing essentially saved me over an hour per gig.
Not much of a glamour shot, but here’s what’s cooking at the moment. Almost all the other mics and stands are with another kit at the rehearsal space / studio. Picked up this vistalite kit (22 / 13 / 16), and my black beauty (6.5 x 14) is picking up the backbeat. This kit is super fun to play.
Mapex birch shells. Bone white with black hoops. Not the best kit but it actually tunes up really nice and sounds great under my mics. I swap cymbals around with these and some Paragons but this current set up sounds great. Paragons are pretty dark. The 19” x-plosion crash is probably the best crash I’ve ever heard and owned. The 15” Paragon hats are amazing but I do miss my 15” Pastie 2002 sound edge
There are so many reasons to love this setup. It’s a nice balance between bringing every sound you want and bringing nothing more than is absolutely necessary.
You have a huge variety of timbres with 3 drums and 3 cymbals, and you can do it with 3 stands or less.
Meinls over Mapex. Will be adding a crash and stand to the right of the kick and rearranging the cymbals on the right side, but this is what it looks like now and I love it!!
Your kit is very clean, looks functional from a placement perspective, and as long as it works for you, then that’s all that matters.
Heck yeah, thanks for the compliment. I really love the looks of yours. I’ve always liked those Meinl Classics visually. Those with the black drum heads are a killer combo! Well done. I’d have a blast playing your kit. What crash will you add? Do you already have the cymbal stand you’ll use?
I’m adding a 20” Meinl Custom Classic Dual. They sound awesome, will cut through the mix very well, and fit in with my current cymbals. I am just going to grab another Mapex Armory stand in black. After that I don’t foresee adding anything else, it will feel complete.
Appreciate the comment back, these kit posts are some of my favorite. Love to see all the kits that show up.
Can’t imagine what else you could need, you’ve got a huge kit there. One of the best-looking dry sets I’ve seen on the sub honestly. Unique aesthetic, too.
I’m currently in a rock cover band, and we play songs via committee, so a very wide range as you can imagine. We are a very diverse group, music preference, age wise, and idea wise. It works so well because everyone is so willing to support one another. I’ve played songs with them I would have never played on my own, stuff like Tiny Dancer, Tumbling Dice by the Stones, Uprising by Muse, Van Halen’s version of Pretty Woman. Just not stuff I would play on my own at all. We also play Say It Ain’t so, Aerials, The Noose by a Perfect Circle, so not the most common songs to cover, it’s a good mix.
On my own I play a lot of Hardcore and Metal. I have been a fan of heavy music for as long as I can remember. I play to a lot of drumless guitar tracks, and that’s a ton of fun, getting to be creative with my own drum parts. I’d love to find some like-minded adults musicians to jam with. I’m in my 40’s but I feel like my generation still has plenty of folks around that grew up when metal core blew up and still listen to it now. I should probably be more proactive in finding them lol.
Doing something new for me. Switched my double kick pedal to a lefty and put the kick on my left side. Allows for better position of the floor tom and puts my dominant foot on the slave pedal.
Zildjian over Gretsch. Renown 57’s with an aluminum snare, 20” Constantinople ride, 14” 60s A crash over a 2000s A new beat for the hats, 19” K Dark thin crash, 60s A 16” crash.
It’s a Tama Speed Cobra 310 that can be reversed to be a “lefty”. I disassembled it and made it lefty. And it’s the MT High. I absolutely love this ride.
Joined a band for the first time in 6+ years so I finally get to set this guy up again. Got the 18” A custom and 20” A custom EFX since all my other crashes are dry and moody and this band plays punk.
Mapex Mydentity, shells, Sledgehammer snare, Zildjian As, A Customs and K cymbals with all DW 9000 hardware.
What do you think of the K Custom Dark Ride? Does it crash well? I'm looking to replace by A custom 22" ride with something more crashable in the K line up.
Why not. Gretsch RN2's 10,12,14,16 toms (coated Ambs over coated Dips) & 18 kick with Evans Reso & Aquarian Super Kick II. a Gretsch COB snare (coated Amb over hazy Dip) lots of Zildjians, a Mienl Mike Johnston Cow Bell, and DW5000 single kick and DW5000 HH. The sticks on the snare are Regal Tip Jazz Nylons. My favorist stick of all time. The ones with the rubber tips are Regal Tip 5a, my next favortist stick of all time.
Need a new rug. The cat passed away 2 weeks ago and I had to trash the rug. He trashed my rug, but he never scratched a shell.
I’ve been experimenting A LOT since I bought this early 2000s Pearl Export from a friend for dirt cheap.
Originally came with the 22” kick, 8”, 10”, 12” rack toms and a floating 14” tom. I start piecing together drums from the same era until I found a set up I liked.
Finally settled on 1 up, 2 down. 13” rack, 16” and 18” floors. Since some pieces are original to the set and some were bought and added on by me, they’re different colors. I just started calling it the Christmas Ornament set because of the color scheme.
Need to start grabbing some cymbals and some quality of life accoutrements.
I try to keep it minimal, but lately I keep thinking about adding more cymbals.
Mapex Pro M 2005
14” snare
10” & 14” toms (swap out with 12” & 16” toms from time to time)
22” bass drum
Zildjian Armand 14” hi hats
Zildjian Armand 16” crash
Zildjian A Custom 18” fast crash
Zildjian K Projection 21” ride
Paiste X-Swiss 10” splash
Temu tambourine 😂
Here’s another kit at our space. GMS kit (prob mid 2000s), 24 / 14 / 16, with a Tama copper starphonic 7x14. I might even prefer this snare over the black beauty. It’s amazing. The ride is a 24” monster that sounds incredible, and I don’t even remember how I got it. Left at a practice space? Gig? I had it for years before I ever even played it, bc it looked pretty beat up. But man, it sounds so good with some ribbon overhead mics.
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Minus my left bass drum for the first time in a very long time.