About time I showed my build

[Jemmo]

[sarge201]

Lookin' good so far. I use the block connectors also, they are awesome for tweaking and easy trigger replacemant if ever needed.

You going to leave the shells naked? I love the color and grain of the wood. A couple coats of tung oil and thoses babys would really pop.

[Jemmo]

Cheers Sarge201.
I was after a pinky/purple sparkle but the samples I have don't fit what I'm looking for. I am waiting for some more samples but I'm not holding my breath as I think most (if not all) glitter wraps are made by the same company.
So for now, yep, it's staying 'naked'.

[SuperPuss]

Got to agree with Sarge here on the finish. That's a very professional looking build. Nice work

[Jemmo]

Thanks. But it's nothing special really. Using the Roland baskets made it easy and ensures correct cone height - most important for triggering. And like I said, all the info to build the drums was garnered from here.

Personally, I take my hat off to all the people here who come up with wonderful suspended cross-member designs. I don't think I would have the patience to tweak things if it didn't work.

[jammin777]

baskits

can the roland baskits be bought seperatly?

[daveybabes]

Yes

can the roland baskits be bought seperatly?

Yes direct from Roland.

[jammin777]

Yes direct from Roland.

hmm,,, i am afraid to ask how much?? any ideas??

[daveybabes]

Uk?

In the UK a recent thread said they are £7 each, the cones are £4.80

Will have a look for that thread now

http://vdrums.com/forum/showthread.p...roland+baskets

There ya go ... I had cones off them a few weeks ago, these kind of things are listed as spares and not resaleable items so they are happy to deal with you direct and u can pay with a CC over the phone, i have the UK number if u r in the UK.

[Jemmo]

If you are interested I can email you a spreadsheet showing the component parts and prices. You simply add the number of the items you want and it works out the price. For UK users there is a VAT column included and a total including the VAT.

[SuperPuss]

£7 (seven!!) each for an entire basket???!!!!! Surely that is a typo an is meant to say £70.

[allanjohn]

I was also amazed as the basket sells for around $35 in Australia, and about $5 for the sensor plate. So the Brits are bagging bargains if those prices are correct...

[Jemmo]

[PumaPhreak]

Is it really that cheap?

[SuperPuss]

In that case, I'm going to enquire about prices on the 8" baskets for my 8" toms. I'm building eight of them and at those prices, I can save myself a whole lot of work and have a genuine Roland look for a fraction of the cost!