Well, guys... here are the first pics of my kit. As you can see it's still a little way from completion. I'm an acoustic guy, but have been forced to e-drums for practice in my apartment. They're a lot of fun. I'm running them through my d4 for the time being.
http://picasaweb.google.com/MRaverty/EDrums
I made the crossbars out of metal. I was thinking that it would be a little flimsy when I first put it together, but it's actually REALLY sturdy! With only one bolt to adjust, it's very easy to make changes to the cone height, too.
I still haven't found a good rubber for my cymbals yet, either. I put the 1/4" jacks through the cymbals (facing downwards), because I was having trouble attaching the jack to the bottom securely. I still need to find something to hide the jack on the top (some kind of plastic project box, or something).
When all is said and done, I'll have a 13" snare and two 12" toms. I still have to:
- Paint the insides of the shells white
- Re-wrap the shells (I'm looking at a abalone pearl oyster something wrap)
- Finish the cymbals (rubber on top and foam tubing on the edges)
- Install all jacks (the Parts Express guitar jacks are in the mail)
- Make my hi-hat controller.
It's been a lot of fun so far. Thanks so much to everybody on this forum! I'll post more pics as I get more done.
-Mike
http://picasaweb.google.com/MRaverty/EDrums
I made the crossbars out of metal. I was thinking that it would be a little flimsy when I first put it together, but it's actually REALLY sturdy! With only one bolt to adjust, it's very easy to make changes to the cone height, too.
I still haven't found a good rubber for my cymbals yet, either. I put the 1/4" jacks through the cymbals (facing downwards), because I was having trouble attaching the jack to the bottom securely. I still need to find something to hide the jack on the top (some kind of plastic project box, or something).
When all is said and done, I'll have a 13" snare and two 12" toms. I still have to:
- Paint the insides of the shells white
- Re-wrap the shells (I'm looking at a abalone pearl oyster something wrap)
- Finish the cymbals (rubber on top and foam tubing on the edges)
- Install all jacks (the Parts Express guitar jacks are in the mail)
- Make my hi-hat controller.
It's been a lot of fun so far. Thanks so much to everybody on this forum! I'll post more pics as I get more done.
-Mike
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