My DIY beginnings:

[dhanisch]

Well, after debating whether or not to make my own half-drums or convert a complete set, I decided on the full set. The wife got me the Gibraltar V-Rack for Christmas (the 3 sided station) and we went to buy the drums yesterday. She also got me a Zildjian ZBT 3-Pack to help me get started on the cymbals. I decided the drum set would be the PDP X7 black to silver sparkle fade.

Here's the shot before I begin the conversion process. I have acquired all of the cones, piezos, a TD-10, an Alesis Trigger IO, and will be working on expanding the setup as finances see fit (about a month away from completion, minus G.A.S. problems)

I did a second trip yesterday to pick up a hi-hat stand, snare stand, and some extra clamps for the rack setup.

Here's what I have so far:




Dan

[Greenbutmean]

I love your Tom sizes. And that rack is The sparkle fade thing is kickass also. Are you gonna keep posting your progress? I think I can speak for many when I say we love that sorta thing around here.

Good luck!

[tomrbland]

whey more DIY I have gone for the Halfs. I have got 4 10" toms out of 2 drums and 2 12" snares soon to be completed

Looks fantastic. Why don't you mount the floor toms?

Keep us updated

Cheers
Tom

[dhanisch]

I love your Tom sizes. And that rack is The sparkle fade thing is kickass also. Are you gonna keep posting your progress? I think I can speak for many when I say we love that sorta thing around here.

Good luck!

Yeah, I'll be posting pics of progress until it's finished. I just ran out of money this paycheck with the biggest purchases now out of the way.

[allanjohn]

Stunning looking kit!

[drumdevil9]

Beautiful kit! Congrats.

Can't wait to see more!

[Hellfire]

That kit looks good and will make a great eKit. Keep in mind that building edrums for Roland modules is a little different than building for an Alesis Trigger I/O. I'm only stating this because I noticed that you have listed both a Roland and an Alesis I/O as some of your gear. Roland proprietary dual zone wiring doesn't work well with the Alesis trigger I/O and wiring a dual zone for the Alesis doesn't work that well with Roland modules. Good luck, and I look forward to seeing your progress.

[Sabre]

SWEET!

Can't wait to see the end result... thanks for sharing!

[dhanisch]

Why don't you mount the floor toms?
Tom

I will be mounting the toms eventually, but the problem is that with a finish like that, if I turn them upside-down, then it will look goofy. I'm thinking of lowering the rack on the right, and putting in an arm upside down so I can mount them, but still in the low position.

[tomrbland]

you could just use one of these http://www.loadsadrumstuff.co.uk/USE...IM%20MOUNT.JPG

[racer52]

Love that kit! Keep posting your progress...

Although not as spectacular as your kit - my a to e kit project is in an album attached to my user name.

[dhanisch]

you could just use one of these http://www.loadsadrumstuff.co.uk/USE...IM%20MOUNT.JPG

Yeah, good point, that way it would keep the isolation mount going as well

[dhanisch]

Ok, well here's a bit of an update.

I just got the rest of my cymbal stands, most of my cymbals (have 2 more coming) and will need to get a couple more clamps for the rack. But here's what I've got so far:




Sorry for the crappy quality, but it was from my iphone. I am starting on the actual conversion process. I have most trigger bars built, and have the MB-96 boxes ready to stuff with jacks and piezos. I did buy one of JMan's 3-zone ride trigger to give it a try. If it goes well, I'll just outfit all the cymbals with his triggers. I got my heads a while back and all the drums have the Hart heads with Pearl mesh bottoms.

I have the hi-hat, mini-hats, ride and 10" splash covered in PVC so far, but have more on order. One of the crashes coming will go where the mini-hats are, and I'm not sure where the other one will go. I also have a PD-120 and PD-105 that I'll try to integrate in there somehow. I should have enough inputs (hopefully)

I got my DW5000 pedals, and an FD-8 to convert my hi-hat stand. This all is going through a TD-10 and Alesis Trigger IO into BFD2 to start.

It's a slow process, but I'm anxious to start playing again.

[WildWes]

Beautiful kit dhanisch!

Love the silver sparkle fade with white Hart heads and Z-cymbals.

[deathbyart]

Geez...That kit is almost to pretty to do that