I went for the XS20's, mainly because I got a great deal, but I'm glad I did, they sound great to my ears, heck, in one venue I performed at (admittedly a local venue for young bands, where ZBT's and their ilk are the norm), I got told to play softer because they were "too good"! I do recommend...

So you got it sorted now?...

This will sound stupid... But did you plug in both cables? There's two jacks on the RHH135, one for the pad, one for the control.

I thought it was a Piezo/Piezo design, so not required in that case!

Would it not be possible to build some sort of cable that allows the ride to have 3 zones with Yamaha modules? Using that circuit thing I made a while back to combine the two inputs used for Roland into the one required by Yamaha (as seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s66OPK3-_u8 )and then a...

I'd say 17", purely to preserve the size difference of my Yamaha cymbals. My acoustic cymbals are 16" and 18" crashes and a 20" ride, whereas my electronic cymbals are 13" crash and 15" ride, so a 17" ride would fit in with the whole size thing...

If only it was about 2 months later! My family are visiting the California in August, though we're in Santa Monica/LA and San Francisco, and California is ridiculously huge...
Hope it's a good event anyhow!
As an aside, I don't suppose anyone knows of anything interesting (drum related...

I like that cover a lot, Bela Lugosi's dead is the first Bauhaus song I ever heard! And good luck with the new kit, you'll be blasting away in no time!...

I wish you all the best! Your work with this forum is phenomenal, and I'm sure it will continue for many more years to come!

That's pretty much what I did, removed the sanding layers. Whether that makes a difference or not, I don't know, but for me, they did disintegrate after a short time, so bear that in mind....

Sanding blocks may work... I didn't have the best experience though, they worked fine for a couple weeks, and then literally disintegrated. It may be because I cut it in half, so the harder outer layer was only on one side, but still something to consider.

Thanks! ...

From an FAQ on the band's official forum... "I have an exceptionally high Mitichlorian level, so I dont appear to sweat when we perform, but its really just my Sith powers."