busbus wrote:hench wrote:Can you report back after you've had a chance to muck with it? I don't get the cymbal situation. Are they supposed to be somewhat silent when banging on them acoustically?i'll definitely file an indepth report after i've gotten the damn thing rigged. it's my understanding that the cymbals, while metal, have a layer of coating to keep them from sounding too much. i expect that it'll be sort of clicky - like when change is tossed into the coin jar...

hench wrote:should be delivered early next week. very much looking forward to integrating this with bfd2, live, etc for some weird noise and some rudimentary understanding of playing drums that doesn't involve drawing little midi velocity boxes...Can you report back after you've had a chance to muck with it? I don't get the cymbal situation. Are they supposed to be somewhat silent when banging on them acoustically?

cgarges wrote:That's a great-looking kit, by the way.Chris GargesCharlotte, NCyeah. his old kit is basically the same as that one but stained green and with a 24" kick. he's been teetering on selling it and this thread is putting bad thoughts in my head..

what's that blonde kit with the floating rim on the rack? that looks pretty comparable to a maple kit one would build with modern components anyway.. so yeah, you don't need more drums..edit: i'm guessing it's one of the Ludwigs..

davidpye wrote:Is that a BLACK U47?They made black versions of most of their mics at one point. I've used black FET47s before, but they seem to be the rarest of the bunch.That's a great-looking kit, by the way.Chris GargesCharlotte, NC

154 wrote:Is that a BLACK U47?

154 wrote:cgarges wrote:That's a great-looking kit, by the way.Chris GargesCharlotte, NCyeah. his old kit is basically the same as that one but stained green and with a 24" kick. he's been teetering on selling it and this thread is putting bad thoughts in my head..Y'know, I read that and briefly, BRIEFLY, thought "Man, I should make my own maple kit."(I have to struggle not to spell that "mapple," as in "How is mapple kit formed?")This is why I don't need to make my own maple kit (this is basically what I see when I turn in a circle in the drum room) :Yeah, and that's not even all of them. A bunch of the snare drums were out on a session. It's a sickness. I have guitars and amps, too. So, here's that Gretsch restoration project I am gonna take on:Because y'know, I have a lot of drums, but I don't have any of those!!

154 wrote:what's that blonde kit with the floating rim on the rack? that looks pretty comparable to a maple kit one would build with modern components anyway.. so yeah, you don't need more drums..edit: i'm guessing it's one of the Ludwigs..That's the '80s Ludwig kit. It's a work in progress at well. The problem with owning so much gear is not getting it, it's maintaining it.Almost all of my kits need fresh heads right now. The '80s Ludwigs need some hoops that aren't die-cast marching hoops on the toms. The guy who had them before had those ridiculously heavy hoops on them, which totally chokes the resonance. I got them cheap, though. Supercheap. I get everything supercheap. And then they need new heads. OH, and the 14" by 14" tom on that Ludwig kit needs floor tom brackets and legs. See?

....with custom blood spatters.

No worries! Remember, if those drums ever need a new home, just holler. They're gorgeous.