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by scott
Fri Mar 30, 2007 2:54 pm
Forum: Your Cocktail Kit
Topic: Vintage Cocktail kits
Replies: 9
Views: 10834

check this out if you like old sets...

http://cgi.ebay.com/70S-LUDWIG-VISTALIT ... dZViewItem
by scott
Wed Jan 03, 2007 9:44 am
Forum: Cocktail Drums For Sale
Topic: Verve Cocktail Set on Music123
Replies: 4
Views: 7954

From the pics there that pedal and the hardware is the very same as my GP kit I bought off ebay some time back. Mine does have the maple shells and are not pvc or vinyl wrapped. I of course changed the heads on them and all in all I am very pleased with my set, I play it all the time and am in 2 ban...
by scott
Fri Nov 10, 2006 9:19 am
Forum: Cocktail Drums Discussion Board
Topic: hi hats
Replies: 26
Views: 17324

The 12" wuhan splashes from Musicians Friend work great for me on my cocktail set. The 12" size gives you more room to play them to get various tones out of them, in other words you can play them right on the lip to get a nice almost open high hat sound or move up closer to the bell for a ...
by scott
Mon Oct 09, 2006 3:10 pm
Forum: Cocktail Drums Discussion Board
Topic: Steve Jordan cocktail drum videos
Replies: 16
Views: 11306

That is odd, they haven't been removed though. Go to youtube and search for John Mayer cissy strut, it'll come up.
by scott
Fri Sep 08, 2006 3:33 pm
Forum: Cocktail Drums Discussion Board
Topic: A Call For Media!
Replies: 11
Views: 28072

If you go on the Violent Femmes website and look under photos about half way down there are some good cocktail pics. Check 'em out.
by scott
Wed Jun 21, 2006 8:39 am
Forum: Cocktail Drums Discussion Board
Topic: My first post!!
Replies: 5
Views: 2891

Esquire J, welcome aboard, I'm a new member myself. I recently recieved my GP kit with maple shells and have not had time to do a complete review on here yet but wanted to share this with you. This is a really good kit for the money. The hardware's very decent and the overall quaility of the drums a...
by scott
Thu Jun 01, 2006 12:38 pm
Forum: Cocktail Drums Discussion Board
Topic: Question about getting started
Replies: 9
Views: 5269

Just a update guys, I've been studying my options and went with a GP set off of Ebay for $299 delivered. From what I can gatherer GP has improved these drums to some degree. The set I bought has all maple shells and a laquer finish, instead of the 9 ply poplar/basswood with the pvc covered shells th...
by scott
Tue May 09, 2006 12:23 pm
Forum: Cocktail Drums Discussion Board
Topic: Question about getting started
Replies: 9
Views: 5269

Thanks guys, I appreciate the warm welcome and info, I'll post again when I figure out what I'm going to do.
by scott
Mon May 08, 2006 12:03 pm
Forum: Cocktail Drums Discussion Board
Topic: Question about getting started
Replies: 9
Views: 5269

Question about getting started

okay guys, new member here with a few questions I'm hoping you can help me with. First off, I've been playing drums for several years now but am just getting into the cocktail scene. Is there any other foot pedals that will work for the reverse effect for a floor tom? I see alot mentioned of the DW ...