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That's a beautiful little kit but I don't understand the motivation to reconfigure it if you're still standing to play.

Last year, I decided to get a cocktail kit. I was discouraged to see my favorite models (Stauffer, Yamaha, Metropolitan) had been discontinued. I wanted a substantial new kit and I ended up pulling the trigger on a Gretsch Brooklyn. I've been playing it and experimenting with different modifications...

I noticed it and thought of Louis Bellson. http://soundsofdrums.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/louie-bellson.jpg The NFL is auctioning off everything BUT the cocktail drum to benefit the Make A Wish foundation. You still have a day or two to bid on the AFC and/or the NFC halves of the kit and Chad Smit...

Great work! I love the kit and the creative DIY hardware! I have a similar looking bag--it's an old Beato Conga (or maybe Quinto) bag. How do you protect the cymbals for transport? I've been experimenting by sandwiching my one 16" cymbal in the lid section with a 17" circle cut from a padd...

Thanks for posting this great review! I really appreciate all the details.

My practice kit is getting more sophisticated as I await a proper cocktail drum...



Unfortunately, my photography isn't improving commensurately.

Thanks for the welcome! I am practicing standing up, I just didn't put up a picture because I'm using a half-baked amalgamation of equipment: a 16x16 floor tom with the inverted G-class pedal, the hi-hat above (turned backwards so I can't use the pedal) with the little aux snare mounted high, and an...

Hello! I'm new to the forum and don't yet have a cocktail kit. I definitely have cocktail drum fever and have read most of the posts on this forum. Looks like I missed the heyday, but I hope there's still some life around here. :lol: I've played drums off and on for decades. For the past couple of y...