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I think the riser I built with that cowbell holder helps the sustain and projection of the drum. It's pretty loud, and can be tuned fairly boomy. I tune both heads fairly loose to get as low a pitch as possible, and use a 2-ply batter head.



- kc

I'm not sure what brand they are - I ordered them from Dennis at Phattie Drums. He should be able to help you.


kc

This is probably awful to admit, but my cocktail drum is the one instrument I own that I don't bother putting in a case. I simply collapse all the hardware to its most compact position, and carry it by one of the floor-tom legs. I use a cymbal case and a small suitcase that holds my pedal, bongos, a...

I guess I don't worry about a cymbal "taking a beating" when it comes to cocktail drumming - I use my cocktail drum for my softest gigs. Also, I consider riding to be easier on a cymbal than crashing it. That said, I don't think a 16" AAX Studio Crash would make a very good ride. Most...

You can ride on whatever sounds good to you. I don't understand your reluctance to use the Sabian, unless it doesn't sound good to you.

I use a Sabian AA 18" El Sabor. It's got a decent ride sound, a killer bell, and a gorgeous crash.

kc

John, Musicians Friend IS Guitar Center - they're essentially the online branch of GC.


kc

That kit looks like a lot of fun - I've been tempted by its price, and by that bright yellow color that for some reason really appeals to me.

Enjoy!

It cuts down the volume bigtime, because it essentially becomes two single-headed drums. To get an idea, take a regular floor tom, take the legs off, set it down on some thick carpeting, and then play the top head. It's very muted in comparison - that's roughly what the bass chamber of a baffled dru...

Dinkus, I have my top head cranked pretty tight. It sounds best when I hit it off-center. And I think it sounds fatter when played with rods, like Vater Acousticks. But the best is playing it with brushes - it's a blast to have all that room to work with. But with sticks it is NOT a big fat cracking...

16's are cool. You get TONS of real estate to play on with brushes, and a lower bass drum pitch.


kc

Be aware that if you baffle it you'll significantly reduce the drum's volume.


kc

mangorockfish wrote:Keith, with the drum baffled does holding the beater against the bottom head affect the sound of the top head. I know that unbaffled with the beater against the bottom, the top doesn't have any resonance.

Nope - no effect.

kc

The only reason I baffled mine was because I use the top head as my primary snare. If I were using it as basically a floor tom, like many cocktail drummers do, I wouldn't bother with baffling. Some people use the top head as the snare but don't use baffling - I believe John Mettam does this, and has...

I know what it is, but where did you get your snare mechanism and about how far down did you mount it from the top edge? I got mine at Resurrection Drums, but I bought out all of the ones they had. You should look around for drum shops that handle Purecussion. Also, I think Marco Minneman uses some...

The best way to find out what you do and don't need is to start taking stuff away. I play a classic cocktail kit, in that I play standing up, the top head is my only snare drum, and I don't have the ability to open and close my hihat. What it forces me to do is rethink my drum parts. Rather than try...