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Nice to see the old gal is getting some use. Thank God you put some real cymbals on it!

Bruce (the K)

My biggest cymbal is only 14 inch so I put the Soundoff pad that I normally put on the top head of the floor tom/kick drum on top of the snare for transport. Then I stack all four cymbals (14 inch, 12 inch hats, and 10 inch splash) on top of the snare. I carry three spare heads on top of that (batte...

I'm using 12 inch Stagg hi hat cymbals. The bottom one looks pretty funky but the top one looks fine and they were only 100 bucks. Try finding new or used 12 inch hats for that price! I'm using a 10 inch Paiste splash and a 14 inch Sabian B8 as my crash/ride. Part 4: Photo 10: This shows my bag (not...

Finishing touches. Part 3: Photo 7 - Here are my splash cymbal mount, made from 3/8 inch welding rod, bent into a Z shape, and with a Gibraltar cymbal holder mounted to it, and my cow bell/wood block holder. The cymbal mount attaches to one of my two spare Gibraltar floor tom leg clamps. I'm using 3...

Well, that went pretty well. Part two: Photo 4 - This shows the snare drum attached to the kick drum by three threaded rods I made from 7/16 - 14 x 4 foot stuff I got at Ace Hardware. I used a hacksaw to cut them up and tried to paint them to match the kit, without much luck. I made one much longer ...

Greetings, all you hep cats! After long delay, I've got the photos to lay on you all about the cocktail kit I made to replace my Peace Manhattan kit. I posted earlier about the full-size (outdoor) stand-up set I made from a Ludwig Fusion kit. I had a 14 x 14 floor tom, a 10 x 8 tom, and a 14 x 5 sna...

Hi folks. I've posted in the Cocktail Kits for Sale section about my Peace Manhattan cocktail drum set that I'm selling. It wouldn't let me attach any photos so I'm going to do that here. Go to that section for a full description. Long story short, it's in good shape, has a few modifications (additi...

Thanks for the suggestion, MusicMan. I finally crawled out from under my rock and got a digital camera so I have some photos. This is the only part of the Forum that doesn't let me attach photos. What's up with that, John Mettam? (I just emailed John to ask him about this.) I'll post my photos in th...

I just posted some photos of my outdoor stand-up kit under the Your Cocktail Kit section of this forum. I'm also going to post some photos and some instructions on how I whipped up a Peace Manhattan-style cocktail kit with the left-overs from my new full-size kit. If you have a 14 inch diameter floo...

:wink: I finally got a digital camera and figured out how to get pictures onto my computer. (Not sure when I turned into such a Luddite. I used to teach Electronic Technology!) I wanted to post some pictures of my new stand-up kit. I've always been a cocktail drummer and I wanted to experience the b...

Mike, I definitely recognize your screen name. I was a frequent poster back when I first discovered cocktail kits but I've been away for quite a while. I was born an exclusively stand-up, cocktail drummer at age 50, when I first laid eyes on one (a Yamaha Steve Jordan). Before that, I always played ...

I'm selling my beloved Peace Manhattan cocktail drum set, after 10+ years of gigging with it. The kit consists of the original 3 drums (14x5.5 snare, 10x5 tom, and 14x18 kick, all with Remo heads) in the stock blue color plus the 3 cymbal/tom mounting arms, 3 Yamaha Steve Jordan legs (I didn't like ...

Hi John. Sorry it's taken almost a year to respond. I'm not able to spend as much time online as I used to (although I continue to modify and play my Peace Manhattan cocktail kit and I'm loving it). The pedal and bracket found a new home a while back. Not sure if it would have fit a 15 inch bass dru...

I have a Peace chain-drive cocktail drum pedal and the bracket that holds it to the bottom of the kick drum (from a Peace Manhattan cocktail drum). I've added a wood block to the heel plate to make the pedal more playable by a standing player. (It's one of my pet peeves that the cocktail drum makers...

It's already been mentioned but the problem is that there is a sharp edge at the end of the pedal where the cord passes over it. My cord started to fray so I took it apart, filed down the edge with a flat bastard file, and voila! I've been playing it for several years now with no fraying.

Bruce the K