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Yes, with the bent beater shaft, I believe I'll lower the tom a bit. That's good for other reasons too. Especially for the stand-up configuration with the snare on top, keeps the whole thing at a better height I expect, once I get the snare mounted that is. Though I am pretty happy sitting down so I...

Very good. You're right, the regular hihat is working ok, but I really want it across the snare rather than to my left. I'm a lefty, so I'm going to try some wierd stuff to get it comfy. Good luck with the pedal idea. I will probably work on that this weekend myself. Please do share what you learn.

Maybe you can use a piece of inexpensive metal rod the same diameter as your beater shaft and tape a small rubber ball to the end, you are just trying to get the proper location placement. Then, after you have it the way you want, you can use that as a template for your beater shaft and hopefully n...

I have also been curious about the el sabor, but have yet to find one to try in person. I have also been bugging my local shop about when theyr'e going to get more of the Z hybrids in, supposedly last week, but when I went to look, they had the whole cymbal wall down for repainting, so I'll have to ...

Are any of these purchasing programs still active?

I have adapted my traditional bass drum pedal to swing upwards into the bottom head of a floor tom. This does not allow the best placement of the pedal though because placing the beater in the center of the head puts the foot pedal far out in front of the drum. I would rather have my foot farther un...

I will definitely keep you posted. My current focus is the remote hihat. Anyone have expereince with them? There only seem to be a few out there. There's a Pearl, a Tama, a Peace, and two DWs (9k and 5k). I have yet to find any others besides a cheapo no-name one on ebay. They're pretty pricey too s...

Here's my mini-kit I started building a couple weeks ago. I had this 12x7 Black Panther cherry snare as an accent in my full kit, it's my favorite snare. Then I found this 16x16 Ludwig Accent CS Custom floor tom used in a local shop. It was in great condition in pretty much the perfect finish to mat...