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hey Multiperc, just to reply real quick to you. The paiste hats are actually hi hats, they are red ink, medium 14's. The place I got those is Starving Musician in Santa Clara, Ca. (they have a website) The drum guy there is named Dave, and He is a great Vintage guy, really knows his stuff. Anyway, H...

Wow! great topic replies. Most of my cymbals I have I bought years ago so I am somewhat out of the loop on the proliference of new cymbals and all the models & such. But reading through the posts I get a sense of.......That first, nothing beats trying out a cymbal live before you buy. Second, it...

You can probably add a bottom head if the diameter is close to the same at the top and bottom (though Trixon drums proved this otherwise...) Not to diminish the importance of a good bearing edge and a round shell, it probably would be at least ok if you are tuning it low and muffling accordingly. S...

There is a gretsch cocktail drum for sale on e bay. I don't think the guy knows what it is, it is listed in percussion under toms, and listed as a floor tom. It is a single sided (no botton head) drum, no pedal but its got a cymbal arm holder, I can see a tone or snare knob and what looks like a tom...

Matthew Thanks for posting the pix. Very interesting - the extra height probably offers benefits or possibilities: extra positioning flexibility for taller players (and their backs) and larger air column for more tuning possibilities. Weren't some of the traditional Gretsch models also taller than ...

I went to look at a dw set this past weekend. The bass drum had a small muffling pillow velcroed to the inside. Seems like a pretty easy way to keep the pillow in place. This got me thinking about trying some muffling on my cocktaiul drum (something I haven't messed with very much). I was thinking ...

The Cocktail drum is one piece, It has Fibes style triangler lugs but no badges It was advertised as Fibes. It was missing legs and brackets, and wasslightly water damaaged ( laminate peeling a and a little of the grey stuff growing inside, but round and and solid. It included a non functioning spe...

The Cocktail drum is one piece, It has Fibes style triangler lugs but no badges It was advertised as Fibes. It was missing legs and brackets, and wasslightly water damaaged ( laminate peeling a and a little of the grey stuff growing inside, but round and and solid. It included a non functioning spe...

Hey Multiperc, check out my pics that are posted under cocktail kit for sale. You can see the 28" tall combo drum pictured next to the 24" WfL bass drum.As you can see the taller drum just sits a little lower!

here are pics of above mentioned set for sale. The WFL gold laquer drum is ONLY FOR HEIGHT COMPARISON, it is not included
http://s54.photobucket.com/albums/g111/matthewmedeiros

Ya know, it might not be the most serious topic but I just read the clever article about making an external snare by dinkus, and I think the do-hicky ought to be called a sca-dinkus!! what do ya think? The S is for snare, the C is for cocktail, and the A is just cuz it sounds better.

Hey Multiperc, will definitely post some pics. I will be away from home for 2-3 days so will post when I get back. Still owe you pics of my WFL set!! I did not build the set, bought it from someone but I don't really like combo drums, I gotta have a side snare :D Maybe I'll try & have a 24"...

I've got a cocktail kit for sale. It consists of the following. The main drum is a combo, 14" dia. X 28" tall. It's a homeade drum made from Remo Acousticon 516 shell material. The snare is seperated from the bass drum with a plywood baffle about 5.5" down from the top of the drum, th...

This Kit was a great learning experience, but there are too many things that I would like to have different, that I think that it would be better to build a new kit if this one sells. I have gotten too many good ideas from the other Kits shown on this forum. Out of the Cocktail Drum business? Bite ...

Hi Matthew, thanks for the offer! I thinking you might be in gilroy then or holister? It might be a couple of weeks before i could get down there. What kind of sets are you using? thanks Hey Zorf, where are you? performing brain surgery? Anyway a heads up on e bay, a pink champagne sparkle club jor...