Members Gremson Posted March 1, 2015 Members Posted March 1, 2015 I finally played a gig on drums again over the weekend. I haven't done that since middle of last summer! I played for my friends album release. It felt really good to be behind the kit again. lucky me though. We had the tiniest space backstage to store our gear. The band that went on before us was trying to put their bass rig in the storage room. I asked the bassist to hand me some of my drums to make space for his bass rig. But there's was someone else there... Someone that wasn't playing in any of the other bands... A non-musician. He was Happy to help though! The bassist of the other band handed me my ride cymbal and floor tom, and while I was on my way to set them on stage I hear a tight and loud POP! When I got back to the storage room, I saw the happy helper pulling my snare off of my kick drum with some of the snare wires still wrapped around a lug. The wires weren't too bad off, but the head was toast.Bummer! Finally a gig back on drums and I can't play my snare! The drummer of the previous band was nice enough to let me use his snare for our set. His was a 6.5X14 PDP Ace. Pretty cool drum! I'd been wanting to check one oF those out! Fun to play. Anybody else get the short end of the stick when someone's tried to "help?"
Members 1001gear Posted March 2, 2015 Members Posted March 2, 2015 Dual strainer too. Get box for. Pronto.
Members Gremson Posted March 2, 2015 Author Members Posted March 2, 2015 Oh, I have a case for it. But I had my drums set up backstage so I could put em up on stage quickly.
Members 1001gear Posted March 2, 2015 Members Posted March 2, 2015 Well you got the hindsight right then. That's a Tama? The snare gates look like mine.
Members Gremson Posted March 2, 2015 Author Members Posted March 2, 2015 Yeah. Late 70's Superstar. Love that thing.
Members 1001gear Posted March 2, 2015 Members Posted March 2, 2015 Ditto mine. Plain strainer Artwood/star (I forget which) from the 90s. Very easy to tune and a joy to play.
Members Gremson Posted March 8, 2015 Author Members Posted March 8, 2015 Lucky me. Puresound discontinued wires for that snare, and they're a bitch to find elsewhere.So far the best I can find are some on ebay. They even look like they're cheaply made, but for $50!
Members 1001gear Posted March 8, 2015 Members Posted March 8, 2015 If the ends are ok you can just clip the bad ones. Some say you can improve the sound by reducing the number of strands as long as you do it symmetrically.
Members Gremson Posted March 9, 2015 Author Members Posted March 9, 2015 I wonder how much the symmetry of wires has to do with a decent snare sound. Will two lopsided wires be what keeps me from getting the high dollar gigs?
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