Built an electric drum set...its great

[123456]

Ive been playing drums for a long time now....probably 5-7 years

i used to own a Yamaha DD55 tabletop drum set but i was getting tired of it so i put aside $800 and went to build my very first full scale electric drum set

all my pics are here
http://photobucket.com/albums/y22/moody07747/Music/E%20drum%20set/?start=24

Ive never built or played real drums before this so it was a great learning project for me....i think it came out well

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the module or "brain" is a Alesis DM5 and was $160 new to me

shells were a great price to me...normally it would cost about $200 for all them and lots of work cutting them smaller i talked to Eric at AITwood...at aitwood.com you get his # and got some cutoffs for a total of $12 shipping included

the finish on the shells...(wood part) is a tung oil...semi gloss applied by a bunch of pre sanding and rags and steel wool
i love how that came out as I'm not too good at woodworking

the cymbals and stands are for an acoustic setup so i put dynomat under all them to stop all noise and put some non skid pad on the top of the play area to keep it quiet.

next was triggers for it all...the triggers are just some piezo electric disks from all electronics, i got about ten 2" ones for a total of $7
try that at radioshack lol

still need to pick up a crate amp but my money is really low at this point....ya think....and i'm not in any need of one soon

my cousin from northern NJ came here for x-mas and loved it...hooked in his crate amp and it sounded awesome

now im looking to get into a band to have some "musical fun"

if anyone knows anyone in Redbank NJ who is looking for a drummer please email me at [email protected]

thanks for your time

[123456]

forgot the most important part about the story

i started on november 25...ended december 23

i put a limit on this build the day i started my plans

the main reason i was building this was for the christmas party at our house this year...my cousin loves drums so it was set....build a drumset in 30 days or less

took 28 days and buy were they painful...mentally

i was ordering all parts ont he net....got some tracking #s and not for others...why?...dont know

i was waiting 2 weeks for all the shiney chrome hardware you all see first...TWO WEEKS!

called the online store and they were on a backorder for the important rims and said they would ship out the stuff they had now and next week would give the 12" rims to me....a week went by and i didnt have a thing....called them at drummaker.com/drumsupply.com and they said the same thing as last time i called and i said....no,,,,no wont work, im on a serous deadline here and need parts now.......
they ended up giving me better 12" rims that they had in stock free of charge and shipped out for overnight shipping

i was so happy and love the store again

slow loading web page though

it was a crazy month and i didnt sleep much....when i got all the parts in i made the drums in 7 hours and the next day welded and installed the trigger mount brackets

[redcar]

kewl but should this be maybe in the 4th wall?

[123456]

???

just changed the layout again....moved the big 14" tom into the floor position by adding to the stand...fools great but now theres a huge empty spot....guess i need another $120 for an extra 12" tom and maby a cowbell for the left...after that im out of ports and will have to upgrade to the Alesis DM pro

[Kiros]

Yeah, I think it should go in the 4th Wall :)

[MOVED]

[123456]

btw heres a sound sample i got on the net

http://www.tindeck.com/audio/my?loc=2hwj0-Demo%202.mp3

plays in winamp

[123456]

adding to the drums allready lol

Give my project list another done stamp

unlit setup
http://photobucket.com/albums/y22/moody07747/Music/E-Drum%20LEDs/?action=view&current=unlit.jpg

lit setup from the right looking left
http://photobucket.com/albums/y22/moody07747/Music/E-Drum%20LEDs/?action=view&current=Lit_Side_view.jpg

if you were in the audience you would see this view....not as good as the others but still kool
http://photobucket.com/albums/y22/moody07747/Music/E-Drum%20LEDs/?action=view&current=lit_audience_view.jpg

[kolte]

they look freakin cool yo

[123456]

thanks, l spent a full day on that untill it was done...

im thinking of selling some kits for 10, 12, and 14" drums on yahoo auctions and amazon for everyone to add to their kits

[Waiting]

thats a whole lot of awesome!