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    Quote Originally Posted by Eric View Post
    Since it's so dead here, I may as well bring this back. Been traveling for work recently and bass is pretty boring without an amp and I am not willing to chance singing in a hotel room, so I've been doing more drum practice to get the motions down and develop a feel for it.

    I also bought a used Pearl Export set this weekend. Came with a decent hi hat and ride, but the others were a 10" splash and a china cymbal...not as useful as a crash would be. Still trying to figure out if I should look into a crash or crash ride.

    I hope to find something to use it for soon, as I think playing with people is how you really solidify and develop the skills, but I feel much more comfortable with it than I was even a week ago, so that's pretty fun.

    Back to your regularly scheduled programming...


    Yeah Eric, your are barking up the right trees in my opinion. I like that you got some Pearl Exports. I bought a new set of red sparkle Pearl "Vision" drums. I really dig these drums, very similar to the exports.

    I like crash cymbals and added to my collection - two new crash cymbals. I figure that it is best to get cymbals that I test out at the store and ick the ones that I like the sound of best. I like medium thin to thin "Dark" crashes. I picked up an 18 and a 19 inch "K" dark thin and medium thin version, one each. These are "big" dark, thin crashes and have that "p . . . sssssshhhhhh" sound that I like. I do not like the "CLANNNNGGGG!" sounding cymbals. I want to get a sixteen or twenty inch crash next. I have a cymbal stand on "stand by". I like to "work" these thin, delicate sounding, mellow cymbals.

    I've got Remo pin stripe heads and an Evans double ply with built on muffling ring bass drum head. I like the deep drum sound. I use dead ringer type circular mylar rings on my toms to further eliminate a lot of ringing, etc.

    I would recommend staying away from the "bright" ringing type of heads that are super loud and intrusive. I like to be able to lay back into the bass guitar and rhythm section without sounding like I'm doing a "battle march" type cutting beat. I can get plenty of cut and loud raps off of my snares anyway if I want that accentuation. I have a fourteen inch snare with a mellow head and a thirteen inch piccolo snare with an Emperor, very popping, sound. Playing one against the other or both at the same time results in some great snare drum improvisation.

    I personally would recommend staying away from those Evans Hydraulic heads because they are like smacking on hardcover books; but Evans has some relatively new heads out called 360 degree SST or something, double ply heads that are suppose to be super easy to tune and sound very mellow. I'm going to try them next.

    I like my current rig a lot. Pictures? I don't have my new cymbals showing in these pictures. I also bought top of the line B3000 counterweighted boom stands and a nice high end straight cymbal stand. I have an extra one waiting for another crash. I like the large diameter crash cymbals.


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    Red sparkle lacquer, "not wrap" Pearl "Visions"; maple shells. This is the best drum set I have owned and they are really great sounding and fun to play. I have the hydralyic throne with the back rest, Roc-n-Soc. It is a nice rig. I use 7A sticks for agility.

    I hope you dig this Eric and good luck building up your set. I would say just get a big crash, not a crash ride. I played a very nice Zildjian "A" series thin crash, I think it was sixteen inches but it had that beautiful "ssssshhhhhhhh" sound when hit.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Duffy View Post
    Yeah Eric, your are barking up the right trees in my opinion. I like that you got some Pearl Exports. I bought a new set of red sparkle Pearl "Vision" drums. I really dig these drums, very similar to the exports.
    Those are some nice looking drums. I'm just looking for something decent to use as a crash right now, and that crash ride seems to be available. I imagine upgrading might come later. Probably should just buy nice stuff initially, but I kind of need to learn the ropes first.
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    Go to a place that local drummers go to and get a stick and start tapping on crashes until you find a sound that you like. See how much it costs and tap on some more until you find one in your price range that sounds very similar. Go by ear with it, even try used ones, and go to other stores. Places always have sales. GC even has sales. There isn't much that can go wrong with a cymbal that's brand new.

    I like eighteen or nineteen inch crashes, but you could start with a sixteen and later add on. A big crash could almost make a decent starter ride, certain ones anyway.

    Cymbals are expensive, so trying to find the type of sound that you want with your drum set is important. You might get a ride that is very loud and "clangy" instead of having that nice "shhhhhh" type sound. When you get the type of cymbal sound that you like you may have to replace any cymbals that you bought that are "way out of that sound". Some cymbals are made for heavy slammers and others are made for a more light touch. Since I'm mostly a stay at home drummer, I like to buy cymbals that do not sound "clangy" and have a soft, dark, "shhhhhhh" type sustain. It is hard to explain.

    You have to get what fits in with the way you want to play. I'd move slow and get what I thought was the closest fit to begin with, avoiding super bargains, brand names, pre-conceived ideas, etc., until I found the "one" that I know is what I am looking for. Then move forward from there and hope not to waste too much money on stuff that you will find out that you don't like. You have to use your own ear and you will know.

    You are still living in a motel? I didn't know that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Duffy View Post
    You are still living in a motel? I didn't know that.
    Not normally. Just been traveling for work a lot and my weeknights these days are spent in a hotel.
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