New Drum Kit.

[Touring Remo]

WooHoo! only took 7 months to build

Yamaha Tour Custom
12",16",18",22"

Soon to add a 13" tom and a 24" kick.
All in Ocean Blue, Gotta send all my hardware and fixing away for black powder coating. But im so happy. Go and finally collect it on saturday. Can't wait. Should be a nice upgrade from my Stagg kit

[mulletmark]

Happy New Gear Day!

Make sure you post pics when you've got them - ocean blue with black hardware sounds pretty lush, although have you thought about going for a dark nickle coating instead?

[Touring Remo]

I hadn't really. The thing that aimed me towards powder coating was that it's very difficult to chip off so hopefully it will last a bit longer. But the next decision is what heads to replace them with. I'm thinking coated pinstripes (remo) but we'll see.
What do you use?

[mulletmark]

I've got clear remo pins on my pearl with a Remo Emperor X on the snare. Fattened up the sound no end, though I still use Aquarian studio rings and some moongel on each drum for a tighter more controlled tone.

Would quite like to get some black skins for the non beater sound, which would look pretty sweet I think (shells are black with black hardware)

[Touring Remo]

well im really pleased with it. I'm just having trouble getting it to sound right

[mulletmark]

Don't know how experienced you are with drum tuning, but this is a handy video for picking up the basics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH_RoUQyv5A

Good Luck!

[Touring Remo]

argh!!! it finished right when i needed to know what it was going to sound like.....
do you know where the rest of this video is?
I'm after a dull thud with very little resonation/sustain....

[67Rob]

Touring Remo said:

argh!!! it finished right when i needed to know what it was going to sound like.....
do you know where the rest of this video is?
I'm after a dull thud with very little resonation/sustain....

Try Remo Pinstripes top and bottom. If that doesn't work then try adding a 'zero' ring on top or 'moon gel'. If that still isn't the sound you are after then you may as well fill the drums with expanding foam.

[Funk]

Another fan in the Remo corner here, but I've gone with Emperor heads on the top and Ambassadors on the bottoms. I play a Yamaha Stage Custom Fusion (8, 10, 12, 14) with a 20" kick and found the Pinstripes a little too flat for my liking. My only damping is an O-ring on the 14". On the bass drum I always used to go with a Pinstripe but someone persuaded me to give an Evans head ago (the one with the built-in control ring) and I wouldn't fit anything else now.

I'd love to see and hear what your Tour Custom looks and sounds like as I'm thinking about chopping in the Fusion for a kit with a bigger bass drum as the 20" does lack presence at times. Have you kept the original Yamaha steel snare? I ditched mine off ages ago when an Pearl Eric Singer Signature came up at a good price. One of the nicest snare sounds I've ever had with my kit.

There's a great feeling of pleasure in putting your new kit together for the first time, isn't there? What cymbals are you using?

Edited by Funk on Tuesday 24th June 19:42

[Touring Remo]

You're right there isn't. Its in a really dark blue (ocean blue i think). I promise to get some photo's up as soon as it's all ready. I'm using paiste alpha cymbals at the moment but looking to change to a mixture of z and a customs in the near future.
But yes, Pictures to follow.

[wmg100]

Another vote for the pinstripes, although a birch kit will always have more of that 'thuddy' sound than a maple one, which will have more resonance.

I've got a maple Pearl Masters Custom with pinstripes and think they sound great.

[ratbane]

Just picked up a birch Sonor Designer shell pack, to compliment my Sonor Delite kit. The guy who owned it had been using Aquarian II heads.I've changed these to a set of clear Remo Emperors. Massive difference, warmer, more controlled and easier to tune (excellent stick feel too). Coated Ambassadors work nice on the Delite, plus an Aquarian Superkick II.

[Touring Remo]

do you use moongel with your pinstripes?

[Touring Remo]

Ladies and Gents, After about 3 hours of tuning them i've finally had a play and all i can say is wow im so happy with them. now im prepared to share :P so here are pics as promised..... please note i am still awaiting my 18" floor tom but for now this will do

[Funk]

Looks really good mate, lovely colour. Is that really a 22" bass drum? Looks smaller..

ETA: Looks like an Evans Control Ring bass drum head as well?

Edited by Funk on Friday 27th June 23:45

[Touring Remo]

Yeah it's 22". i thought it looked smal as well but nope. 22"x17"
Yeah i've used an EMAD batter head with the interchangable rings. Sounds lush.