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Robdrum4
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I just picked these up from Drum Center of Portsmouth.
A&F Single Tension. The shells are THIN brass. So thin in fact that if you take both heads off, the shell isn't rigid, it collapses, which is actually a great thing because it means out of round shells are never an issue. The tension of the heads pull it into round.
They are LIGHT. I can hold the bass drum in the palm of my hand. But, despite that and their shallow size, they sound HUGE. Warm, fat, punchy. I've always been a huge Levon Helm fan and it fits that vibe entirely.
The single tension design actually makes head changes extremely quick, though I need to mark the tension rod positions for quick reference. Tuning the top head of course raises the pitch of the bottom head, but I've found that, perhaps due to the fact that you tension the top side, the bottom head is actually slightly higher in pitch than the batter, the way that I'd tune it anyway.
I'll probably throw a felt strip on the front head, and actually I want to take the Pearl Air-Ride feet off of the floor tom. It causes a lot of wobble in the legs, and perhaps the floor tom is TOO resonant. I could cut it a little bit.
The snare drum is a 4x14 Crockett Tubs maple that I've had for about 8 years. It fits really well with this kit though I'm going to throw some single flanged hoops on it on Monday.
The whole kit (the drums of course) fit in two bags. The floor tom and snare go in a 16x16 bag (though I actually put it in a 14x14 bag at first and it fit). The bass drum and tom are in a 14x22 bag. Even with two drums in each bag, they're still a little lighter than a traditional ply double tension drum.
Unique retro looks. Light weight. Big sound. This kit is awesome.
The cymbals are all Paiste. 15" Giant Beat, 20" Giant Beat, 10" 602 Splash, 22" Prototype Ride, 19" Big Beat, 20" 2000 China.
A&F Single Tension. The shells are THIN brass. So thin in fact that if you take both heads off, the shell isn't rigid, it collapses, which is actually a great thing because it means out of round shells are never an issue. The tension of the heads pull it into round.
They are LIGHT. I can hold the bass drum in the palm of my hand. But, despite that and their shallow size, they sound HUGE. Warm, fat, punchy. I've always been a huge Levon Helm fan and it fits that vibe entirely.
The single tension design actually makes head changes extremely quick, though I need to mark the tension rod positions for quick reference. Tuning the top head of course raises the pitch of the bottom head, but I've found that, perhaps due to the fact that you tension the top side, the bottom head is actually slightly higher in pitch than the batter, the way that I'd tune it anyway.
I'll probably throw a felt strip on the front head, and actually I want to take the Pearl Air-Ride feet off of the floor tom. It causes a lot of wobble in the legs, and perhaps the floor tom is TOO resonant. I could cut it a little bit.
The snare drum is a 4x14 Crockett Tubs maple that I've had for about 8 years. It fits really well with this kit though I'm going to throw some single flanged hoops on it on Monday.
The whole kit (the drums of course) fit in two bags. The floor tom and snare go in a 16x16 bag (though I actually put it in a 14x14 bag at first and it fit). The bass drum and tom are in a 14x22 bag. Even with two drums in each bag, they're still a little lighter than a traditional ply double tension drum.
Unique retro looks. Light weight. Big sound. This kit is awesome.
The cymbals are all Paiste. 15" Giant Beat, 20" Giant Beat, 10" 602 Splash, 22" Prototype Ride, 19" Big Beat, 20" 2000 China.
