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Flint · 04-15-2007, 01:46 AM

My drumset as a 256-color bitmap:

Ibby · 04-15-2007, 03:56 AM

Geez, think youve got enough cymbals? Youve got more than peart!

Flint · 04-15-2007, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Ibram

Geez, think youve got enough cymbals?

Everything in this setup serves a specific purpose: bilateral redundancy.

Everything has a functional symmetry: my snare is directly in front of me, with a bass drum pedal either side. My 10" and 12" toms are directly in front of that. The right and left hands each have a group consisting of: 13" high-hats, a 12" china, and an 18" crash. To the left of my left-hand high-hat there is a 10" snare (or high tom). To the right of my right-hand high-hat there is a 14" tom. The right-hand side also has an 18" ride and a 16" crash; ideally my left-hand side would have these options as well (pending space/hardware constraints).

The purposes of this setup are to encourage balance between my left and right hands (specifically to encourage my left hand technique), and to provide a symmetry to encourage balanced left and right foot patterns as I develop double bass technique.

Oh, and that big thing right in the middle is a 22" china with a 10" splash upside-down directly on top of it; a dark, trashy sound with no sustain. It's not really necessary, but I have a cymbal stand on the top of my double-tom mount. At a gig, I would probably just have a 12" splash there.

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Originally Posted by Ibram

Youve got more than peart!

Are you kidding me? This is Peart's signature Paragon (Sabian) setup:

Ibby · 04-15-2007, 02:41 PM

I was exaggeration with the peart comparison, but still... dayum, man!

Flint · 04-15-2007, 03:57 PM

Thank you, I'm very pleased with this setup.
Here is a current photo... note the amount of drum gear my wife puts up with in the living room. I've included a detail of the mini-drumset.

lumberjim · 04-15-2007, 05:12 PM

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and to provide a symmetry to encourage balanced left and right foot patterns as I develop double bass technique.

so....where's the other bass drum?

Flint · 04-15-2007, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

so....where's the other bass drum?

I have a new double pedal. (My single pedal now hits whatever auxilliary gadgets I can clamp to a 3/8" rod.)
The red lines in the original illustration are where my legs would be positioned while on the two bass pedals.

lumberjim · 04-15-2007, 06:58 PM

so....where's the other bass drum?

Ibby · 04-15-2007, 09:04 PM

Two pedals that hit the same drum, lj.

lumberjim · 04-15-2007, 09:14 PM

no, i don't think so, ib. there's only one pedal in font of that bass drum. it looks like he has the 2nd pedal hitting a tambourine at the moment......i was just asking if he has another bass drum that's not set up, or if he has yet to get it....and is practicing double bass technique without it. not that it really matters all that much.....

anyway...cool drums, flint. cute baby too. looks a lot like you. not that i think you're cute. those two comments should be processed separately.

Flint · 04-15-2007, 09:20 PM

A double pedal links the left pedal, via u-joints, to a second spring assembly and beater on the primary bass drum.

The other shot I've included here shows approximately what I see when sitting behind the kit (note the symmetry).

lumberjim · 04-15-2007, 09:34 PM

far out. i stand corrected. one bass drum. I've never seen that before. verrrry high tech.

Flint · 04-15-2007, 09:43 PM

The entire linkage between the two pedal mechanisms is made from machined aluminum (including the u-joints). You can pull the two beaters back and let them swing freely, next to each other, and it takes the left beater about ten swings through to start losing momentum to the point that it gets out of synch with the right pedal (in other words, the "action" is the same on both pedals, which allows using them equally).

That extra pedal out there hitting the tambourine used to be my primary pedal, until I got the 5000 series double pedal.

DucksNuts · 04-15-2007, 10:48 PM

Your wife is VERY tolerant

Elspode · 04-15-2007, 11:52 PM

Are the variable length bundled cardboard tubes one of those hollow tone slappy thing instruments? I've been wanting to make one of those out of suspended pvc lengths.

You know, apart from the ocean of cymbals, the kit is pretty standard. Bass, snare, double foretoms, one floor tom. Nice rig, that.

04-15-2007, 01:46 AM	#1
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Low Resolution Illustration My drumset as a 256-color bitmap: Attached Images __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio** Last edited by Flint; 04-15-2007 at 01:56 AM.

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Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Geez, think youve got enough cymbals? Youve got more than peart! __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

04-15-2007, 02:41 PM	#4
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	I was exaggeration with the peart comparison, but still... dayum, man! __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

04-15-2007, 03:57 PM	#5
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Re-sizing/re-sampling images is such a hassle! Thank you, I'm very pleased with this setup. Here is a current photo... note the amount of drum gear my wife puts up with in the living room. I've included a detail of the mini-drumset. Attached Images __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio** Last edited by Flint; 04-15-2007 at 06:30 PM.

04-15-2007, 06:58 PM	#8
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	so....where's the other bass drum? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

04-15-2007, 09:04 PM	#9
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Two pedals that hit the same drum, lj. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

04-15-2007, 09:14 PM	#10
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	no, i don't think so, ib. there's only one pedal in font of that bass drum. it looks like he has the 2nd pedal hitting a tambourine at the moment......i was just asking if he has another bass drum that's not set up, or if he has yet to get it....and is practicing double bass technique without it. not that it really matters all that much..... anyway...cool drums, flint. cute baby too. looks a lot like you. not that i think you're cute. those two comments should be processed separately. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

04-15-2007, 09:20 PM	#11
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	A double pedal links the left pedal, via u-joints, to a second spring assembly and beater on the primary bass drum. The other shot I've included here shows approximately what I see when sitting behind the kit (note the symmetry). Attached Images __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio** Last edited by Flint; 04-15-2007 at 09:25 PM.

04-15-2007, 09:34 PM	#12
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	far out. i stand corrected. one bass drum. I've never seen that before. verrrry high tech. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

04-15-2007, 09:43 PM	#13
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	The entire linkage between the two pedal mechanisms is made from machined aluminum (including the u-joints). You can pull the two beaters back and let them swing freely, next to each other, and it takes the left beater about ten swings through to start losing momentum to the point that it gets out of synch with the right pedal (in other words, the "action" is the same on both pedals, which allows using them equally). That extra pedal out there hitting the tambourine used to be my primary pedal, until I got the 5000 series double pedal. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio** Last edited by Flint; 04-15-2007 at 09:50 PM.

04-15-2007, 10:48 PM	#14
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	Your wife is VERY tolerant

04-15-2007, 11:52 PM	#15
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Are the variable length bundled cardboard tubes one of those hollow tone slappy thing instruments? I've been wanting to make one of those out of suspended pvc lengths. You know, apart from the ocean of cymbals, the kit is pretty standard. Bass, snare, double foretoms, one floor tom. Nice rig, that. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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