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spedman
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Posts: 9
Joined: 15 May 2007
Location: west orange, nj
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 The Purple People Eater...
I love looking at kits. I could spend hours searching sites like ours here to see what people use, how they set it up, and what some of us have finally had the opportunity to own. It was a long road of using CB700's, Avante (sp?) cymbals, and broken stands... There is a light at the end of the tunnel! After 30-years of playing, here's what I'm finally playing:
I got myself a DW kit off of eBay last spring, and outfitted it with Evans. There are 5 toms with mounts (10, 12, 14, 15, 16), but that's too many for me to manage! The kick is a 22. I switched my cymbals from vintage Zildjians to Zildjian's K Dark series, and love the sound of the drum/cymbal combination. There's a 13" K/Z combo (with Weckle and Smith's signatures...), an 8" splash, 16" medium crash, 17" fast crash, 18" medium crash, 21" A Sweet Ride [22" Dark Ride "on the bench"], 18" Trash, and a 14" closed and mounted HH. The snare is a sweet Pork Pie, tightened to the extremes, as well as a nice little 10" Pearl cracker snare that I mainly use as a timbale, or snare "ride". I've just incorporated a pair of Meinl short congas, as I've been trying to develop some 4-way independence... I made the trap table after seeing the price of one online, and am thinking about going into business with it. I picked up a way-overpriced DW 5000 series double kick/HH stand - one big unit. The thing is a pain because the hats rattle when using the double pedal, no matter how stale the legs are. I'm using a separate cow bell attached to a Pearl pedal, as well as some other "toys". The Gibralter throne was worth the money -- nothin' like a comfy seat. (The little drink holder comes in handy, but you have to be drinking something with a long neck, or your drink will get lost in it's depths!)
(The drum recording on my band's site doesn't do the drums justice -- just one mounted mic, a kick mic, and two overheads...yech.)
Thanks for checking my pics. (If they uploaded...LOL)
You can hear my music at www.myspace.com/themercybends
Cheers!
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stump
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Posts: 2593
Joined: 06 Oct 2006
Location: Columbia, SC
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Welcome aboard! Nice kit and I dig the tunes. Enjoy the forum! Peace on ya!
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 6:30 am |
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anojeezick
drumming adept
Posts: 318
Joined: 02 Aug 2007
Location: Rochester NY
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Very nice kit man. It looks wild. You got one of those things that giggles and rattles when you hit the circular end. What is that called again? It is above you aux snare and to the left a bit. that thing. haha
Welcome to the forums man.
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Asdex
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Posts: 417
Joined: 06 Nov 2007
Location: Indonesia
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Nice kit dude!! That finish looks wild!!! I like your cymbals man!!!
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 8:47 am |
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skdrummer
drumming adept
Posts: 111
Joined: 10 Jan 2007
Location: (Turn Around)
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love it! i like ur cymbal set up
finish is badass too
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:01 am |
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Timekeep69
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Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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Wow...next time you stab someone to death, don"t hold them over your drumset. 
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:33 pm |
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josh-sd
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Posts: 45
Joined: 18 Mar 2008
Location: Surrey, UK
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lovely finish man!
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:47 pm |
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SGarrett
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Posts: 4500
Joined: 13 Jul 2007
Location: Near Sacramento, CA
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OMG! Someone actually has the technicolor vomit wrap! No offense intended, that's just what we used to call that color in the drum shop I worked at.
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 1:17 pm |
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drumsforlife
session drummer
Posts: 882
Joined: 27 Apr 2007
Location: Macon, GA
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anojeezick wrote:Very nice kit man. It looks wild. You got one of those things that giggles and rattles when you hit the circular end. What is that called again? It is above you aux snare and to the left a bit. that thing. haha
Welcome to the forums man.
It's called a vibraslap...or another name for it is mandible.
Spedman, welcome to DML. Love the kit. It's got a nice finish. Awesome tunes, and the drums don't sound that bad for recording with what you had at the time. I've recorded with a little as two, and have it sound awesome!
Keep it up!
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 3:39 pm |
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spedman
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Joined: 15 May 2007
Location: west orange, nj
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The vomit wrap ?!?!? My wife and I were dying with laughter at that reply!
I still need to find out more about the kit -- when I bought it used from a guy outside Nashville online, he couldn't offer me much info except that the kit has been on world and us tours. (With whom, I don't know.)
Yeah: vibraslap. BUT, don't bother with purchasing a mount for one -- they rattle here and there, and it's not that easy to get a good sound from it when it's mounted. The best is to just keep it on a trap table, or hanging off a stand until you need it...or give it to your vocalist.
Thanks for your feedback, gang, and for the warm welcome. 
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 5:07 pm |
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xEBVDRUMSx
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Joined: 31 Jan 2008
Location: NY
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The title of this thread just says it all.
Nice kit man 
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Mon Mar 24, 2008 1:39 pm |
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DrumsPlus
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Posts: 1738
Joined: 21 Dec 2007
Location: Winona, MN
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Welcome to the forum and nice kit.
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Mon Mar 24, 2008 1:51 pm |
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PatternsInTheIvy
drumming adept
Posts: 489
Joined: 07 Jan 2007
Location: Kailua, HI
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Fri Apr 04, 2008 1:43 am |
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Albi_Poland
beginner
Posts: 48
Joined: 28 Dec 2007
Location: Tarnowskie Góry, Poland
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I just love the finish.
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Fri Apr 04, 2008 12:28 pm |
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NH
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Posts: 331
Joined: 26 Mar 2008
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extremely nice kit, those colours are brilliant, i like the lugs as well.
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Fri Apr 04, 2008 12:53 pm |
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jnewlon_drum
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Joined: 13 Jan 2008
Location: Webb City, Missouri
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thats a crazy finish u got there bro lol...i like it tho its different...welcome to the forum 
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Mon Apr 07, 2008 10:28 am |
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dor44
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Posts: 135
Joined: 30 Dec 2007
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really nice kit man maybe its the kit but isnt that hihat a bit high ?
but i know everyone is comfortable in their own way... so i bet you can play them just fine
beautifull kit man!
i really like the color!
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Sun Apr 13, 2008 11:50 am |
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Lancelot Frosty
session drummer
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Joined: 05 Jul 2007
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Welcome to the forum.
Awesome set, and the wrap is unique, to say the least. XD
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Sun Apr 13, 2008 11:06 pm |
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drummer912
session drummer
Posts: 986
Joined: 21 May 2007
Location: Georgia
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great looking stuff man. ive got the exact same model dws (the 90s kind) as u with those hanging toms off the dbl tom stand, except i have a less crazy finish and my toms are 10,12,14,16. i cant seem to get the floor toms low enough, though. the stand dosent go far enough down for me.
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Tue Apr 15, 2008 4:32 pm |
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dedrummervanrolf
session drummer
Posts: 605
Joined: 07 Jun 2007
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
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I've never seen purple people.. ask your kit how they taste for me, ok?
never mind, love the kit man.
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Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:32 am |
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k0staZ
drumming adept
Posts: 263
Joined: 09 Mar 2008
Location: Cyprus
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Great kit!!!
i want to hear it;p
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Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:29 am |
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sjoey1r
drumming adept
Posts: 214
Joined: 24 Apr 2008
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nice, thats some crazy colors!
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Thu May 01, 2008 3:03 pm |
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rlrrll
drumming adept
Posts: 298
Joined: 27 Sep 2006
Location: Long Beach Ca
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Ah yes, there's nothing quite like it when you buy your first DW kit!!
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Sun May 04, 2008 1:06 am |
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blink44
drumming adept
Posts: 213
Joined: 21 Apr 2008
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trippy kit.
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Sun May 04, 2008 10:14 am |
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xdoseonex
groove master
Posts: 3634
Joined: 28 Dec 2006
Location: New York
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anojeezick wrote:Very nice kit man. It looks wild. You got one of those things that giggles and rattles when you hit the circular end. What is that called again? It is above you aux snare and to the left a bit. that thing. haha
Welcome to the forums man.
that things called a vibraslap. Is that a wrap?
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