The guitarist in my band is making his own guitar, and he told me that because he's doing that, I should make my own drumkit. I asked him if he had any idea how bloody complicated making each individual drum was, and he replied that no it isn't complicated at all (he, who knows sod all about drums). According to him, I just had to get some big metal pipes and chop sections out of them.

I really don't like shooting people down, but I felt obligated to tell him it was one of the most arseheaded ideas I'd ever heard.

why are all guitarists assretarded?








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Lol I've wondered about that too.

The icing on the cake was when he told me I could make it look cool by cutting holes into the pipes. I wasn't going to even try explaining that would kill any sound the drumkit might make, but that wasn't the only problem.

"So, I'll have a polka-dot drumkit?" I said.

"No, it'll just have holes cut out of it," he said.

"Yeah...a polka-dot drumkit..."

actually making your own drums is quite simple
if you order the shells (unless this guy knows how to work wood, he bought the body of the guitar) drill your holes make your finish,
add your hardwear and your done!

Benhamin wrote:

actually making your own drums is quite simple
if you order the shells (unless this guy knows how to work wood, he bought the body of the guitar) drill your holes make your finish,
add your hardwear and your done!

Oh yeah, for sure. That'd be pretty sweet. But he wanted me to build the whole thing from scratch. As in, make my own shells and everything.

$@&* that.

bearing edges??? the most important thing...morons








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Hey just so you know im about to build my own drums myself and yes it is very complicated. If your going to get the woodwork done already then theres absolutly no point thats where you have the satisfaction of making your own creation. Plus a snare 14X5 is going to cost you from keller about 50 dollars and then all the hardware is what kills you on the price. So theres no point in getting all of it done just so you can screw the rest in you might as well just go custom so you wont mess it up unless your really experienced. Its still cheaper than buying a kit though.
Ive got some crap from guys tellin me "You cant do the bearing edges by yourself!" You can its just going to be very hard. I suggest that you buy some sheets of plywood or somthing and start cutting those edges to a 45 degree angle. It is hard but can be done. Once you have that you drill holes for the lugs then its a simple place em in and screw em in job.
Then for the finish just send it to a body shop and they can do pretty much whatever. HOwever you wanna do that before you drill holes in the shell preferably.
If you do want to look into it though go to www.drumdojo.com. Theve got a whole article on how to do it and lots of cool facts from different guy that work at DW and places like that.

Howepirate wrote:

bearing edges??? the most important thing...morons

was that directed t your fellow drummers or the guitar player








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my guitarist is pretty retarded he asked if i clean my cymbals with windex or wd40

just punch him in the mouth the next time something completely ignorant comes out.








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lowdrummer wrote:

Howepirate wrote:

bearing edges??? the most important thing...morons

was that directed t your fellow drummers or the guitar player

lol sorry at the guitar player...shoulda specified....they just tend to know it all....








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sicdrummer wrote:

my guitarist is pretty retarded he asked if i clean my cymbals with windex or wd40

windex does work....on titanium finished cymbals








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Actually
Howe is very close to the center of this argument
Bearing edges
It doesn't make a difference what material you make your drums out of as long as they have the proper bearing edges

Look at all the different "not normal" drums
Octobans
Roto toms
Carbon fiber drums
Vistalites (and athe other lucite-like drums)
Fiberglass (remember those weird ass "North" drums?)
P V C
Brass
Stainless steel
etc..........

As far as drilling holes in them, what about vented drums?
I would think that it would make the sound go in different directions

I would be experimenting with all different types of materials if I had the shop to do it in and the money to buy the materials

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right on rockula! but seriously a noob at drum crafting will most probably unsuccessful at their first attempt... and without the proper tools...idk. guitar making seems a load easier, but i'm sure its still challenging.








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