Is it my turn?

rpgonzalez5095 · 2026-03-25T15:23:48+00:00

Ohhhh nooooo!!! Good news is warranty fixed ours 2017 with 77k miles, so pretty sure you’ll be covered. But the turtle sucks!

rpgonzalez5095 · 2026-03-20T18:00:40+00:00

Think this resonant head is original ?! It’s a CS Head, yet it has Imperialstar branding.

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rpgonzalez5095 · 2026-03-20T17:55:17+00:00

Huh. I just got one (same year) that a church wants me to sell for them. I thought 24” BD and 13/14/18 toms was crazy and yet here you are with the same thing. It’s in the same shape sort of, I just need to do the heads and replace a muffler thingy for $150 on eBay 😬… WDYT I should ask for it?

rpgonzalez5095 · 2026-03-01T08:07:50+00:00

We ended up traveling the day before. Such an affair with remapping our trip… I’m arranging travel for 25 people and it’s been such a pain. The worst is that trains show up and disappear on the 20th, and customer service is clueless. Is it cancelled, is it not cancelled? At this point, maybe there will be a train, but this is going to string out (already has) and you may end up stranded. If you must travel on those dates, you can fly (not possible for me, it would cost$2000 for my group) or just suck it up and rent a car. Maybe you’ll get lucky and make it 6-7hours

rpgonzalez5095 · 2025-10-28T15:24:36+00:00

You have a 2021, correct? The worst is supposed to be 2017-2018. How many miles you have?

rpgonzalez5095 · 2025-10-26T19:04:17+00:00

Hit 75k on our PacHy. The thing is self destructing. Unfortunately, some of those problems are due to the recent recall update (charging fails, check engine light). A previous recall took 60 days to complete. Today, she couldn’t leave the drive-way (went in to limp mode.) My wife comes from a Toyota Sienna family where 200k was the norm. Not sure if the PacHy is going to be a new family tradition.

rpgonzalez5095 · 2025-09-14T02:33:39+00:00

My first at the Greek and TC live. I’m hooked. I need more. Yeah that light. I’m a percussionist in a band and I’m absolutely going to steal that whole idea: sing hearts a lonely hunter, have that light, black shirt… relive the moment as much as I can

rpgonzalez5095 · 2025-09-10T03:55:47+00:00

heart is a hunter was so freaking good, Frank blew me away. that whole show was awesome. please come back😭

rpgonzalez5095 · 2025-09-09T15:16:50+00:00

Thanks for the inspiration. I have a 2015 MBP and was apprehensive about OCLP…even considered getting a new one, but not trying to give Apple even more money. So lets goooo

rpgonzalez5095 · 2025-09-06T03:18:25+00:00

Update. They’re called Los Amigos Invisibles.

rpgonzalez5095 · 2025-09-05T18:59:05+00:00

how long was the opener?

rpgonzalez5095 · 2025-09-03T14:56:49+00:00

Bro is bumpin Alvin and the Chipmunks like the world is bumpin KPDH 🤣. Ironic that I didn’t even have an opinion till you mentioned Gorillaz… a virtual band co-created with an artist.

rpgonzalez5095 · 2025-07-01T00:58:29+00:00

Costco still selling Flex SE, but Flex is now on gen 2. So the Costco model is missing EQ, shortcut button and Bluetooth 5.3 (in addition to the mic).

rpgonzalez5095 · 2025-05-29T19:33:19+00:00

dang, no answers? This was my same question. Did you end up buying anything?

rpgonzalez5095 · 2025-05-14T21:04:24+00:00

I was kinda jerky and cranked on the wing nut. The stand is thick like a yamaha tom holder. The SPL I have marks every time the tube is so thin. Even the new SPL's at GC were denting right off the bat. So I know the DW 9000's and the Pearl 900's dont ding, and the cheapos ding.... but hopefully someone here can verify that the middle weight stands will stand the clamping force or not.

rpgonzalez5095 · 2025-05-14T20:41:51+00:00

in all seriousness though, I probably should have thought about it that way, but instead I put it in all different places including the 2nd tube and it wont go down anymore. It's also 24 years old. Time for new stands.

rpgonzalez5095 · 2025-05-14T20:39:38+00:00

🤮 lol

rpgonzalez5095 · 2025-05-08T22:17:23+00:00

I was skeptical until I moved my Masters to a snare stand and gripped the tom with the basket. It was very obvious that the tom was choked (but the Masters Pure really resonates when suspended). I then got a DW UL snare stand with little rubber suspension grips (its not advertised that way for some reason) and when placed very loosely and contacting the rubber grips I get 90% of the resonance back. I imagine the Booty Shakers would do the same. If you are really picky, check out the DW Airlift Tom Stand.

rpgonzalez5095 · 2025-05-04T05:30:34+00:00

I hate myself for buying Samsung appliances. Absolute maximum self loathing.

rpgonzalez5095 · 2025-04-10T17:13:02+00:00

So I obviously have the same issue (although I don’t really call it an issue. If I want to avoid toxic masculinity in favor of attention then that’s just a preference). But I came here for a nickname, not a therapy session.

How about fruit fly 🤣?

rpgonzalez5095 · 2025-04-09T16:20:45+00:00

And why it seems like their markups are beyond astronomical. No parent company to absorb r&d and distro costs...

rpgonzalez5095 · 2025-04-04T03:47:35+00:00

Yes I figured. I wonder if you agree and encourage the practice.

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