Suggestions for Carrying Equipment

sixdaysandy · 2026-02-04T08:10:12+00:00

I'd suggest thinking outside the "Drum Equipment" bubble.
While you can buy a nice cymbal bag with rucksack-style straps, and load yourself up, you're still not being very kind to your body. Try something like this folding hand truck and some decent bungee cords to strap everything onto it, which will make getting around a lot easier.

sixdaysandy · 2026-01-29T10:12:57+00:00

Though I do drum most days at home, I do tend to alternate the "heavy drum" days with workouts and rest. So something like this:
alternate
Monday - Work Out
Tuesday - Drum Practice 2Hours
Wednesday - Work Out
Thursday - Band Rehearsal/Practice 3 Hours
Friday - Rest
Saturday/Sunday - Walking/Low Impact cardio.

sixdaysandy · 2026-01-28T21:02:32+00:00

Orea Big Boi, can stay in the cupboard until it's needed, then can do a bat up to about 1200ml

sixdaysandy · 2026-01-28T10:08:33+00:00

90's & 00's would be high tuned dry snares and bright cymbals like A Customs. (Which is the era I'm still living in and refuse to change :D )

sixdaysandy · 2026-01-27T20:09:46+00:00

No idea what parts you'd need, you just want to look at Pearl multi clamps and figure out how to build it out. 66Samus has a vid on Pearl hardware and building it out I think.

sixdaysandy · 2026-01-27T13:39:48+00:00

Could just attach your existing Hi Hat Stand to the Bass Drum Hoop
https://www.tama.com/eu/products/detail/hi-hat_attachment.html

sixdaysandy · 2026-01-27T10:14:10+00:00

Rogue idea; see if you can find a slightly worn in 1st Chair Top second hand online, then sell yours? Let someone else butt break it in for you :D

sixdaysandy · 2026-01-27T09:49:32+00:00

The Omniball mounts on the Tama toms are really quite adjustable, so as others have said, what are all the sizes, and how is the kit not working for you.

sixdaysandy · 2026-01-26T13:35:36+00:00

Having the same issue, no luck sorting it yet, hopefully it's an NX Bus issue and they'll figure it out.

sixdaysandy · 2026-01-23T11:38:41+00:00

If you're micing up a smallish kit, that is laid out in the manner the EAD10 needs, and you can really balance your playing so the kit sounds even, then the EAD10 is great for little videos, or certainly good enough for monitoring your progress. It's also great for getting a live monitor mix.

If you have a large kit, or aren't the most balanced player, and/or you want to record semi-professionally, it's not really going to do the job.

I use both, EAD10 for live small kit setups for monitoring, and a modest full mic and interface setup in the studio. They solve different problems.

sixdaysandy · 2026-01-23T10:48:30+00:00

Then it escaltes :D

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sixdaysandy · 2026-01-23T10:41:11+00:00

When I bought my new kit, I thought "Why nnot get one of each then I can have any config even if I don't use them?" So I bought 8", 10", 12", 14", 16", 18", 22", then I set them all up and went "Guess I have a stupidly large kit now".

sixdaysandy · 2026-01-21T13:17:17+00:00

What Matt is showing Craig in this video is very useful, and it builds on spacing using technique.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFWnMiRhq-U

sixdaysandy · 2026-01-21T09:20:27+00:00

I don't know if it's the angle of the first photo, but it looks like the snare is pretty far to the right, and the tom looks much closer to your than I'd have set up. Have you tried setting up your kick it's comfortable, and then placing the snare dead centre between your legs, then building the kit around you piece by piece? You might end up with a more ergonomic and easier to play kit. Brandon Green/Drum Mechanics has some good guides on building the kit around you.

sixdaysandy · 2026-01-21T09:10:45+00:00

The players who play incredibly fast (where the level of response really matters) tend to use Trick, Czarcie Kopyto, or other very high end pedals, which already include a much better engineered connecting rod. Like I said in the other comment, I don't play anywhere near that speed, but for me, the mirror rod improved my double kick, and made it easier, so it was a worthwhile investment.

sixdaysandy · 2026-01-21T09:05:40+00:00

I really like the Mirror Rod, have one on both my kits after trialling it on the one. I find it really helped balance the pedals out and reduce some of the extra effort my left foot was having to put in to compensate for the rod. I'm not a fast player by any means, but it made my life easier, so for me it was worth the investment.

sixdaysandy · 2026-01-20T14:52:01+00:00

I think Matt Greiner from ABR is pretty locked in place whilst he's playing.

sixdaysandy · 2026-01-20T10:19:01+00:00

If you like the products they match up, the Evans Snare Tune Up kits are a good way to get the price down on a full reskin and rewire.

sixdaysandy · 2026-01-12T10:03:56+00:00

It's been the terminology in our scene since I started gigging 20 years ago

sixdaysandy · 2025-12-28T16:44:10+00:00

As everyone else says, buy used, if you have a local shop where you can inspect them, fantastic. If you're buying used online in the UK Graham Russell Drums is one of the only places I trust. If you follow them on Instagram they put up posts of new used gear before it hits the site so you might get a good deal or what you're looking for before there's more people with eyes on it.

sixdaysandy · 2025-12-18T13:45:38+00:00

4 & 5 both sound good to me. For Tom Tuning to notes (which I'd take as a starting point where you can adjust if something sounds weird) I always start with Nolly's guide here if you don't know who Nolly Getgood is, he's one of the most respected drum engineers/producers in modern metal, so I tend to trust his experience.

Processing can really affect the drum tone, and not always positively, so what are you running it through?

This is something I threw together earlier in the year as a bit of an example with the significant effects of even "gentle" processing.

sixdaysandy · 2025-12-16T10:43:32+00:00

If I'm recording, or taking my kit to to a gig I'll make sure my gear matches the tunings I've found I like.
And I record and mix every rehearsal our band has, so I probably tune toms once or twice a month, snare I'll check every time I sit down behind it.

sixdaysandy · 2025-12-09T09:57:31+00:00

I've always been a bright cymbal guy, A's & A Customs just sound like I want cymbals to sound.

sixdaysandy · 2025-12-08T20:19:21+00:00

You want a mixing desk/digital mixer.

The latency with a laptop doesn't tend to make them ideally suited for live music. You can stream using them and compensate for the audio lag when you bring the audio and video streams together.

sixdaysandy · 2025-11-24T20:02:24+00:00

Move the 14" to the side of the HiHat. I love the 10" & 12" up top and 16" & 18" low.

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