Mahogany. The shells are fantastic.

Have a great day Dave and, Happy New Year

Thank you David for the comment, I really appreciate it!

Top 40- probably but, as for jazz...... if it was struck lightly, it may..........

Evans "Hydraulics"

Who? Oh, whatsherface...... yeah, she was still moving last time I saw her.......

@ You, my friend had better watch what you are saying.🤪😜😵‍💫

@@gregwonhoff7161 I know I tease her a lot. When I was a boater, my best friend is from South Africa. He called his wife much worse! That in jest of course. I went to the Al Bundy school of husbandry.

@ I am guessing that you graduated at the top of the class. Well done.🤪😜🤣

@ I talk a lot of smack online, but I’m not that way in real life. I treat her pretty good. Hence the reason she’s still here.

@@edwardkaminsky8142 hello my friend. I don’t know what is about the Sabians. When I put them away and put the others up for a few months, I liked the sound of them, but now I’m not a fan. So I don’t know what to do about that. I have a feeling I’ll probably sell the whole pack this spring, but like I said in the video, I’m keeping the high hats. If I sell them, I have my eyes on a 19 inch Paiste crash cymbal (Big boy), And probably a 16 inch or 18 inch China. I know I have never been a fan of those kinds, but mine is a 14 inch and China’s do not sound good until they are larger. Hope all went good for you this holiday season and happy new year to you buddy.

@@skfootit hey babe, it is great to hear from you again. As far as adding more layers to the inside of the snare, I would measure the distance between the bearing edges on the inside and cut the piece to fit so that would they would not even come close to touching. It definitely will need to be thickened up somehow or else it’ll just make noise and won’t sound like a snare. I’ve never done anything like this so I probably should at least try it once. Worse comes to worse I’ll be out 20 bucks. You never know, though, I could start a trend. Imagine that me doing something trendy…….. yeah right. The only reworking I will need to do other than glueing new layers in the shell would be to drill out the holes for the lugs as they’ll all be covered on the inside. It shouldn’t be too hard of a task. We’ll see, worse comes to worse I’ll just film another fuck up online.. I’m not afraid to show my mistakes. My whole life is built on them.! Hope you had a great Christmas and a better new year. God knows we could all use it.

@@APdrums77 well done my friend with the purchase. Noisemakers are always good. What I suggest just before you leave is to get them hyped up on Red Bull and chocolate then, make your departure……. Yeah baby, that’s how memories are made.

@@APdrums77 merry Christmas to you and yours also buddy

@@CheapDrumsGuy hahah 😂 yeah their parents would love me. I was telling them the other day they must have been on the naughty list if their kids were getting a drum set. Cheers

@@CheapDrumsGuy also be sure to let us know how you like the G2s! They are my favorite personally, I go back and forth on clear vs coated depending, both excellent. I know you like a more thuddy controlled sound, so if they’re getting too wiley on you, just back off the reso head in very small increments until you get that concise thud you want. Just not too loose or the drum won’t be able to sing the note it was born to play. Good luck!

@@scotttait2197 oh man, that sucks! Well, it wasn’t meant to be. Maybe there’s something better down the road!

@@edwardkaminsky8142 always a pleasure Mr. Ed. I love hearing from you sir. Thank you for all the kind words. I’m afraid Ava really hasn’t made much progress in regards to drums. I was hoping she will but right now she’s interested in doing some choir things at school so we’ll see how that plays out. Maybe it will lead back into the drums. So I go back to work tomorrow and my friend and his son has had two days to sit on those drums so we’ll see how everything is playing out with him. I have a feeling it’s really going to stick with him because he was really excited. Again, that’s great to hear from you Ed. Hope all goes well with you out there. Enjoy your time this holiday.

@CheapDrumsGuy 22nd will be one year in lessons. I am FORTUNATE. I wished I had a son to drum. Instead I have a daughter getting married next October...get this. The lad she's marrying plays Pearl and Zildijian's. I pray the kid you helped goes far with the Pearl's. 💪💪💪 23rd I turn 64.ooking forward to your next post. Full moon tonight. Should be out up your way I Imagine already.🔭🌚

@ pearl drums, and zildian cymbals? Bah! Well, at least he plays so that’s a good thing.. good for you and your lesson buddy looking back I should’ve done the same thing. I would be a lot farther along than I am now. Oh well should’ve would’ve could’ve.

@@gregwonhoff7161 Greg, my old buddy there you are. Well after dropping the drums off at his house the other day I found something here at the house that I left behind. It was that 13 inch Tom that I bought to go along with the pearl kit. If I took it over to him, they would have to spend more money to try to get a mount or other items to add it to the set so maybe it was better than it was here. Plus, it does not have a mounting bracket for a Tom arm anyways. What it does have sitting next to it is a spare snare throw off that I have. A pretty cheap one off an old Ludwig snare. I still have 13 inch snare batter heads from that old sound percussion lab one that got scrapped last year so if I convert this tom which I think is a 13 x 10 into a snare, it might be something pretty cool. So I think my next video will be building a simple snare out of a Tom.

@ Well, Sarge, that old green army set is my favorite. I just love the paint job you applied. Also, you are a very kind man for giving that young lad a quality set to begin his journey with.❤️🎄🙏❤️🎄🙏❤️

@@gregwonhoff7161 that one turned out pretty well I wish I would’ve done it to a better drum set though

Spagz! Yeah, I don't know what's up with those Attack heads. The Red Dot snare head is number one in my book but the others are questionable. I had the same chipping issue but yes, they still sound good. You and yours have a great Holiday season as well buddy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No, that's the original 13x4 snare that came with the kit. (it has since been scrapped)

@@jarrahdrum thank you for the comment. I appreciate it. One thing about that APK it is very loud and has a very distinctive sound. I really like that kit, and I would never think of getting rid of it.

It has held up fine. Like with most things, you can expect to tighten a nut every now and then. As long as you keep an eye on everything, it should last you. My slave developed a squeak of sorts but a drop of oil fixed it.

@CheapDrumsGuy thank you.

@@lafaina79 You're welcome and thank you for the comment

Hey I actually have another question, I was looking around the web and I stumbled in your pedals but before that I was going all in in a Tama basic model, the HP30. Same price but 1 chain and the frame look skinnier than yours. Now, should I trust the brand or try those? What's your take?

@ a lot of brands don’t even make their own gear these days. I could look up five different drum company’s and show you the same exact pedal. Only thing is they just change the foot plate now this has been true with Ludwig, pearl, and several others I have seen. Even the brand new premier pedals are made by whatever company that is. My double Griffin pedal looks to be made by the same people who made my D drum single pedal. It’s pretty decent quality, heavy duty and I think it would be a lot better product than the Tama pedal. Of course, you are going to pay more for the name Tama. Like with anything, you have to perform maintenance on everything. Every so often check all the screws. Check all the bolts check all the linkages. I’ve heard people complain about this pedal saying that it loosened up on them after they took it out of the box. When I took mine out of the box, I tightened everything and I have not had to re-tighten it yet. The nice thing about this double pedal. I don’t know if you remember from the video, but it gives you extra parts to convert the slave pedal into a regular pedal. That’s what I really liked about it because if my D drum pedal fails I have two Griffin pedals now to replace it with or for back ups

@@richardrichard5409 thank you

@@richardrichard5409 yeah I really like this kit, it’s loud and obnoxious!

@@TomTorbeyns I like using a little bit of painters tape maybe four or 5 inches long and running it on the cymbal. Seems to do the trick for me. Experiment with different places to get the sound you desire

@@jarrahdrum I’m pretty sure they are somewhat rare these days

@@discman15 still a great product too I think it’s on my kit downstairs now

Hey Buddy!

Thanks John- ain't deed yet!

Glad to see you back, buddy!

@@APdrums77 thanks brother as always -great to see you hanging around!

@@APdrums77 I hope she goes through with what she says and tries to learn. At her age, what she wants to do for career changes as much as her socks do if she goes along with the drums I am going to make sure she is set up quite wonderfully though.

@@timklinker1997 thank you Tim. I’ll do what I can with what I have!

@@Spagz whether she takes to it or not either way her and I will have a good time together. She’s a good kid and I love spending time with her. I mentioned the wrong name and the video though her name is not Julia. That’s her mom her name is Ava actually. And to be honest with you, I don’t think we are gonna be happy with either of our presidential choices. I’m an independent. If it were up to me, Rodney Dangerfield would be in charge, but unfortunately he’s passed on now.

@CheapDrumsGuy as for Rodney, "so THEY say". 🤣 I'm a Fiscal Libertarian is what I would say. Small, but strong government. Stop being world police. Live and let live, as long as you aren't hurting anyone, I don't care what you do. I don't say much on politics online, but since we are sharing 😊. Ava sounds like an amazing young lady.

@Spagz either way whoever wins this is going to be interesting. I’ll say that.

@@edwardkaminsky8142 “Hair from you…..”. I see what you did there. Ed, always a true pleasure to hear from you Sir.

@@edwardkaminsky8142 Yes, Ed has a valid and meaningful point here. You most certainly do have plenty you can teach your grandbaby. Hey, maybe teaching her will even motivate you to spend some time on rudiments or something else you feel you could improve upon. (Yeah, I may be attempting to motivate myself with these words, too.)

@@Jakers80 well you’re two cents makes a lot of sense actually. Even if it came apart easily and it was easy to get at the shells without having to remove all the glue residents It still is a lot of work. More than I wanna go through right now. I’ll just keep it stacked up down the basement until she’s ready. I have enough gear to have two complete sets set up down there so maybe the next time she comes over we can have a little impromptu jazz session and go from there. Her dad is in construction, so who knows maybe he’ll want to work on it together with her as a little project one day.

@CheapDrumsGuy Ahh, that sounds like a plan. I'm sure the 2 of them would have a blast taking off the wrap and cleaning up the shells and blah, blah.. but, worth it in the end. I also think the black hardware and stained shells would look really good together.

@@skfootit She-Rahh! Hi there, I was hoping I’d hear from you. It’s been a long time. I really need to get down there and clean up. There was spiderwebs in places and a lot of dust. I think whether or not she continues with drums I’m still going to finish the drum set. Right now I’m in kind of a lazy stretch, but I’m sure it’ll pick up once I find myself without anything to do. Trying to find some new music to go over also as I’m getting tired of playing the same thing. I’m delving in some strange territory with some of this music. If it keeps my interest up, that’s all it matters. Hope all is going well with you and out there on the big island or the little island or whatever the island is. Not quite sure where anything is in Hawaii all I know is I’m not going there. Too many sharks in those waters. Keeping salt and shark free here!

@CheapDrumsGuy Ooh, you've piqued my interest. Tell me more about this new musical territory you're exploring. I love to know what my friends are listening to/playing.

@ i’ve been listening to a lot of zydeco music lately. About 10 years ago we were up at a Creole restaurant called Pearls New Orleans kitchen up in Elk Rapids Mi. It was during fat Tuesday and they had a zydeco band in there and I thought that was just the funniest most entertaining evening I’ve had a long time. By playing along with the downstairs, I am using my brushes more and getting comfortable with those - a lot of fun.

@@CheapDrumsGuy Nice. I get a kick out of zydeco music, but I can't say I've ever played along. Hmm. 🤔 And my brush work is absolute garbage, if you ask me. I should work on that.