Making Old Drums Sound/Look Like New Drums

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[@EMCproductions]

8:34 You're welcome.

[@beaumartin366]

Gotta lube up today and change some tenor heads woo

[@marcelszekowski315]

pss ts buh buh kuh buh ts ka btsy ka

[@sterlingsmith8307]

Thank you, I needed this.

[@falsehoods8074]

NO EMC IT'S NNN

[@drummerjason]

😂😂😂😂

[@jackpazdernik]

hi i love you

[@EMCproductions]

You're the first comment. So I heart you back.

[@jackpazdernik]

@@EMCproductions keep grinding man❤️ AND LUBE UP

[@bigberd3680]

I love you too Jack

[@jackpazdernik]

@@bigberd3680 thanks man

[@J80.]

This is so sweet 🥲

[@beaumartin366]

Wow this is actually exactly what I need today. I have been fixing up all our drums since they got pretty messed up during the hurricane. Currently working on our basses, and this is literally exactly what I was doing. This video is a pretty helpful guide for people who have never done this before. But now I’m curious about that mapex…

[@beaumartin366]

@INFINITE REPTILES 🦎🦎🐍🐍🐢🐢🐊🐊 Ida, our school is destroyed from it and we are going half and half at another school. So I go to school at 12:30 and get home at 5:30 now

[@TheLil3K]

@@beaumartin366 Oh god! My school was heavily affected by Ida but we were only out for a week and a half and back on normal schedule. Hopefully it gets better soon, sorry to hear that it's so bad. I assume you live closer to Laplace/NOLA or maybe even further south. Those places were destroyed

[@beaumartin366]

@@TheLil3K oh yeah… im down in montegut and bourg. And the school we have to go to now is in grey, which is sorta around the Houma area. So thats an hour + long bus ride t get to school every morning. Places down here had it pretty bad but everyone is slowly cleaning stuff up. Everyone helps everyone out and we are making progress

[@AndrewSzypula]

@@beaumartin366 I'm the assistant director of bands at Tulane, I also marched with EMC, shoot me a DM and let me know if there's anything we can do to help y'all. We have plenty of spare parts for Yamaha drums on hand and materials/experience to do plenty of what Eric describes in this video.

[@beaumartin366]

@@AndrewSzypula woah thats awesome. While our actual new Pearl championship drums were stuck in our broken school, Nichols gave us their entire old line of old pearls. Now, they are NOT the best drums, like the tenors don’t even have spocks, but it got us through football season, and our actual drums should be ready for parade season. Thank you for offering, that’s very kind of ya. My tenor drum and a snare harness went missing, and it’s pretty much assumed that my drum got stolen, so we ordered a new one that should come in in a few months. Covered by the insurance. If you are wondering I go to south terrebonne, if you know that school, and the school itself is destroyed. Like the whole roof came off. Along with Ellender. So we are platooning to HL Bougious for the time being. Just went to marching showcase yesterday to watch all the band’s performances. Sadly south terrebonne snd ellender were the only schools unable to perform a show, but next year we should be super prepared. But I have been servicing all the rusted hardware and making sure we get the right replacement parts. Our drums look good now after I cleaned and polished them and my instructor Josh is gunna help me tune them with new heads when we need them. He has perfect pitch so I like just letting him do it lol. If we happen to need anything in a pinch, I might reach out to you later. Thanks!

[@ScottBaietti]

shock twist ending. The Xymox stuff was inside of the 18" drum.

[@G60syncro]

No... it was shipped to the barracks and returned to sender...

[@gavin_bigred]

@@G60syncro bruhhhhhh what the hell

[@dallasshannon4511]

Semper Fidelis bro, beard is coming togeather lol slow but surely lol

[@jasonstahl1244]

Awesome video! I agree popping bubble wrap is very satisfying.

[@terrance7300]

This would've been a great collab with rdavidr! Guy would've cleaned off all the gunk from those lugs haha

[@insertchannelnamehere632]

I almost had a heart attack lol

[@NATcha94]

These spoiled kids and their bass stands, we would’ve never lost a rubber stopper 🥺

[@samsignorelli]

Because you balanced your bass on a trash can??

[@NATcha94]

@@samsignorelli wobbly two chair method until everyone just resigned themselves to always wearing the drum

[@emperor_sebas2572]

Video 2 of commenting until EMC makes a marching drum that includes snare drum, some tenors, a bass (or multiple), and multiple cymbals.

[@USMCBugleBoy]

Good morning! ☀️

[@f5b_hq]

8:37 For some reason, it reminds me of mayonnaise lol

[@DoIlxa]

No offensive but a clean shaven emc is great (your look like a band director)

[@pegasaus_19]

Video 2 of commenting until Sean Clendening collab

[@RWQMUZK]

BEARD!!!!!!

[@Bobobo-bo-bo-bobobo]

I don't understand how people can let instruments get THAT bad. Like I get old instruments get the usual wear and tear from being used for a long time, but the rims look like they were just mistreated.

[@ferretyluv]

Can’t afford newer ones, that’s how.

[@Bobobo-bo-bo-bobobo]

@@ferretyluv I went to a poor school, and our instruments didn't look brand new obviously but they never looked awful like this? Why? Because we took care of them It's almost like if you put in the effort to maintain them, they'll last longer

[@thesouldone82]

(Trigger Warning) Hmm. I dont really hear a difference. Like.. At all.. Hahaha!! Totally kidding. Your hard work always shows. Your content is always excellent too.

[@JulianKlimczyk]

At 10:36 you can literally see the snare in the top left smh

[@NapleStar]

EMC, i wanted to know that your YT channel is making our school bands better with the useful content you make. I thank you for the content, music, improve, your hidden youtube channel’s rip off friday night funkin’ gaming, and your positive attitude in the videos!

[@gianbailey969]

Video 2 of commenting until EMC makes a front ensemble out of spocks

[@simon_ferreira]

A 4 octave marimba made out of spocks, my god that would be expensive

[@onelessowl]

drumset & concert bass included

[@miless17]

@@onelessowl and timpani

[@TylerDunphy]

I’ve tried this with a crappy low end field drum. Now it sounds like a field drum, but newer.

[@LOGs502]

Takes me back to my high school drumline days. I was quad section leader / drumming mechanic lol. The drums we had were really old and sounded so terrible. I'd taken so many drums home to fix. The bass drums were so bad that they were beyond repair (wraps were toast, lugs were pitted from lack of using covers, hoops were chewed up and warped as were the shells so tuning them was impossible.) They were basically firewood and scrap metal lol.

[@ferretyluv]

How much did you get for the scrap metal?

[@kishascape]

That’s why you get fiberglass ones.

[@frankspikes7858]

When I got into high school drum I was half way privileged. Lol. We had the Ludwig mirror gold finish marching drums from the 80s Santa Clara vanguard. They were in decent condition. I'm not sure how many of each type of drum we had. When cleaned, reheaded, and tuned up... holy smokes those drums were cool!

[@RedDogMamaHD]

Video 2 of Loopy Grandma asking Lil' Peanut to play Wipe Out by the Ventures!!! Must be dressed as a Surfer Dude with appropriate special effects! ... I know you are very creative, so I expect something EPIC!

[@ferretyluv]

SECOND!

[@RedDogMamaHD]

So glad that you are going to the gym, even if you are sweaty and disgusting! or sweaty and nasty , or sweaty as usual. The best thing is every time you come home, there's a package outside your front door!

[@jeffreymateo6200]

Nice job Marine, wish I were close enough to lend you a hand in refurbishing your bass drums. BTW…I enjoy my Mapex Snare Drum. Sgt Mateo, Ret

[@micahtld]

Quality of this video is SO GOOD , the editing everything about it! youre doing awesome

[@marcuswoodard7494]

Yo, I gotta say your work ethic is incredible. You make me feel lazy lol. Keep up the great work !

[@RyanAlexanderBloom]

Tried to pull out an 18” bass from the old discard pile (middle school) so my high school line could run 5 bass. Put fresh heads on and tuned it up. It sounded fine but the counter hoop would actually slip off the flesh hoop partially and the thing would drop like an octave. Definitely out of round on the hoop or the drum or both. We are going to put it back in the pile and run 4 bass next season. Not worth the hassle/risk.

[@brendenwilliams6000]

Go to the end of November and then get it trimmed/cleaned up, but you should definitely keep it 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

[@xytkarntnua8651]

Could you do a future video comparing white bass drum heads vs black bass drum head? Maybe even the clear ones if you really wanted too

[@MrCapyz]

Umm I’m the best drummer in my class and they put me on sleigh bells for a concert 😭😭😭

[@juuicee4525]

My bass 4 head is dead, there’s literally pieces of foam shaking around in my drum and makes a horrible sound whilst marching. We’ve had the heads for 15+ years never been replaced and the director won’t make an attempt to replace em lol

[@BaconBoss4]

Me watching this having never played bass drums and have no interest to Yes yes keep talking

[@SocialReject7903]

I’m happily watching this during class :)

[@nicholasconard547]

I know you probably won't see this but can you react to Tarpon Springs High School marching band's 2018 show "RP1"

[@kcphotographystudios8836]

Bass 1 is a flub on its side.

[@michaelwemhoff7577]

I love unboxings and reviewings your videos are the coolest est est est videos gOOD mORNING My grammer good

[@marktegrotenhuis]

Remo Powermax heads are great. I have them too (in black/Ebony) on my own bass drums , but because I use low tuning I had to add extra muffling along the edges of the shell to get a more controlled and less ringy sound.

[@riotingryan4195]

First hour gang also nice idea with No Shave November

[@cloudrunner321]

EMC should start his own indoor drumline or something. Yes I do know that he has his charactes but I mean with other people.

[@ferretyluv]

He volunteers part time for an indoor drum line in Israel.

[@dano5649]

Lol I haven’t watched your videos in a long time so when I saw your beard like that I was worried for your health.

[@dominicperna8048]

ok i’m sorry… but.. this is the first video of EMC i have seen in a long long time and… i legit didn’t recognize his for the first few minutes of the video😂

[@clcheatw]

Very informative for a low brass player. Thanks!

[@agastyasharma2612]

Also informative for a woodwind like me :)

[@Max-dd4ow]

“Tactfully acquire” What’s that supposed to mean 🤔

[@ChurchOfTheHolyMho]

A giant wooden horse cart on wheels appeared at the Guitar Center before closing time... After they carted it inside and left for the evening... _tactful acquisition happens_

[@wyatta6528]

I personally would’ve taken the approach of rust treating that rusty hardware with WD-40 and dry lubricant. Rdavidr has a video on it. Love the vid though!!!!

[@jasonzurlo1543]

10:36 I can see the drum in the top left

[@sass6680]

that one fast bit sounds a little like victor wooten's classical thump :D

[@IceBass29]

Yeaaaaahhh… not a super big fan of the felt-holding inner rings. I’ve yet to see them stay in. Thoughts on muffling inside the heads vs. visible muffling around the rims with AC weather seal foam strips?

[@liamgaming2504]

10:36 you can see the snare drum in top left corner if you zoom in

[@SwimminWitDaFishies]

Unless you're trying to see if your beard will actually make a connection to your eyebrows, the full scruff is NOT a good look on you. Do the goatee if you must, but keep it NEAT!

[@Brian-rj1un]

Is my school the only place to call mallet racks “claws?”

[@jonathanburg9496]

Civilian and now nasty AF. Love it!

[@jeremyhodges6957]

The version with your shoes on was better. Ha ha

[@tylermoore5659]

You should make one for tenors, I just found some old pearl tenors I wanna make right again!!

[@xanderkilgore4814]

Is that grey I see in your beard Eric?

[@NkProdTV]

10:37 from the lil preview screen in FCPX, that Mapex snare gon look hella sick

[@CasondraM]

Loved the video and editing! I'm sure you'll get plenty of use from these drums and it'll be completely worth the effort! I'm looking forward to more videos~!

[@kumarvlogs837]

This guy is awesome 😂 love to relate in marching

[@Shortround8apieSkitsandMore]

Hey emc I have a question. How much of the muffling strips do you suggest putting in the heads for outdoor playing?

[@BudderBoyz]

10:37 lol we can see the snare drum in your editing window

[@drumcorps0junkie]

I also have 5 2005 Carbonply bass drums and 1 set of quints from the Santa Clara Vanguard when Jeff Fiedler was CEO back in 2011. I wish we could meet up and drum together.

[@samuelharmoko250]

Our drums were from like 1991 until we upgraded to Mapex this year. Except for me who was lucky in 2023 indoor to get the 2016 tenors since the set before it weren’t round anymore

[@thIDthIRreenactor]

EMC, my school has early 2000s Yamaha field customs, and our snares like to de tune a lot (once snares are set after a few weeks the snare will deepen and turn into a tom sound) is it the tightness of our heads or are the drums just getting old

[@tomschliszka2788]

Video 2 of commenting until Eric creates a drum kit/ percussion set entirety from glass. (Yes, that includes the heads)

[@georgeprice4212]

Episode 235: Rebuilding Keith Moon’s Blown up Pictures Of Lily Premier drum kit. Can it be done or is it dead? 😂

[@glitzelph7050]

Your editing and camera skills have majorly improved over these past couple years, keep up the good work!

[@dareyes3366]

Man these look EXACTLY like they might be our old set from 2008 Blue Knights!!!

[@ferretyluv]

I noticed the repaired drums sounded slightly more… drummier? Sorry, I don’t play percussion (unless you count when I was a kid and learned piano). I’m here for the memes and lore.

[@thomassmith1352]

Our highschool uses mapex drums and ngl the basses are good but the snares lacked durability and quality.

[@ruskrevolver]

Hi Eric I wanted to buy a tenor drum.I found one from gutiar center for 370$.Can yo it’s me a look at them to see if it’s legit or not.I want to play jig 2:D

[@spanckey3306]

Hello! I am the center quad at the University of Toledo and I’m reaching out to you because I’m looking for someone to write a tenor solo. If you’d be interested please reach out to me! Id be willing to compensate you also!

[@Crispy_22]

Nice beard m'dude

[@zakkasian]

Video #2 of commenting until EMC makes a set of Quints with just Snares.

[@Mnoutlaw_fishing]

Could I use fishing reel grease instead of lithium grease I clean fishing reels and have some reel grease and would rather use that then buy more stuff and only use once or twice a

[@broken_sticks1880]

Video number 2 of commenting of every single that emc does until he does this idea you should make a marching snare practice pad with a real drum head and add a snare sound to give it some realism

[@MaskTheTruth1111]

I like your Package.... Especially the Zildjian A’s

[@davidbruner2695]

Favorite bass drum cadence....next to Cavalier's IOWA.

[@016_]

0:12, I'm tryna figure out how to make that BEARD GO AWAY 😂

[@octane_dv7056]

Day 1 of getting Eric to transcribe &/or play Miles Kenobbie’s 2017 I&E solo Carbon Fiber

[@frankspikes7858]

Hey Eric cool video. My brother has that same lineup of bass drums. Pearl carbonply.

[@leshaunx]

good morning, thank you for showing us your big package and how to properly use lube.

[@gavin_gillespie]

Video 2 of commenting until EMC releases the full Otama Spiritual show

[@Farmersviledrummers]

My school has these 3 extra marching snares me an my friends asked are Director if we could take them home he said yes they got two nice ones and I got the 37 year old one that has a hole in the bottom head

[@isaacwade6062]

I opened this video and said eww. Joking ofc. His beard just threw me off. Looks nice.

[@Balloraaaaaa]

And I quote from our drum expert... "lube makes everything better"

[@endrawes0]

I think the beard is good, but you should clean it up a bit. You would look very handsome with a clean beard 😍

[@325bpm6]

is it ok if i use wd-40 instead of white lithium grease for lubing up the tension rods? its all i have and idk where you can get white lithium grease

[@radicaliti4181]

EMC: Have a good morning Me who is watching this at 12:23AM:

[@elliusagi]

After one week binge watching, Subbed. I want to come to clean that yard 😂

[@bitinggoat6873]

Oh no the beard its growing eventually Eric won't be living it will just be beard

[@edanrussell5656]

Correct me if I’m wrong but U believe they took the feet stoppers and put them on the top of the stands.

[@EvanAintDead]

Evans makes the best drumheads and it's definitely not because my name is Evan...

[@julianperez5830]

i redid my bass one head and it hasn’t been changed since 2019 and all the mufflers were off

[@danielbutcher5836]

Perhaps trying to get a 32" sound from a 28" #5 was the issue.

[@sodium619]

rip white boy smooth background cadence ;-;

[@Jamessamuell360]

Hey guess you think I'm gona spoil it persuades to leave it under covered at 10:36 in the vid

[@familyengineering5591]

My friend in the navy had to destroy all the decommissioned marching drums and gear

[@ianrose6514]

One of the rims on the bass 1 at my school and is just taped back together

[@jasonswayden9802]

you can use Ospho for rust. I use it on car part rust. May work good on drum hardware

[@Reksrat]

Lithium grease is just forbidden Mayo.