The picture at the top of the last post is not my set. That is just a picture I snatched so you can see what I'm talking about when I say "cocktail drumset".
Last night I stripped my spare tom toms down to the wood in prep for new hardware and wrap. One of these originally came with my standard drumset. That is a 1970 Pearl wood/fiberglass. The other is one I added later and it is amazing to see the decline in quality over ten years. Anyway, they are both very usable, but I will have to recover them. I was hoping to do a natural stain, but the surface of the wood is not good and there are holes to fill.
At this moment I am planning to reduce the depth of these shells (I did the math: a 36% reduction in each). I came up with that because I want them to stay proportional to their widths and to each other. I am considering leaving the bottom heads off to save money on hardware and so they will nest inside each other for easier transport. I'd like to get this all in one case.
The other shells and pedal are being shipped so in the meantime I'm planning on finishing the prep on these shells: plugging unnecessary holes and cutting them down. One of these will become the snare.
I went to a local music store that has a few boxes of parts behind the counter yesterday, but I couldn't find anything I need. I'm trying to do this "on the cheap" so if I can find anything used, in good condition and where no shipping charges are involved, then that's what I'll use. Right now I'm looking for floor tom legs and mounts. I think I'll need at least seven, three for the legs and two each for the tom and snare. I may need two more to mount cymbals and percussion, I'm still trying to figure out how to do that.
I'll try to get some pictures taken this weekend and include them in my next post.
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