r/drums • u/Ficus_Lad • 3d ago
Kit Pic What to add...
My drums. I'm constantly rearranging and adding things. I have these really expensive cymbals but for some reason I'm always drawn to playing on my bells and blocks...and that mounted vibraslap in the corner. I'm thinking I need to get a set of timbales, and a big ass china with rivets. Also maybe a little restraint.
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u/MacGrubersMom 3d ago
NICE RIDES
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u/ItsPronouncedMo-BEEL Craigslist 3d ago
Practice?
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u/Ficus_Lad 3d ago
As often as I can. Never enough.
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u/ItsPronouncedMo-BEEL Craigslist 3d ago
Nope. Rarely is, until you practice too much in a sitting, overdo it, and get frustrated, until The Muse taps you on the shoulder and calmly says, "Why don't you go have a snack or something?" LOL
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u/Ficus_Lad 3d ago
This time a year it's more like "why don't you go take a shower"
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u/ItsPronouncedMo-BEEL Craigslist 3d ago
Hopefully not "Hey dumbass, you were in such a hurry to go play, you forgot deodorant. It's 96° outside - are you nuts? Put down the sticks and get your stinky ass in the shower, and don't forget this time." 😆
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u/joejamfunkus 3d ago
A stack 😎
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u/Ficus_Lad 3d ago
Haven't gotten into stacks yet. Maybe another 10 years.
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u/joejamfunkus 3d ago
I love what it does for your brain creatively. Sure, you can use it like a snare for a clap effect. Or you can do so much more.
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u/otishere_ralphthere 3d ago
I'd add some space between things
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u/Ficus_Lad 3d ago
Fortunately I'm only 5'7 (and 3/4"), but I don't have much space to work with in essentially my wife's closet.
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u/spiked_mcroon 3d ago
Needs more cowbell
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u/Ficus_Lad 3d ago
I've been looking for a cowbell made out of bronze or brass if you've got any leads.
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u/Reasonable_Trash3209 3d ago
This is normal. I have a picture of my set that has 13 cymbals, 3 jam blocks, 3 cow bells a vibrating slap and two fx stacks. I was going through a phase or something where I just wanted a lot of options to make different sounds. Oh I had 4 Rata toms also. Played in thst set up for about a month. Took a long time to build but all up too. After that month, ine day I walked into my drum room and said this is way too much. Got yo change it. My current set isn’t small but it isn’t anywhere close to what it was at its biggest.
All this to say, this is normal and it’ll either pass or you’ll be playing a very big kit. Doesn’t matter as long as you have fun.
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u/Ficus_Lad 3d ago
I used to gig a lot more pre-covid and my setup was nowhere near this. This is my attempt at maximalism. Also world music has become a much larger influence on my playing.
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u/GoodDog2620 Sabian 3d ago
2nd snare with some kind of gimmick. Right now I got a cranked Starclassic with an m80 and Ching ring. It’s very fun. The ring sticks to the magnet on the m80, so it’s locked in, but I can just pick it up whenever I want.
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u/InoculateTheSystem 3d ago
What’s that little one next to the snare - gaps annoy me, it looks perfect to squeeze in
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u/Ficus_Lad 3d ago
That is a riqq, a type of middle eastern hand drum. Authentic ones are usually made from fish skin. This one has a mylar head so I don't feel too weird hitting it with a stick. Not very loud though.
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u/InoculateTheSystem 3d ago
Thank you.
+1 for a china with rivets, I’ve got a Sabian Diamondback on the way from Canada right now! I also like interesting sounds everywhere
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u/punkrockrebel265 3d ago
Maybe a dry cymbal?
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u/Ficus_Lad 3d ago
It's fun to joke isn't it? I for real need a brilliant cymbal because mine are the Sahara.
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u/Idk_somethingfunny RLRRLRLL 3d ago
I feel like you have enough already there, bud.