my dums very old but im proud

[Vipercussionist]

Originally Posted by notfuzzi

Just change the slash and it'll work

www.myspace.com/claimetal

Funny, I TRIED that!!

Heck, I must have messed the link UP instead!!
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Leo,

WOW!! All I can say is AWESOME!!!

I'm glad after HEARING you, you are a GOOD player and not just someone fooling around!!

May you have BIG success with the band and big success as a drummer.

Maybe someday you'll have your OWN page here on Drummerworld!!

Keep Kickin' IT!!!

Mike

[leo_battery]

Originally Posted by Vipercussionist

Funny, I TRIED that!!

Heck, I must have messed the link UP instead!!
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Leo,

WOW!! All I can say is AWESOME!!!

I'm glad after HEARING you, you are a GOOD player and not just someone fooling around!!

May you have BIG success with the band and big success as a drummer.

Maybe someday you'll have your OWN page here on Drummerworld!!

Keep Kickin' IT!!!

Mike

Hello bro , im very glad to hear your words ,i feel very proud to hear all good comments from a lot of friends here , i hope someday to be someone here, with my band of course.I would like to put some video but here the internets is very slow and doesn't allow me to put files.
Thank you very much for your words.

[leo_battery]

Hello to al friends over there .First thanks to all of you for doing this , i never get tired to thank you .Maybe if someone in this thread is from Canada they know ViC VoGEL , he a famous composer and jazz musician and has came many times to Cuba.He has experience to bring packages with musical instruments to Cuba.He has made some donations to Music Conservatory here In my city.Im sure he now how to do the donations so maybe someone know how to reach him.I have his facebook profile , here is http://www.facebook.com/pages/Vic-Vogel/20920389274

[Evil Six]

Great thread. If someone can make an older basic kit sound superb then i think it is even more of a credit to them as a great drummer.

[mzinz]

Hi Leo -
I'm new to this thread. Sounds like everything is really working out for you, so congratulations!

PS: Your English has gotten VERY good!

[BassDriver]

You seem to have done a good job, reminds me of my drum teacher. When he lived in Poland as a young boy he had a crappy drum set, he went to Germany to get a top notch Sonor drum kit and had to shipped to Australia. One time he came to a drum lesson with a double pedal that was like two different double bass pedals put together, very resourceful, he uses all kinds of DIY solutions for his drum kit (should be called drum city, crowded with second hand parts).

Just a question: How did you construct that double pedal?

[leo_battery]

Originally Posted by BassDriver

Just a question: How did you construct that double pedal?

Hello friend first thank you for all your words, answering to your question this was really along process. I started to take all the original measurements of a Yamaha but I don’t remember the model , i received the help of a friend who is architect, he knows very well how to do technical drawings and that help me a lot , also i downloaded from internet a lot of patents who describe parts of the drum pedal but no measurements, just the parts , so when all the work was done i started to find who can do all this work .It was really difficult to find this person but it , my pedals was build in 2003 I mean is really used , they were made from a material that calls calamine , it’s a really handy material for made castings , so after finding all the materials and the bearings , the man how do the work started to make the molds to the pedals parts. After doing the entire forge, including the 2 pedal footboards, started a process of polish the parts because the molds was not doing very precise shape. The original pedals was chain drive but I made it with a belt drive because was easier to find it , the springs was taken and I have to use a lot because it breaks often) from a bicycle seat . All of this took about 2 months , but later I faced some problems with it , like the springs , the footboards , some parts of the structure of the pedal , those parts are broken ,with cracks that later I will ask for a camera and post some pictures of it , I think that is because the material .I already have to solder the price who attach the pedal to the bass drum because was broken on last September , although these pats are broken the pedal is still functioning , its not like original one but I tried very hard to play with it and I feel satisfied with my work , but no really with my pedal , I mean I have played with pearl doubles and its amazing!!!!!!.... I think if I can do my stuff with my hand made pedals I can feel much better with original ones. I hope that this answer your question , if you have any doubt just write me .

[keep it simple]

Appeal for some gear to go to Leo now open. For details, please see the dedicated thread in general discussion. Please get involved if you can, Kis.

[Spinozalove]

This thread is inspiring on so many levels. On this forum I have learnt so much about playing the drums, but this thread teaches something about life. Thank you for sharing this with us.

[wy yung]

Originally Posted by leo_battery

For all who has post something about my drums im very happy becouse of your opinion ,in the first time that i put my pictures i was shy becouse all of you have a really great drumkits and if we compare with mine of course, that all of you are most lucky than me ,but what it make me to work hard is your opinion ,and from the bottom of my heart thank to all of you I dream that one day i will play in a real drumkit and good pedals, but really thank for all

Mate, it's not the drums, it's the drummer.

"I am the instrument."
Art Blakey.