dkerwood
Silver Member
Let the pictures ensue.
Cymbals L to R: Sabian HH 16" Orchestral Suspended, A Custom 10" splash, Avedis 14" New Beat hats, A Custom 17" Fast Crash, Avedis 18" Medium Crash (with crotale mounted on top), K Custom 18" Dark Crash, A Custom 16" Crash, Avedis 20" Medium Ride, Sabian AAX 18" China, K Custom 18" Flat Ride
Drums: Ludwig 13" piccolo snare, Tama Starclassic 14x7 brass snare, GMS CL series shells (born 11/98)
I included a picture of the beautiful K Custom I got in the deal.
As you can see, I'm still trying to figure out the right heads for this kit. The coated Ambassador sounds SO much better than the Evans clear 2-ply, even if I had to harvest it off of my old kit. I don't own almost any 10" heads, though, so that one will have to wait (I've got a spare 12" Ambassador I could throw on, but that would look really odd to me).
I got a Paiste Sound Formula ride in the deal, but it doesn't compare to my Avedis Medium Ride. As you can see, I'm already running 2 rides, so I don't need another. I also got a Zil-Bel, a crotale (you can see it mounted above my 18" Avedis crash), a cracked HHX Manhattan crash (shame, because it sounds gorgeous), and a cracked Zildjian China Low. The cracked cymbals will go out to a 6th grader who's trying to outfit his first kit. I'll probably sell the Zil-Bel.
The kit came with an Iron Cobra double pedal, which I hate, and a Pearl kick pedal, which I find decent. I'll probably be shopping for a DW 5000 or 9000 single pedal, depending on how much I can get out of the IC.
FWIW, I do have one more crash that I can't yet mount because I ran out of stands. Not exactly sure where I'd put it, anyway... Until this weekend, I rarely ran more than 2 crashes, so this is totally new for me. I can comfortably get to everything, and actually USE all of those crashes (which surprised me).
Oh, and I also got a Pearl Icon rack in the deal- something which I'm totally abandoning and will sell first chance I get. After all, with all these stands (most of which came with the kit), why mess with the rack?
Anyway, I'm still tweaking, but it's sounding VERY good already. I'm extremely pleased.
Cymbals L to R: Sabian HH 16" Orchestral Suspended, A Custom 10" splash, Avedis 14" New Beat hats, A Custom 17" Fast Crash, Avedis 18" Medium Crash (with crotale mounted on top), K Custom 18" Dark Crash, A Custom 16" Crash, Avedis 20" Medium Ride, Sabian AAX 18" China, K Custom 18" Flat Ride
Drums: Ludwig 13" piccolo snare, Tama Starclassic 14x7 brass snare, GMS CL series shells (born 11/98)
I included a picture of the beautiful K Custom I got in the deal.
As you can see, I'm still trying to figure out the right heads for this kit. The coated Ambassador sounds SO much better than the Evans clear 2-ply, even if I had to harvest it off of my old kit. I don't own almost any 10" heads, though, so that one will have to wait (I've got a spare 12" Ambassador I could throw on, but that would look really odd to me).
I got a Paiste Sound Formula ride in the deal, but it doesn't compare to my Avedis Medium Ride. As you can see, I'm already running 2 rides, so I don't need another. I also got a Zil-Bel, a crotale (you can see it mounted above my 18" Avedis crash), a cracked HHX Manhattan crash (shame, because it sounds gorgeous), and a cracked Zildjian China Low. The cracked cymbals will go out to a 6th grader who's trying to outfit his first kit. I'll probably sell the Zil-Bel.
The kit came with an Iron Cobra double pedal, which I hate, and a Pearl kick pedal, which I find decent. I'll probably be shopping for a DW 5000 or 9000 single pedal, depending on how much I can get out of the IC.
FWIW, I do have one more crash that I can't yet mount because I ran out of stands. Not exactly sure where I'd put it, anyway... Until this weekend, I rarely ran more than 2 crashes, so this is totally new for me. I can comfortably get to everything, and actually USE all of those crashes (which surprised me).
Oh, and I also got a Pearl Icon rack in the deal- something which I'm totally abandoning and will sell first chance I get. After all, with all these stands (most of which came with the kit), why mess with the rack?
Anyway, I'm still tweaking, but it's sounding VERY good already. I'm extremely pleased.