Captain Bash
Silver Member
A story which may resonate with some.
So last night I turn up to rehearse with a newly formed heavy blues soul band. The band leader asked me to just bring breakables to save on tear down setup time - fair enough. So after a 20 minute drive across town I am greeted with the dubious in house kit, a horrible Trak 4 piece from about 1987 ? The kit has seen some serious mileage and abuse, luckily the kick has a evans 4 head with a felt strip. I fit my kick pedal and give it whirl, wow the kick sounds greeeeeeat, as good as my 22 MCAN. At break time I take the same Trak kick out to a different room and play the same drum..... What I am greeted with is the sound of a totally flat awful cardboard box. So it's the room not the drum. I also took my brass Keplinger snare and it sounded ok but not it's usual mellow crunchy aggressive self but switched this out for a small Pearl Omar Hakim snare and this little 13" thing sounded very full.
Lesson learnt drum rooms make a huge difference to sound, sometimes more than the drums themselves.
So last night I turn up to rehearse with a newly formed heavy blues soul band. The band leader asked me to just bring breakables to save on tear down setup time - fair enough. So after a 20 minute drive across town I am greeted with the dubious in house kit, a horrible Trak 4 piece from about 1987 ? The kit has seen some serious mileage and abuse, luckily the kick has a evans 4 head with a felt strip. I fit my kick pedal and give it whirl, wow the kick sounds greeeeeeat, as good as my 22 MCAN. At break time I take the same Trak kick out to a different room and play the same drum..... What I am greeted with is the sound of a totally flat awful cardboard box. So it's the room not the drum. I also took my brass Keplinger snare and it sounded ok but not it's usual mellow crunchy aggressive self but switched this out for a small Pearl Omar Hakim snare and this little 13" thing sounded very full.
Lesson learnt drum rooms make a huge difference to sound, sometimes more than the drums themselves.