How to Make Custom Drums

Learning how to build your custom drum set has never been eaiser.

Entries for January, 2010

Drum Building 101 | What will my drums sound like? (mp3s)

I have received a couple of emails from people that are skeptical about the sound quality of a drum set that they build. I know that this is only my opinion, but I believe that if you follow my steps laid out in the book, (especially when it comes to outsourcing woodwork) you can build [...]

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Drum Building 101 – How much time and money will I need to invest?

I recently received an email asking how long it would take and how much it would cost to build a 5 piece drum set. Thanks for the question George, hopefully this answers it!
The very first drum set I ever built was this:

A 3 piece drum set (10” tom, 14” tom, and a 20” kick drum) [...]

Drum Building 101 – How to Wrap a Drum Shell Part 1

Using a wrap to finish your drum is a great way to get an outstanding finish in very little time. If you are wrapping multiple drums you should find out if your wrap supplier has specific configurations already cut to size for your drums, if not you’ll need to calculate how much wrap you will [...]