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Drum Building 101/February 19, 2010
Tension Rod Slip Do you have problems with your tension rods detuning themselves as you play a gig? I know that I dealt with this for a very long time myself. I would sometimes find myself trying to tune my snare drum ba
Drums/February 11, 2010
1st Custom Snare Drum Build This was sent in from Greg Doucette from Canada! That is a great looking drum Greg! This is a Stave snare drum 4.25″ x 14″ 10 lug. Maple with Padauk accent. Greg’s Drum Building Experience: Ch
General Updates/February 3, 2010
How to Order “How to Make Custom Drums” If you want to buy “How to Make Custom Drums” but don’t have a Paypal account you can use your credit card or bank account to pay for it. Paypal still takes care of it, and I have
Drum Building 101/January 20, 2010
Custom Drum Set Sound Quality 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
Drum Building 101/January 12, 2010
How long much time and money will it take to build a 5 piece drum set? The short answer is that I built my first kit for less than $950 in about two weeks
Drum Building 101/January 5, 2010
How to Wrap a Drum Shell 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 configu
Drum Building Resources/December 15, 2009
This video shows many of pictures that are included in the book “How to Make Custom Drums” – Over 100 color pictures that visually explain drum building processes! Learn how to build your own custom drums by reading “How
Drum Building 101/December 9, 2009
Using Tube Lugs on Your Drums Tube lugs seem to be the lug of choice for most “custom” drum companies and for good reasons – they look great on any drum and are usually made out of solid brass which makes them very durab
Drummer resources/December 4, 2009
Here is a really cool pattern that helps you build 4-way independence around the drum set! Steve Gadd made this beat famous and I highly recommend watching his video too. In this video I am playing my very own custom dru
Drum Building Resources/December 3, 2009
I recently came across a great article about drum tuning technique that I wanted to share. This is a very in-depth explanation of some of the techniques I use to tune my own drums. If you follow Tomas’s directions you’ll
