Drum Restoration This is a guest post by Jon Lee of MNI Drumworks in Austin, TX. In the fall of 1993 my parents gave in. The past 18 years had been a torturous, ear bleeding ordeal for both my Father and beautiful Mother. I had slapped, hit, tapped, knocked, kicked, and played EVERYTHING in every house that we had ever …
Classic Custom Drums by Brian Roberts
Starting a Custom Drum Company I’ve been chatting with Brian Roberts who has recently sent me some amazing pictures of the drums that he has built with the help of the eBook. I hope to post an interview with Brian soon to find out more about these amazing classic custom drums that he has set out to make a company …
Drum Building Tools for the Advanced Drum Builder
Here is the 2nd part to the “Drum Building Tools” series. In this post I briefly discuss some of the drum building tools and supplies that you might want to get your hands on if you plan on building drums more often than just once. Again if you only want to build a snare, or even a full kit, but you don’t want to invest in buying tools, refer to this blog post to learn about building drums with only a screwdriver.
Drum Building Tools for the Beginning Drum Builder
What Tools Do I Need To Build Drums? It seems like I’ve gotten more emails than usual from people interested in building custom drums that just want to know what tools they will need to start building drums. To answer this question I will be writing a 2 part blog post. The first post will list and discuss the bare …
Jeremy’s Custom Snare Drum Pictures
I just got another email from a customer in San Angelo. I love getting these emails and sharing them all of my readers! I hope that these pictures and stories from other drum builders will help you realize that you can build drums! “Hi there! My name is Jeremy. I’m from San Angelo, TX. I just recently completed my first …
Esteban’s 1st Custom Snare Drum Build
Just got these awesome pictures in from Esteban in Ventura, CA! This is what he said “First off I wanted to thank you for putting out your e-Book, it was a huge help. I wouldn’t have even got into drum building without the e-Book. I just finished my first build yesterday, I built a 6.5″x14″ 10ply Maple snare. It was …
I’m Giving Away 5 Copies of My Ebook!
Twitter users, “tis better to give than receive”, so I’m running a Twitter-only contest where you (and 4 other lucky twitter users) can win a copy of “How to Make Custom Drums”. All you have to do is click the link and retweet this message! The 10th, 21st, 23rd, 38th and 40th retweet get a free copy of the book! …
Learn From My Mistake!
Take your time when doing anything that becomes monotonous or else you will end up doing something that you will regret! For example double check all of the cuts you make, all of the holes you drill, and don’t try to cut corners when staining your drums. I thought I could be careful with my stain, therefore I chose not …
Interview with Pete Yaskovik on Building Drums
Pete emailed me the other day with these pictures. I loved what I saw and asked him to be interview for the podcast. Listen below!MDP 003 – Interview with Drum Builder Pete Yaskovik Mentioned in this podcast: MinWax PolyShades Carnuba Wax NuFinish Scratch Doctor Roland V-Drums Spring Loaded floor tom legs
Interview with Custom Drum Builder Troy Townsley
MDP 002 – Interview with Drum Builder Troy Townsley
Had a great interview with Troy Townsley. He had some great insight for drummers looking to get sponsored by a custom drum company since he has been sponsored by some great drum companies as well as some great insight into his building process.
Mentioned in this Podcast:
* Advent Custom Drums
* Risen Custom Drums
* Truth Custom Drums
* SJC Custom Drums
* A tip for potential drum builders that don’t own any tools
Check out the drum set that Troy Just got done building: