Making A Custom Snare Drum I just got these pictures in from Ryan in Lubbock, TX! Ryan cut his own bearing edges, marked his own lug layout, drilled for hardware, cut his own snare bed and put a clear satin finish on his drum – and he was able to do most of this from his apartment! Looks great Ryan! …
How to Prevent Your Drums From Slipping Out of Tune
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 back up after a couple of songs because usually the lug nearest to where I hit my rim …
Greg’s first attempt at drum building
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: Check out what Greg had to say: “Philip’s Ebook on how to make custom drums was instrumental in …
Makedrums.com | How To Make Custom Drums
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 to Make Custom Drums“
Drum Building 101 – The Pros and Cons of Tube Lugs
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 durable. There is however some characteristics about tube lugs that could make them difficult to work with …
Mozambique Drum Lesson
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 drum set that I built! You can learn how to build your own custom drum set! For some free tips …
Great Drum Tuning Article
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 have great sounding drums in no time. Check it out the full article here – http://www.drummingweb.com/tuning.htm Here is a very …
DRUMMERS: How to Get More Gigs
How to Get More Drum Gigs I just wanted to share something that I think could be pretty cool for all you drummers out there trying to figure out how to get more gigs. Learn How to Write Drum Charts I’ve been drumming professionally for about 10 years and for about the last 5 I’ve been using a charting technique …
New Drum Beats FOR YOU!
This past week I had a little bit of down time to make some drum videos. I’ve always been fascinated with Afro-Cuban and latin music, so I wanted to share a little bit of my passion with you. I’m no authentic Cuban drummer, but I try to fake it every now and then. I hope you like these drum videos! …
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