Custom Drum Making Name: Justin Where do you live? Philadelphia, Pa Drum Sizes Snare Drum – 14×8, Bass Drum – 26×16, Floor Tom – 16×16, Rack Tom – 13×8 What type of shells did you use? All shells are 8 ply Keller VSS Maple with reinforcement rings on the snare drum. What type of drum hardware did you use? All …
Bass Player – Turned Drummer Builds His 1st Custom Drum Set
Building a Custom Drum For The First Time This is a guest post from John A. Ledingham, PhD. He and his new custom drum set reside in Columbus, Ohio. I started out not as a drummer, but as a bass player in my hometown of Springfield, Ohio. One Thursday afternoon, the leader of a group I was playing bass with …
Bart’s First Custom Drum Set Build
I just got this email from a friend in Hungary and wanted to share his experience with you! Bart’s first drum set is a beauty: Bart did an incredible job on building his very first custom drum set. Great job Bart! Below is an email conversation/interview that I had with Bart. He has lots of great drum building tips so …
What does “100% Maple” Drum Shell really mean?
Maple Drum Shells The other day I was looking around Guitar Center for some inspiration and ideas for a new kit I’m about to start building and happened upon a drum set that advertised 100% maple shells. The thing that struck me funny is that the drum set was only $599 for a complete drum set with mounting hardware (kick …
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“