DIY Hot Rod Drum Sticks
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- Heres my take on making some "hot rod" style sticks. You could use tape, but heat shrink gives it that professional look.
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That jam session you did to test out the sticks was amazing.
*Hands down best drum channel on youtube ever.. Nobody will ever beat it!*
One good thing about living in Arizona is, when i need a heat-gun i can just leave things outside for a couple hours instead.
Han Solo, try living in Australia...
FrostedJr I live in Bullhead City Arizona, the third hottest place in the entire world. No joke. Actually record temperatures are higher than death valley. It's hit 136 degrees here. So, try living in Bullhead City.
FrostedJr Sounds like i'm bull shitting you since the record temperatures aren't accurate because it a micropolitian area but i'm really not. Lmfao the hottest it's ever gotten anywhere in Australia is 114. BHC has over 110+ degrees for about 4 months of the year.
Lol
Florida
That beat was sick nasty! Stay MOIST!
make a home made practice pad!!!!!!!!!!
I AGREE! I'm sure rDavidr can make a sick practice pad in that shop! +1 for that idea
I think I late, but use ur mouse pad. It would be great practice pad
@@tak1ngoverim early
i think the ones you made are called thunder rods if i remember right. there is three. there is the lighting rods (really light weight), hot rods (the original), and thunder rods (the heavy). But its still really cool. im going to try and make me some. Thanks for sharing man. :)
There are also cool rods and rocket rods but they discontinued the rocket rods
4:27 when that fill hits you in the feels
😫
The grooves at the end when you were testing the sticks sounded really neat !
Awesome sound. Crisp and dark at the same time. I like that hihat skitter you're getting. I lashed mine together with elastic bands. My first pair was made from 4 extra long chopsticks for each rod. I was surprised at how good they sounded.
the first beat was so lovely!👌
+Espen Aldegarmann thanks!
Agreed. It is the best beat I've heard on your channel.
rdavidr can u make a tutorial on that first beat
rdavidr I would love to see a tutorial on that beat, and I am very inspired by your channel! I guess you could say I'm a beginner drummer and I've been playing for about a year now but I haven't gotten any recordings and such yet, but I got a sonor for 200 dollars and I've just been working on it wth your drum hacks and it sounds killer! But I just wanted to thank you for inspiring me to start playing drums, thank you for what you do!
Love those homemade hotrods!
And I love your stick work on
the hats at 3:48 onward, that gave
me some ideas for new songs
that my band is writing, cos I
get tired of playing simple
hihat 4/4 Rock at that tempo.
So I need to variate my stick
work on the hihats.
Awesome video, thanks! 🤘
damn, i'm here pretty late and im probably not making these sticks but that riff at the end is so sick dude, have been playing it for the past week and i finally perfected it, tons of fun . good stuff keep it up man
Hey Dave just wanted to let you know that I listened to your beats on soundcloud... your work makes me feel a little better about Nujabes' passing away a few years ago. Great grooves and sample rep.
You´re amazing. Love the content. Nice editing. Great drumming. You deserve way more subscribers. Greets from austria.
I love watching you videos even you posted this 6 years ago!
Nice. I never thought about creating my own dowel rods. It looks pretty simple, and they sound great!
Make a pair out of spaghetti.
SOMEBODY TOUCHA MEH SPAGETT
They'd keep falling out of your pocket.
This is not fair! David can make anything sound good!
some of my favorite drumming yet! sounds like so much fun! if you get sick of the white heat shrink, I would try using plasti-dip. comes in a few colors.
Great job! They sound really good and I love to DIY stuff, too. I did almost exactly the same thing as you did starting a couple of years ago- just got tired of paying for new HotRod sticks! Love the vids, subbed to your channel. Keep up the great work, thanks!
Your channel is the only one I watch regularly😂😂😂 Love your work!! Every video is great!!
Those are pretty cool, they have a unique sound that i really like.
some of my favorite drumming from you is right here in this video my man.
That beat on the drums is amazing love it and the rod sound amazing as well.
Sounds pretty good. Nice attack and fullness for rod. Reminds me of a DJ Shadow track when you were playing there
Oh man - that's such a great idea! I've always been put off by the price of these sticks. Never occurred to me to make them. Sounded great! Thanks for the video :)
+Toolify Thanks for watching!
+Toolify I didn´t even knew, you were playing drums. Awesome!
Very nice! I did the poplar dowels once many years ago, and your thoughts were correct. They lasted about 5 minutes they were so soft!
Loved the cool beats at the end too, very tasty jams!
I make mine as well. I also got 1/8" heat shrink tubing for 1/8" dowels on original rods. It's a bit pricy, but the durability factor is thru the roof. They are slightly quiter, with an excellent grip factor.
Like a chewy tootsi roll. Lasts a long time.
David the beats in this video were amazing man keep it up
Wow! Your homemade dowel sticks sound incredible on your Tama set! Bravo!
That's cool and probably performs comparably to the real deal. I myself opted for a cheap pack of bamboo grilling skewers, a few rubberbands, and some tape. Assuming you can find the tape and rubberbands, that's like $1.47.
RVA!! Awesome to see that you're so local to me!!!
The softer woods from Lowes or Home Depot will work okay. You will likely be using them for softer styles of music and settings anyway. Eventually they will break down. You'll also get individual dowels caught in your hi-hat. And individual dowels will come loose and begin easing their way out of the bundle. That's when you just go buy some commercial bundles. :)
Holy crap David, that groove tho. 😲
Damn dave seen half ur vids and never seen u shred this hard!
the beat you played was much more energetic and interesting than a lot of the beats you play
These rods sound amazing. That groove was fire BTW.
Ohh! Is that a SM7 on the snare?
+Make Something Yessir! Super versatile mic
Its mad that ever since this was uploaded ive kept coming back to this over the years cause i prefer rods over sticks and wanna save money
Do those edgy edges hurt the heads a bit? Would sanding them to be a little bit rounder be at all desirable? thanks
Also, wicked playing in the end there, really digging that, especially that one kind of shuffled slow fill into the crash on the snare hit. That was dope as hell.
Using his play style it wont matter.
He's got great strength control in
his playing styles, even when he's
playing punk/metal beats in some
of his other videos.
So, in his perspective, it's okay to
leave the rod ends as they are
as long as you don't pound your
drums into the pavement you'll
be alright.
If you'd like to sand the edges
rounded smooth, that is fine also.
It would help to lessen edge-dents
on the batter heads.
As for what heads to play these
dowels on, I think they sound better
on coated batter heads for folk
and soft jam band music.
But, that's a matter of personal
preference whichever heads
you'd like to play these dowels on.
Sound very nice, well done David!
I just started making drumsticks in my wood shop class rosewood is really good for making sticks
Might have to do these! The beefier dowels have a better cymbal tone and arent quite as clicky... 🤘🏻
Dude im a guitarrist but i love your videos! Im a diy guy myself!
Brahhhhhhhh those beats at the end had me dancing✨🤍🍍🎶
I made a small and a medium pair using bamboo dowels. I'm not sure how well they will hold up because I have not used them much yet, but I like them.
Impressive Beat!! With awesome fills
You're playing at the end of this was pretty sick this time! Love your patterns, nice job. Keep making videos, love watching!
love the sounds of the cymbals👌
I tried this and they turned out amazing
That was my favorite beat you've played
sick demo at the end there
I really like that drum beat!
Your demo rhythms are always so damn natty. Love it!
Excellent idea!! I might have to try this!
That was a dirty groove, i loved it!
That first beat holy moly!!!!!!!!
Your drumming has improved greatly dude!!
they sound amazing
rdavidr, great vids,I have just removed the end cap and heat shrink from some Cool Rods and removed the hot glue, really simple ,to reveal nice new dowels, just need some heat shrink now for the damaged ends,the only bad news is I can't find the the other stick!...
Sexy backing track!
I've made them similar to this before... It works really well and makes them a lot tougher if you just use one piece of heat shrink that stretches almost the whole length of the dowels. Something to try...
You can use plastic caps on the ends (used on the end of metal tubes for table legs etc) to finish them off a little better and a slight sanding on the hitting edges helps protect your drum heads
Do you know where I could find these? Like what do I search on Amazon or something to get something like that?
@@the_dwt On e-bay theyre sold as 'chair leg cap floor protectors'. Im in Australia - I get them from Bunnings. In US Home Depot or any large hardware chain store should have them in packs of 4 - pretty cheap. Also I make my rods with thinner dowels. I find the specs in vid a bit too heavy and chunky
You've grown into a very good drummer!
I have a pair of Vic Firth Rute 606, but I'm planning on making my own as backups for future cocktail gigs (I don't wanna pay 35$ CAD everytime...). I'll try both 1/4" and 1/8" and see what sounds best!
Those wooden rods you get in some blinds are great if you want slightly lighter sticks
Just found out you're from Richmond. DMV represeeeeennnntttttt!!!
Bro your videos are relaxing and fun...
Haha! I love them! 😄
Nicely done, mate! That sounds very good. :)
I made them...long time ago, and they sound great...!!!
Those surprisingly sound really good. Could've fooled me if you said you bought those at a drum shop.
Great video. Suggestion / try using different size/ types of sticks. And wire brushes as well as the various rods. It will keep you on your toes + help with assorted playing situations. It might be a small room or low volume gig. Be flex able + adaptable to the room acoustics. Best Wishes to all
Awesome! They sound great too!
+RetroWeld Thanks man!
What if you tried rounding off all the tips on the rods before you connected them? Just a thought. Awesome job though.
The sticks sounds good
Nice! I bet if you bought in bulk and made a whole bunch at once, you could save some nice dough.. Plus like others have posted you can experiment and make some cool stuff! It's like what Glenn Kotche, Jay Bellerose, and Jim Keltner do. Anything goes if you can groove it!
I've been making my own for years with dowels, electrical tape for the handle and rubber bands at the top.
i like the smaller hot rods. i jammed with a guy who said make em with chop sticks n electric tape. my local china buffet dosent hand out chop sticks any more or would have made a pair. tastey grooves🍻
10/10 would listen again
Awesome! I've been hoping you'd make these for awhile :D I had a friend in band last year who made a pair, they turned out pretty good
That tom sounds nice
Dude. Could you make a pair and send to South Africa? Such a fan of your work
love you're style, probably won't but you should let us hear more of you're drumming dude, always very alternative
Thank you for the encouragement and nasty beats!!
I just recently made a Facebook page! Add ya boi! facebook.com/therdavidr/
rdavidr I caught the shawshank redemption reference lol cheeky
We did this for a marching show one year at my school😂😂😂
rdavidr it is time to do another bass drum beater video! make a bass drum beater out of bone! Metal AF!!!! ima copy and paste this on all your sheet until you finally do it!
Awesome playing!!
David, please make a video showing the diference between drum sticks, hot rods and brushes
Love the video. Would have been nice for you to switch to regular sticks so we can hear the difference in volume and tone. Or maybe compare to actual hrods
You make great videos man! Keep it up!
Great idea I'm deff going to make a pair
The beaattttt. Im melting.....
⛄️☀️
Ah! Awesome!! new to your channel
Make diy drum sticks. Great drumming by the way
looks sick dude
I'm now wondering if heat shrink wrap can work well as a drum stick grip.
You should do a DIY Drumming Practice Pad
Where's the Plasti-Dip ?!
+LanceCampeau That actually might work well too. Never thought about that...
That was my first thought! Once he put the glue on I assumed he would dip them
I'm a fan of both of you :o I want some stainless steel cymbals
man, you were tearing it up during that demo.
I'd love to see you make a pair of oak sticks.