DIY Nesting Bass Drum // Recycling a $25 Drum Set
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- This project was a blast, and I hope you enjoy this video. This video is part of a larger series I'm working on where I'll be attempting to repurpose a bunch of drums/cymbals/hardware from a drum kit I bought for $25 off of Facebook Marketplace. This kit is a "Mark II" brand.
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Other Gear In This Video:
14" x 4" 1920s Ludwig NOB Snare
14" Bosphorus 20th Anniversary Hi Hats
21" Bosphorus 20th Anniversary Ride
Shure Beta52 & KSM32
Just a tip, it's better to paint a head from the inside. No matter what the paint surface looks like (drips, runs, etc.), it will always look smooth from the outside.
That’s a cool idea I have not thought of. Thanks for sharing
Excellent point at the end-I hope we see companies doing this more. Yamaha’s Hip Gig was the last kit I remember seeing that did this
I think you’re right about that, it never really caught on with major companies, it seems like it mostly done with boutique drum companies like modern drum shop, precision drum co, and treehouse percussion.
It’s very cool you created this nesting kit. I thought it sounded pretty good. Especially when tuned higher. I have a Sonor 16” bass drum and I love it! Sounds great with Evan heads and it super easy to carry. I like your videos!👍
Thanks for watching!
Fun! Thanks for producing this video! Very interesting project!
Yeah, now I just gotta figure out what to do with the rest of these drums!
@@malonedrum I made a snare drum from an old Yamaha 14" tom. I even made a tambourine out of an old tom shell. Could also make a jungle snare, batter head only with snare wires that touch the underside of the batter head.
@@BostonDrummer I've always dreamed of taking some straight wood hoops and adding tambourine jingles to them. It would highly inefficient for having to change hoops anytime you want it, but I feel like it could be fun, and I've never seen a company do it.
I am going to be trying this with an 18" keller shell I recently picked up on ebay.
I have some Purecussion toms and a snare that will fit perfectly in it for a nice little traveling kit. I had a bass for the kit but it was damaged in an automobile accident. This will make my 6 pcs come back to life. Thanks for the video, it helps to know someone's take on a project.
That's awesome! Glad I could provide a spark, or at least kickstart you into getting this project done. Feel free to send me some pictures if you think of it!
I’ve been exclusively using a Drummers World nesting kit since 2005. Prior to it, I’ve owned an 80s Ludwig, a custom high end DW, a workhorse Tama, and a 1961 Leedy but the nesting kit has outlived them all and it’s been my Swiss Army knife. It’s been on metal records as well as folk records and I t’s played 1000+ shows in multiple countries and is no worse for wear. The only issue I’ve ever had is that the wing bolts that hold the bass drum spurs in stripped after about 10 years.
The kit is made from Keller maple shells and uses re-rings to line up the halves and butterfly latches to hold them together, (4 latches on the kick, 3 on the floor tom). The drum sizes are 20x14 kick, 15x12 floor, and 12x10 rack. I’ve always been a little annoyed that the floor tom wasn’t a 14 or a 16, but honestly the 15 sounds great- it’s just unconventional. Drummers World stopped making these kits in 2011 or so, but have restarted production since. They’re still in business, and they’re great to work with! Super nice guys up in New York. Check them out!
I don’t think a 14” is possible for the nesting kits unless you want a 10” rack tom. Love the concept, and a little surprised more companies don’t embrace it with all the emphasis on travel kits nowadays.
Exactly. I remember them telling me you need 3” difference in diameter and 2” difference in height for everything to nest. 10,14,20 is a conventional sizing for a kit, as would be 12,16,20. I bet they just got a deal on 15” shells.
I did something similar 10 years ago using a 16X15 Peavey International Floor tom, though I cut the shell slightly under the bottom of each lug used a handheld jigsaw. It resulted in a lid for the shell. All in all I was able to create a mini nesting drum set and fits 3 drums inside. I still have the kit. It holds a 12X9 rack tom converted to a mini floor tom (also cut in half) that nests a small 8x5 rack tom, and a cheap Griffin 10 inch popcorn snare. My idea was the same as you mentioned, to be able to transport a kit in a big city. 😄 Greetings from San Francisco, CA 👋 Thanks for sharing!
Very cool, would love to see it if you ever post a video of it
My first kit ever was one of those. That was like 100 years ago!
That's awesome! I don't ever really see them out here in the Midwest, but I know the original purpose is for the big city guys hauling around kits on public transport.
Another advantage is you can muffle the inside without having to remove the heads, this way you don´t have to change the tuning.
Yeah, another perk of the nesting drums!
Great video!
Thanks!
To avoid your 45 degree cuts to join the halves, I wonder if you could have simply attached a pieces of wood on the inside of one half, perhaps at each latch location. Then you could slip the other half over those and latch it up. Back in the days when drummers played without front heads on their bd and bottom heads on toms, many of us nested our regular size kits. It was hard on the finishes, but it sure made loading in and out easy.
Yeah, that’s what I’ve seen on most every nesting kit, but I figured I had to try something new. After building it this way, I would be way more encouraged to do it with a lip, if I were to make another.
This was great man, love it! Sounds nice too! What is that snare drum? That thing sounds amazing!
It's a 1920's Ludwig Nickel Over Brass
Hey! I'm looking to build one myself, but don't have access to a routing table. Do you think the routing was an essential step, or would the kit function without it? Can you think of any alternatives to routing?
You could just add a piece inside of one side to create a lip, and honestly I think that would be better.
okay. ill say it. this guy deserves more recognition than rdavidr. i love davids channel. but no, yall need to check this channel.
That’s super kind of you, but RDavidR is one of my favorite RUclipsrs, he deserves all the recognition he gets, I’ve been following him so religiously since his early days.
Super cool vintage snare what is it?
That’s a 1920s Ludwig Universal. 14” x 4”
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Yeah, I saw they just announced it this year for NAMM, so I was a little ahead of the curve I guess!
¿Five lugs for side?
Yes, it was already drilled for that so I just kept the current holes. Poor design, but it’s a junk drum.
my god, if i am seeing it correctly, that snare costs more than his set.
That snare did cost a whole lot more than the $25 drum kit
@@malonedrum man i was gonna say more than your woodwork table tools but i might be going to far. def could get one of them for that snare.
@@elee9056 That’s a 1920s Ludwig Nickel Over Brass. Cost me $300 when I picked it up a few years ago at the Chicago drum show.
@@malonedrum lucky. cuz thats not the price anymore over at reverb and such.
Great video!
Thanks! Plenty of other similar style content on the channel if you wish to explore, and new videos each week!