raising 18" bass drum

[palmerlouie]

does anybody know what i can buy to raise my 18" bass drum so that the pedal will fit properly. e.g the ones that yamaha fit to their 18's. i cant seem to find much on the net.

thanks.

[XNavyDrummer]

Try looking in the interstate music drum catalog. They had two or three devices listed in the latest issue.

Here's one of them:

http://www.interstatemusic.com/webap...cat=2&prevcat=

[palmerlouie]

ok now im mad!

found a shop that had a small fitting to raise the hoop, but then i checked my spurs and they were at full length already....with the front hoop only 1/2 and inch of the ground! what a stupid design fault from premier. they just put the same spurs on all drums. my 18" bass is unplayable if u put my DW9000 on it. this is so annoying.

so i guess the alternative is to try and get longer spurs?? anyone know where to start. im pretty sure premier dont make any. and if i were to raise the back hoop up a good 3 or 4 inches then the front spurs would need to be pretty damn long. weckl does this with his yamaha drum.

any ideas. (i have a gig on fri that i need the 18" bass for!!! [img]mad.gif[/img] )

[neber_dude]

I think you can buy some kind of cradle-type thing that is designed to hold small bass drums and conga drums so you can play they with a bass pedal (so I assume it would eliminate the need for spurs), I'm not sure who makes it though but I'm swear I've seen the drummer for Soulive use it on a djembe. I expect it would be quite pricey though.

[likedachuch]

dude,

i'd check andy vermiglio's link. unfortunately, i've had the same expreience with my 18" gretsch. i believe andy's suggestion is the best way to go.

[palmerlouie]

indeed. i just bought the DW riser. my local dealer could get it delivered overnight and as i have a gig on friday eve, i thought i'd go for it. i must be nuts. cost me ?100 and i just earnt that from a gig this week and was on my way to the bank to pay it in to SAVE some money....man.....drummers eh!!?? [img]graemlins/sure.gif[/img]

[likedachuch]

louie,

it was a great purchase. there was only one other viable option IMO, and that would've been the d'amico version. that thing's like twice as much (not to mention twice as heavy!). i think dw did a great job in that they streamlined it, making it much more trans-portaffordable (is that a word?) [img]smile.gif[/img]

[FuseU1]

Yeah, I DEF hear ya on that one, LP.

Would'vre been cheaper to make your own cradle-device, but you prob didn't have the time to plan, design, figure measurements, allow for BD pedal, shop, & construct...I've seen these cradles at the local drum shop...a little pricey, when you can build your own for FAR less. ;c)

Similarly, in my own last stint, I had to design & build my own portable, 'collapsable' rollable drum riser, as i was playing shows & state fairs, & we often had very little time to get our gear on/off the stages, before, after, & in-between shows [even in the instances when there was stagehand/crew help]...when I first signed on w this particular act, I went on the first 2 month tour back in the mid-90's & was pulling my hair out every time I had to take my kit to & from the stage plot every time we shared the stage w another act [with inter-twined, "staggered showtimes"]. Drums were in a slightly diff position each time to boot, even w memory lock type applications. NTM mics & cables, & DI-box/strip-snake placement. & more often than not, those promoters & some of the so-called stage managers had NO clue as to the musicians' logistical & timing nightmare in thes types of situations. Sometimes it was smooth-sailing; others, a real cornfusion-cluster-fudge. A REAL P.I.T.A. [img]eek.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/grrr.gif[/img] But I must've saved at least 4 or 500$ easily, buildg my own riser.

I saw Jim Christie [drummer who used to play w country star Dwight Yoakim] use his own 'homemade' version of that type of cradle-thing on a FT [that he used for a BD], for an "unplugged" type thing he did w a band/project called Pete Anderson & "Gun Dog." [Don't let the country thing fool ya. Jim is a great jazz-fusion drummer, first. Gun Dog was like Zappa meets blues/r&b meets bluegrass/country meets folk & rock. [*whew*] I was actually surprised. Great band live. Nice kicks/hits, & clever breaks & rests w accent hits. The studio CDs don't do them justice; they were a hot band, live...sounded really cool.

[But I digress.]

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ July 21, 2004 02:43 PM: Message edited by: FuseU1 ]</font>

[neber_dude]

Oh yeah, just realised what I described was in Andy's link [img]redface.gif[/img]