Vintage Kit pt. 2

Just making references to more things I have seen/taken from C&C. Although posting about a red kit before, these are mainly dedicated to grains, vaneers and stains. Randomly collected pictures.


stain reference (blood red)


texture

texture

color


vaneer/grain

Drum Kit Idea #6: Vintage

Its been a very long time since I have thought of a drum kit idea, atleast a coherent one. I think about drums on a daily basis!

Since getting my custom it has all gone a little quiet in the thrashing sea that is my brain. I would be lying if I said I wasn't already thinking of a new kit as my current one was being birthed. So, I wont lie!

I have bounced a few ideas around in my mind and I was pretty much dead set on my next set up if i ever have the opportunity or god willing, the money! Slowly things have been starting to turn and the original idea started to morph. I want something vintage.

The original idea was red glitter, Natural claw style("hide a head") hoops with red glitter inlays and brass tube lugs. Pondered on the thought of no glitter at all and just using a stain, possibly no inlay on the hoops at all. Thinking of what color stain had my head hurting! As time went on the vintage idea started to creep in and make itself at home. More and more I was looking at different kits and thinking about most common vintage sizes, looks and styles. Stripping the proverbial onion to a much simpler, basic and easy form. Not to mention inlays, brass and wood hoops also equal more money and the odds of myself ever actually falling into a good situation and getting this created are slim. So with basic and simple comes more affordable. There isnt anything wrong with that either.

C&C posted this kit on instagram and at 7:30am half awake I said "THATS IT!". With thinking vintage I have been trying to decided whether or not to go the super old school route with single lugs in the middle of the drums. A friend of mine had bought an early 60's KENT kit for himself to try to get a band going, i used the KENT rig to try out and thats when my band Fortune Healers was born. The Kent kit had all single lugs on the rack tom and snare.

Notes to self: Kick- Maple poplar maple with walnut outter/Floor-walnut poplar walnut.
red mohogany based stain on walnut.

The C&C kit is PERFECT. Beavertail lugs is my choice for sure when it comes to vintage. This kit has single beavertails on the floor and regulars on the kick. Really digging the singles! Instead of red glitter, im going for a hue of red stain. Not too sure exactly what this color is but I asked if a Cherry stain would have the same result. Cutting down from wood hoops on all drums to just naturals on the kick with a matching inlay from the kit. I personally would not get a banana rail. This kit is a solid inbetween from what I was originally thinking about to the new stripped down vintage look.

Here is a picture of a Darkhorse kit with a Cherry stain on it for an example:

As far as sizes go:
24x16 Kick
13x9 Rack
16x14 Floor

Drum Kit Idea #5

Tis the season that I fall into some Dolla$. Now, ive been trying to work out getting C & C for sometime now, however, I cant actually do it myself and someone has to give me the hook up, however I do not like bothering people, same goes for this person that I would be/have been pestering.

SO, im really going to try this time. I kinda put my big dreams away, and although knowing the whole time that im going to have to just go the cheap route, im finally okay with that haha. Beggers cannot be choosers!

heres what im looking at:
24x18
16x16
12x8
14x8 10ply snare

mini tube lugs. standard rack mount. floor mounts drilled onto the shell. 2.3mm hoops, except on snare, id get diecast. black kick drum hoops,with my wrap color inlayed on the hoop.

VERY standard other than the fact that im getting tube lugs, but come on! Standard lug options are always so ugly, thats why they are standard!

now, looking through C & C pictures on their gallery and myspace and thinking of some cool combinations, I figure if im getting a hook up, the less work I make them do, the better. So im going with a straight shot, one color everything. no stripes, no nadda.

i decided on Paua Orange 02. I LIKE IT! Even though it is SLIGHTLY hideous, but thats what I like about it. Its different. Which a lot of the time is why I can appreciate things.

I found a snare on their site and basically this is what my snare will look like. though this is a 7 inch snare rather than an 8.



Will I even obtain this fine drum kit you ask? Well, I really dont know. I hope so, but you can hope in one hand and shit in the other and see which one fills up first, so...

Im going to talk to dustin probably tomorrow. See what we can make happen. Maybe even call C & C myself, with a contact and see what can be done for a price.

Wish me luck!

Drum Kit Idea #4 Save The Rain Forest

I've spoke about this one. Maybe youve heard it? This one has a theme as well, its theme would be THE FOREST! Its a beast and so delicious and ill never see it created, unfortunetly, cause it would cost oh so much money, but here it is.

Sizes:
26x24
18x18
13x10
14x8 snare 20 ply

the wrap of the drums will be TREE BARK.

and ill have Claw style wood hoops with forest green tube lugs.

(Claw style hoops)


AND on the kick drum hoops, ill have GREEN treasure troll hair fabric. which i will then PERSONALLY coin as "MOSS HOOPS" since there is moss in the woods usually haha.


now in my head i had this idea of a awesome tree bark wrap, that if it existed i would be filled with so much joy. WELL, i am browsing the SHINE drums webpage one day and what do i see?

i see this!

the drummer of Forever the sickest kids basically has MY drumset. its slightly different though, its way smaller sizes and it doesnt have claw hoops nor my idea for the kick drum hoops.

so to get a general idea of what it would like,picture this kit with huge drum sizes and not 2.3mm hoops.

little pissed about it, but whatever, mine rules harder anyway!

Drum Kit Idea #2 "The Astronaut"

This ones got a theme! It rules!

sizes:
22x22
16x14
12x8
14x8

baltimore lugs. diecast hoops.

lugs and kick drum claws will be FLAT GREY powder coated.

the Hoops will be CHROME BLUE powder coated.

the spurs,tom mount,floor crade and legs will be CHROME RED powder coated.

the kit itself will just be gloss white.

and for the kicker..a custom full moon kick drum head. with that large dark cradder spot on the moon being the spot where i place my port hole.

i might change the snare up a bit and not coordinate it with the kit. theres not much red in it,so i might make the snare have red hoops,blue lugs, i dont know yet. ill figure that out when it comes time.

Drum Kit idea # 1

ive told this one to basically EVERYONE. i kind of have my hopes set on it, though ill most likely have to settle for something else until and if i even ever get some sort of Drum sponsor/endorsement.

sizes:
22x20
16x16
12x10
14x7

brass tube lugs and diecast hoops.
50% offset lugs.
10 ply birch snare shell.

white glitter with pink glitter van halen stripes.
reverse colors on the snare.

thats it really. sounds uninteresting to most but if it ever gets made it will be hot shit.

thats number 1! i got a small back log of about 5 more ill post periodically so i dont over do it, but more coming soon!