Build diary: About as un-guitarry as you can get.

[lawry]

Hmm. Never seen one of those mounts before. Interesting!

[stan]

moving along nicely Tim, looks good

[Timsan]

It's been a while, but I thought I'd resurrect this thread and update on how things are plugging along. It's been more than 9 months, I've had to move and start a new job, and get used to the new routine. I'm just starting to dig out the old projects and get back into them again.

I still had a bit of Wudtone left (believe it or not), so I decided to have a crack at the snare as well.

Rather than burst it like the other drums, I opted to just put on some coats of Mahogany base coat (I'd run out of deep colour by now) and then a couple of coats of Honey over the top. Even though there's no grain to speak of, it looks quite nice.



Just last weekend, I got the hardware out and gave it a good clean. The hoops needed a scrub with a wire brush, then I gave it all the Alfoil treatment.



It actually turned out quite nicely. The snare throw mechanism is completely stuffed, though. I'm going to have to shell out for a new one. Apart from that, the only thing left to do is clean the hoops for the toms, and put them back together.


...and then I can order some more PBG kits...

[KurtSlash123]

Dude.. This is cool! I love it!

[keloooe]

Second that comment from Kurt!! The snare is wicked awesome!

[Timsan]

Thanks, lads. It was literally an experiment to see what I could do with the last bit of Wudtone, and it turned out far better than I thought it would.


A bit more info:

Costing:

16 new lugs for the mini bass drum @ $2.85 each - $45.00
4x air vent grommet @ $4.50 each - $18.00
Dunnett rail mount system - $55.00
Pearl Jungle bass drum system - $45.00
Pearl ISS mount (found one secondhand) - $30
New Gretsch leg bracket for the mini bass drum to accommodate the Dunnett rail mount - $14.50

Total cost so far is roughly $210.

Frustrations:

I had to replace all of the lugs on the floor tom (mini bass drum) because a lot of them had the inserts broken off when the kit was being dismantled.

The two toms are mounted using 12.7mm L-rods, so I got the 12.7mm rail mount system. However when I went to fit it, I discovered that the floor tom (mini bass drum) leg brackets are designed to take 10mm rods. So I then had to get a 12.7mm leg bracket to replace the one that didn't fit. Grrrr.

The snare throw mechanism is completely stuffed. It wasn't the best to begin with, so I was prepared to upgrade it. I'm looking at roughly $75 to get something that's half-decent and has an adjustable mounting bracket. That way I don't have to hunt around for something that has the exact screw spacing that I need.

[wokkaboy]

Good work Tim looks great.
Pest welcome to the thread jacking squad super cool avatar haha