Demolition (DIY Cymbal Lamp modification)

There will be hard times ahead. The building where our rehearsal chamber (and where I mostly do things with my drum gear) is located, is going to be demolished soon and we have to set up a new place elsewhere. Meanwhile I try to make something at home.

And some more stuff from the archives:

Lampshade made from Sabian 16" AAxplosion crash and 14" Wuhan china

DIY Cymbal modifications

During this fall I've turned couple of broken cymbals into something else.


This first one makes a good pair with 20" Sabian HHX Power Ride's bell. On the pic the bell is mounted on the top of 20" Sabian XS Medium Ride:

6½" Bell (made from 17" Zildjian Z-Custom Rock Crash)

This one didn't last very long, so its cut down once more to a chimelike cymbal (not on this pic yet):

6" Bell (from 17" Stagg DH Medium brilliant Crash)

This one is unfinished, but we are almost there. I've tried to mate it with other hi-hat cymbals I own. The best match at the moment is with 14" Sabian XS Medium hi-hat bottom:

Hi-hat 1000g (from 17" Zildjian Z-Custom Medium Crash)

Sound is crispy with good stick definition when closed, and loud & big when played open. It feels like he-hat is eating someone alive everytime I hit it hard.

Same as above without lightning.

(Pictures are taken in poor lightning conditions with Olympus µ 790SW.)

Ooops! I accidently whole tomtom... (DIY Tom to Snare Conversion)

Tomtom WAS 8 inches and IS 6 inches deep now (not 8 inches as I accidently mentioned in previous post). Maybe this thingy is going to be somekind of snare/tom hybrid which can be transformed to different kind of situations with only a little effort. Time will tell... Time will tell... Modularity FTW!

I also spared those two pieces I cut away, maybe I'll make a grinding tambourine from them.

At the moment I'm looking for the double ended lugs with centerpoints approximately 40mm. And I'm planning to fill those holes near the edge with wooden plugs. Also inner plys seems to be torn apart from each other (I didn't drop this drum... it was the other guy), so they need some glue and abrasion(=hiomapöly) for them.

PS. Never trust a ruler...

Np. Anathema - Sleepless

First step (DIY Tom to Snare Conversion)

This week I've been mostly...

Marking the cutting point.

Marking the cutting point 2.

Damage done.

Sanding the edges roughly.

 ... cutting tomtoms to pieces.

In these pictures 10/8" Pearl Export Serires tom made from poplar transforming to 10/~6". Next I'll hunt down perfect lugs and rods.

(By the way: Who gives a damn about bearing edges?)