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Help Making Custom Drum Sets
By kevin | October 13, 2009
I just received an excellent DVD called “Guerrilla Drum Making” from John Dutra in the United States.
This video took me back – I used to play around a lot with refinishing and refitting hardware onto drum shells.. however I was never really good at it!
I did a few projects and enjoyed refinishing drums, but I couldn’t find much advice at the time, especially for a non-craftsman type person like myself.
Its not as easy as it sounds – for example drilling one hole in the wrong place in the shells for the hardware can completely ruin a drum if you don’t know what you’re doing (which I didn’t!)
This DVD made me think – “I’f only I’d had this 15 years ago I wouldn’t have ruined that drum!”
If the idea of making a custom drum set is appealing to you then I urge you to check out Guerilla Drum Making for advice. The video doesn’t show you how to make your own shells – quite rightly he suggests buying them, however it does cover everything you need to know about:
- Placing Lugs and hardware onto drums
- Spraying Drums for high gloss finishes
- Veneering drums with exotic woods
- Creating Sunburst and other effects on drums
We could debate the pros and cons for a long time on making custom drums – but if you are interesting in doing it I highly recommend checking out a resource like this DVD:
You can learn more about the DVD and purchase it at guerrilladrummaking.com
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November 29th, 2009 at 10:05 pm
hey guys check these out, great site and blog helped me customise my snare!
http://secondskinslaunch.blogspot.com/