The drum kit handbook : how to buy, maintain, set up, troubleshoot, and modify your drum set
- Title
- The drum kit handbook : how to buy, maintain, set up, troubleshoot, and modify your drum set / Paul Balmer ; forewords by Chad Smith, Steve Gadd.
- Published by
- Minneapolis, MN : Voyageur Press, 2012.
- Author
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- Description
- 201 p. : ill. (chiefly col.); 28 cm.
- Subject
- Contents
- Introduction -- Buying a drum-kit. Buying a first kit and moving up ; The classic four-shell set-up ; Second-hand and vintage options ; Choosing a snare drum ; Choosing a bass drum ; Choosing your toms -- Getting started. Assembly ; Sound and tensioning 1: the toms ; Sound and tensioning 2: the snare ; Sound and tensioning 3: the bass drum ; Controlling harmonics and resonance ; Bass drum porting ; Installing a bass drum KickPort -- Hardware and accessories. Cymbal stand ; Hi-hat ; Bass drum pedal ; Snare stand ; Pro hardware case study ; Choosing and buying cymbals ; Cymbals: the infinite variety ; Cymbal mounting ; Sticks, beaters, brushes and flares -- Improving your kit's performance. Safety first ; Tools and working facilities ; Essential gig bag accessories ; It's worth doing a little maintenance ; Stageside repairs ; Heads you win! ; Three-monthly checks ; RIMS: a retro fit ; Pedal maintenance ; Drum mats and marking up ; Some approaches to recording drums ; Practice pads and beyond ; Protection racket: cases and gig bags ; Rewrapping a vintage drum ; Drummer? Musician? Percussionist? -- Specific case studies. Gene Krupa-style Slingerland 'Radio King' kit ; Classic Ludwig 'Downbeat' kit ; 1960s vintage Premier kit ; Drum Workshop 'Jazz Series' kit ; Tama 'Silverstar' VK 52KSBCM ; Roland TD-12KX: V-stage series ; Pearl VBX 'Vision Birch' ; Gretsch USA American custom ; Yamaha 'Steve Gadd' kit ; Premier 'Elite' Gen-X maple and birch hybrid kit ; Stagg five-piece Student Series starter kit ; Yamaha Steve Jordan Signature 'Cocktail' kit -- Key players. The first wave of innovators ; A second wave.
- Call number
- JMF 12-433
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 198) and index.
- Author
- Balmer, Paul.
- Title
- The drum kit handbook : how to buy, maintain, set up, troubleshoot, and modify your drum set / Paul Balmer ; forewords by Chad Smith, Steve Gadd.
- Imprint
- Minneapolis, MN : Voyageur Press, 2012.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 198) and index.
- Added author
- Smith, Chad.
- Gadd, Steve.
- Other standard identifier
- 752748342408
- ISBN
- 9780760342404
- 0760342407
- Research call number
- JMF 12-433