- ... I'll take the brown ones."
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| Author: | Gregory [ Fri Jun 03, 2016 4:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | IN CLIFF'S COLORFUL WORDS... |
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| Author: | cliff [ Fri Jun 03, 2016 5:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: IN CLIFF'S COLORFUL WORDS... |
Gregory wrote:
Words as true today as ever.  p.s. needs more brown snare drums. |
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| Author: | Gregory [ Mon Jun 06, 2016 2:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: IN CLIFF'S COLORFUL WORDS... |
The greatest difference is in the bass drums. The one over on the left is an all around drum. It plays loud enough, it plays quiet enough, and always with sufficient punch and a lot of tone. It opens up no matter how it's struck, and for some reason I want to describe it as being more musical than the other two. The one in the middle plays quiet and, compared to the teardrop, has a muted and velvety sound. Very controlled and focused tone, with a range from ppp to mp. Trying for more than moderate volume isn't particularly rewarding, but depending on your foot, it will produce a moderately loud attack with diminished tone. It's greatest strength is that it provides a wide range of subtle gradations within a fairly narrow range of volume. The word is control. The thing on the right bears a family resemblance to the 18 in its velvety tone, but that and its looks are about where the similarity ends. Sure, you can play the 20 quietly, but it doesn't really open its voice at anything less than a medium strong rock stroke. From there, it doesn't quit, and it is capable of producing the kind of volume that can stun a house into silence with its force and resonance. A guy would be wearing out his foot and the equipment on the teardrop trying to keep up with the 20" Designer. Once the Designer is on the pipe, you just sit back in the chair and let it rip. The teardrop has a more useful dynamic range, in my opinion, for most things. But if I ever get the call for Wagner' Götterdämmerung, when Valhalla and the gods are consumed in flame, I've got the drum. 
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| Author: | cliff [ Mon Jun 06, 2016 4:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | baclighting... |
...on the 20" Designer w/ the fibreskyn head looks great. p.s Who tattooed the cymbal on the table behind the 20"?  
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| Author: | Gregory [ Mon Jun 06, 2016 7:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: IN CLIFF'S COLORFUL WORDS... |
I can do without a 14, but some things require one more pitch than I can produce with just 4 pieces, and I'm so used to it, it's become difficult to do without. So here it is, snuggled in. Sounds like a teardrop. In fact, I don't think I could tell the difference between the 16 Designer and 16 teardrop in a blind test. 
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| Author: | Gregory [ Mon Jun 06, 2016 11:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: baclighting... |
cliff wrote: p.s Who tattooed the cymbal on the table behind the 20"? It's Chinese. |
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| Author: | Kelly [ Tue Jun 07, 2016 7:30 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: IN CLIFF'S COLORFUL WORDS... |
Great pics as usual. No long lugs, lousy place to shop for me. |
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| Author: | phatsolid [ Tue Jun 07, 2016 8:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: IN CLIFF'S COLORFUL WORDS... |
I love playing 1 up, 2 down now for louder gigs. I was never really comfortable with 2 toms over the BD, so I played a 4-piece for years. But I really love having the two big drums on the floor for all sorts of low-end fun. - D. |
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| Author: | Gregory [ Tue Jun 07, 2016 9:30 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: IN CLIFF'S COLORFUL WORDS... |
Kelly wrote: No long lugs, lousy place to shop for me. We had a kit like that, sir, but it went to a little old lady who only played it on Sundays. |
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| Author: | Gregory [ Tue Jun 07, 2016 9:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: IN CLIFF'S COLORFUL WORDS... |
phatsolid wrote: I love playing 1 up, 2 down now for louder gigs. I was never really comfortable with 2 toms over the BD, so I played a 4-piece for years. But I really love having the two big drums on the floor for all sorts of low-end fun. - D. I don't think I understand floor toms very well, so I need more of them to hit. |
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