WEEDZ
Tiger Talk Trainee
Reged: Feb 28 2008
Posts: 1
Loc: N.W.ONTARIO CANADA
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WHEN I WAS 10 MY DAD ALMOST BOUGHT ME A SET OF BLUE PEARL DRUMS,BUT BECAUSE OF THE NOISE LEVEL MY MOM SAID NO. NOW IT'S 30 YEARS LATER AND I BOUGHT MY "SON" A SET OF E-DRUMS, ACTUALLY IT TWO SETS, ONE ALESIS DM5 AND ONE PINTECH ECHO. I HAVE BOTH RACKS MOUNTED TOGETHER AND THE PADS FROM BOTH SETS WIRED INTO THE DM5 MODULE. THERE ARE 2 CYMBAL PADS CONNECTED TO THE CRASH CYMBAL INPUT VIA A DUAL 1/4" TO A SINGLE 1/4" ADAPTOR AND THERE ARE 2 KICK PADS, ONE ON THE FLOOR AND THE OTHER SET FAR RIGHT OF THE TOMS,BOTH CONNECTED THE SAME AS THE CYMBALS. THE SNARE IS ALSO A DUAL CONNECTION, THE OTHER IS SET BETWEEN THE CYMBALS AND PRODUCES A MILDER SNARE SOUND, WHILE THE EXTRA KICK OFF TO THE RIGHT HAS A NEAT CROSS TALK, IT PLAYS THE TOM, KICK, AND THE CRASH ALL AT THE SAME TIME.IT'S QUITE THE SET UP, SOMEDAY I'LL POST A PIC OR VIDEO OF IT. I'VE EVEN THOUGHT UP A NAME FOR IT, IT'S AN ANAGRAM FOR "ALESIS DM5" AND "PINTECH ECHO" THE NAME IS "5 TIMID ECHO PEENS CLASH" NOT BAD FOR 10 MINUTES OF THINKING EH! NOW WE HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY. WISH US LUCK AND FUN. L8R.
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awfulldrummer
Tiger Talk Pro
Reged: Jun 26 2007
Posts: 465
Loc: manchester, nh, usa
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that's awesome weedz! you and your son will learn together teach each other great father son bonding too. looking forward for the pics. it's never to late to begin either. good luck and happy learning to the both of you. this site is a great place to start learning, i've learned so much from the guys in this forum. and tigerbills drumbeat pages are packed full of info and great stuff.
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