My HP Customs - New Pics, 22 June, Page 3

These pics are over a year old and were taking on an iPhone. I just wanted to be the first to Show You My Kit.

dang man that is so gorgeous! I love it.
what kind of shell material is it?

Looks really sweet dude!
That 2oo2 looks sweet in that photo ! Like a rainbow!
I love your drums man !

EDIT: MY FAVOURITE KIT ON THIS FORUM ...... so far!

so nice!

that ride is tripping me out. what size is the bass drum...14x22?

I'm loving your ride.

Thanks a lot, guys. I want to get better pictures of it (with a real camera in natural light), so I think I'll have to put some time aside to dust an polish. I'm pretty excited haha.

Jeff: They're just Keller 8-ply maple shells. I kind of regret buying "custom" Kellers. The shells are fine, its just my parents and I were pretty ignorant of what exactly we were getting at the time. I basically paid way, way too much for a wrap and hardware installation. Still, they turn heads everytime I take them into a club and they sound great recorded, so I'm happy with the drums themselves.

Tim: The kick is 24x16, actually. That and the ride is what usually blows everyone away when they walk up to my set. Most everyone I know has a 22x18 or smaller and a 20" ride.

What are the specs of that bad boy (the whole kit)?

TheElectricCompany wrote:Thanks a lot, guys. I want to get better pictures of it (with a real camera in natural light), so I think I'll have to put some time aside to dust an polish. I'm pretty excited haha.

Jeff: They're just Keller 8-ply maple shells. I kind of regret buying "custom" Kellers. The shells are fine, its just my parents and I were pretty ignorant of what exactly we were getting at the time. I basically paid way, way too much for a wrap and hardware installation. Still, they turn heads everytime I take them into a club and they sound great recorded, so I'm happy with the drums themselves.

Tim: The kick is 24x16, actually. That and the ride is what usually blows everyone away when they walk up to my set. Most everyone I know has a 22x18 or smaller and a 20" ride.

It's because you sit nice and high.

TheElectricCompany wrote:

Jeff: They're just Keller 8-ply maple shells. I kind of regret buying "custom" Kellers. The shells are fine, its just my parents and I were pretty ignorant of what exactly we were getting at the time. I basically paid way, way too much for a wrap and hardware installation. Still, they turn heads everytime I take them into a club and they sound great recorded, so I'm happy with the drums themselves.

oh ok. so you're just not happy with the price you paid? I'm sure they sound wonderful though.

24x16, nice. Very old school. I bet it sounds great. Unlike all of this modern super deep crap.

Specs:
HP Custom, black oyster pearl, 8-ply maple, 65 degree bearing edge in an attempt for that vintage sound

14x5.5 HP snare in white oyster
13x8 wing (HP owner/assembler confused me into agreeing to an 8" depth rather than a standard 9")
16x16 floor (not pictured)
18x16 floor
24x16 kick (I'm thinking about having it reduced to a 14". 16" is just too much drum for me )

14" Zildjian New Beats (my dad's old hats, about 23 years old, actually)
18" Zildjian Armand Medium Thin
16" Zildjian A Custom Projection
24" Paiste 2001

your kit is gorgeous. and i dig the new beats, i have a pair just like them.

J. wrote:

TheElectricCompany wrote:

Jeff: They're just Keller 8-ply maple shells. I kind of regret buying "custom" Kellers. The shells are fine, its just my parents and I were pretty ignorant of what exactly we were getting at the time. I basically paid way, way too much for a wrap and hardware installation. Still, they turn heads everytime I take them into a club and they sound great recorded, so I'm happy with the drums themselves.

oh ok. so you're just not happy with the price you paid? I'm sure they sound wonderful though.

Oh yeah, they sound excellent, but I know I paid way too much for what I ended up getting. I have several friends (one posts on the PDF, marinesrx87) who have HPs and they feel the same way about their sets. We all got ours around the same age, 15/16 years old, and at the time we didn't understand that these weren't the equivalent of Masterworks. I really like having something other than a Peral, Tama or DW, though. It's a great conversation starter with other musicians.

sjman409 wrote:your kit is gorgeous. and i dig the new beats, i have a pair just like them.

The New Beats are awesome. They're probably the most consistent piece of the set. They sound great in every recording I have. Every other cymbal will sound like a trashcan lid in live recordings or demo work, but the New Beats are always perfect straight off the board.

Rubber314chicken wrote:24x16, nice. Very old school. I bet it sounds great. Unlike all of this modern super deep crap.

Hahaha, *shakes head in shame* my kick is 22"x18" and with the hoops on its like 22x22 , shame on my self! But it sounds great so im happy, i just hate the look of my deep kick .

Dave-the-drummer wrote:

Rubber314chicken wrote:24x16, nice. Very old school. I bet it sounds great. Unlike all of this modern super deep crap.

Hahaha, *shakes head in shame* my kick is 22"x18" and with the hoops on its like 22x22 , shame on my self! But it sounds great so im happy, i just hate the look of my deep kick .

same here

22x18 is about the deepest I could go. It is what I've got now. For some reason when I build/buy a high end kit (like a starclassic... ) I'm probably gonna end up with a 22x17" just because...

Rubber314chicken wrote:22x18 is about the deepest I could go. It is what I've got now. For some reason when I build/buy a high end kit (like a starclassic... ) I'm probably gonna end up with a 22x17" just because...

why don't you try 20"? its a little more versatile. it can be tuned deep or punchy depending on what you want. And actually the 18" bass on the remo set that my school has is pretty beefy for that small of a kick.

that kit is amazing!

I've thought about it. I'm definitely gonna have to try them before I'd get a new set. I really haven't played on too diverse of setups.

whoa that is a sleek looking kit, i really like it man.

TheElectricCompany wrote:

hey how did you get that effect when you took the pic?

sjman409 wrote:

TheElectricCompany wrote:

hey how did you get that effect when you took the pic?

I was just under some stage lights. I actually might have some pictures of the lights... the band before us was pretty boring, so I started trying to get cool pictures of the overheads... 'ang on.

Edit: Nope, no pictures. But y'all know what I'm talking about.

ooooo thats really cool, ive never had stage light do that on my cymbals...