Re: The Official JJ Johnson Thread

by J. Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:40 pm

40 bucks is pretty decent.

not really a particular day or anything... just try to let me know ahead of time which day you're going.

yeahh, I;m pretty sure forks will have that high energy...

by Matt Mon Jul 06, 2009 1:25 pm

I just sent an email to the tom buyer, to see if there was any certain day that was better for him.... so we'll see, and i'll let you know.

by J. Mon Jul 06, 2009 1:38 pm

alrighty.

oh crap. I might not be able to buy anything if I have to buy this chad smith snare right away. I definately want it and can use it. I'll start off by offering him $50...

by Connor. Mon Jul 06, 2009 1:43 pm

Ah sick jeffrey,
you dont have any metal snares, do you?
It'd probably be great for you, and they go for cheap.

by J. Mon Jul 06, 2009 1:51 pm

nope no metal snares for me yet.

I really like this snare, it's a great contrast from my 14x8 and my 10x5.

by Connor. Mon Jul 06, 2009 1:56 pm

yeah,
14x5.5 isnt it?

by Matt Mon Jul 06, 2009 2:01 pm

yeah dude, if you can get that Chad snare for 50 bucks, that would be a total steal.

by J. Mon Jul 06, 2009 2:02 pm

14x5.
I like it better than the pearl 13x3 brass piccolo I almost got a while ago. It has more body than the piccolo obviously. same amount of crack.
the CS snare would be deadly with die cast hoops..

and I'm going to take the badges off of my pearl snares. I hate them. and I think I'm going to take them off of my 'epiarch'.

by J. Mon Jul 06, 2009 2:03 pm

Matt wrote:yeah dude, if you can get that Chad snare for 50 bucks, that would be a total steal.

I doubt I could do that though.
and plus it's a friend so I don;t want to rip him off..

but he did lose my jam block so maybe...

by Connor. Mon Jul 06, 2009 2:04 pm

Wait, what pearl snares do you have? I thought you just had the firecracker.

by Matt Mon Jul 06, 2009 2:06 pm

so you'll take the badges of the epis and just have random holes in the shell?

by **Rubber314chicken** Mon Jul 06, 2009 2:07 pm

Matt wrote:so you'll take the badges of the epis and just have random holes in the shell?

Not terribly noticeable, depends on the color.

by Connor. Mon Jul 06, 2009 2:08 pm

Yeah.
I'd think that would look kind of weird.
Especially on the kick. atleast on the Toms you can turn them so you dont see the holes.

by Matt Mon Jul 06, 2009 2:09 pm

yeah, i'm just OCD.... When Pearl released the BBC-1 masking plate, it gave me so much peace of mind.

by Connor. Mon Jul 06, 2009 2:10 pm

Yeah, I just made a cheap version of that for my kick out of a piece of sheet metal.

by Skinny. Mon Jul 06, 2009 3:18 pm

Why would you take the badges off of the Epiarch? And why did you put quotes around 'Epiarch'? Haha.

by Connor. Mon Jul 06, 2009 3:24 pm

I was wondering the same thing.

by J. Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:58 pm

Skinny. wrote:Why would you take the badges off of the Epiarch? And why did you put quotes around 'Epiarch'? Haha.

idk. I like a simple look like how my snare is.
because there's nothing that makes them 'epiarch' drums. to me there are just assembled keller shells. my very own opinion of course.

and yeah the screws on the badges are very small. I could just turn the toms the other way, and I wouldn't really care about the bass drum.

by **Dave-the-drummer** Mon Jul 06, 2009 5:24 pm

I like the epiarch badges, they are quite sleek IMO. But its your kit J. Also $50 bucks for a CS snare, nice one, even me likes that snare at that price haha.

Also i just found out that my dream will be here in a few weeks as they are re-stocking. I don't mind the wait though as i have no gigs coming up soon.

Finally, i really really want short stack toms, well more like a short stack tom, 10x5 or 10x5.5. I tried out a 4 piece today and couldn't really get it how i like like it, if i had short stacks i could. Maybe get mine cut down??

by Matt Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:09 pm

you could get it cut down, i dunno how much it would cost, no more than 100 bucks i would guess, but i could be wrong.

by **Dave-the-drummer** Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:26 pm

I dont know anymore, PDP have HUGE lugs and i'd only just about get an inch off the tom ill just have to experiment a wee bit positioning.

by J. Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:33 pm

my bass drum only cost $25 to cut down...

and btw that CS snare is mine for $75. nice score still.

by Matt Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:40 pm

yeah, if you can afford to get some diecast, or maybe permanently borrow some from your school or something, do it man.

i'm still waiting from a reply to my email to see what day would be good for him, but at the end of the day it's all dependent on if Fork's has what I need...

by J. Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:02 pm

haha die cast hoops would cost more than what I'm paying for this drum. if only my 14x8 had 10 lugs... but i would love some die cast hoops. just not a priority yet.

alright. did you call them yet?

by Matt Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:05 pm

nope not yet.... i hate to just be like hey, i want this head, can you hold it for me for the rest of the week.... i mean a day is cool, but i kind of doubt they would hold it for me for that long.

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