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[moshpitmike]

Ok, so this is my kit. Its a Pearl VBX ina clear birch finish. Stock heads which are pearl protones and stock resos. Cymbals are assorted sabians and my throne is a kitchen chair because i forgot to pack my throne after a gig lol.





The next pic is one of my 8" tom which i converted to a single head snare, sounds really cool!!


So thats it really. Specs are:
Pearl VBX clear birch shells, 8, 10, 12, 16, 18, 22, 14 x 5.5.
Sabian 10" aax splash, 12" hh splash, 14" aax stage hats, 14" aax mini china, 16" hhx x-plosion crash, 16" aax stage crash, 19" vault chad smith china, 20" aax metal ride.
Pearl 900 series boom stands x 2, pearl 900 series straight stand, pearl 890 series boom stand x 2, pearl cymbal arm, pearl 900 series snare stand, pearl 900 series bass pedal, pearl 900 series hi-hat stand.
Stagg mountable tamberine, lp cowbell small, lp cowbell large.

Prob left a few things out but i think thats about it. Just waiting for my 22" omni to replace the 20" aax and will look into some kind of 18" crash in the future.

[Chase David]

Lookog really sweet. I love the looks of your set up. I'm curious as to how that converted tom into a single head snare sounds. Any chance of puting up a clip in the future.


Again...great looking set of tubs you have and your cymbal array looks great too.

[AML]

Great looking kit, moshpitmike. I'm slightly biased though, i have the same kit and colour.

I have a 13" tom which i'm thinking i'll ditch in a couple of months and order and 8". Much prefer to have 8- 10- 12- 14-16

How do you find the protones with the birch? I never tried them out, took them off straight away and put coated Evans G2's and G1's on.

[moshpitmike]

Thank you guys. I will try and get a sound clip if i can figure out how, but the best way i can describe it would be, it sounds like a jungle snare. Its only an 8 strand snare wire or something so alot of the sound of the tom comes through. Love mixin fills with it and a cow bell, it just works lol.

Yea, the vbx is a good kit despite what some people may think. Although its gonna be hard to try and fill the boots of the export . I couldnt compare the protones to your evans because i haven't played with the evans heads. But the protones are fine, i have some remo emporoers and i probably wont go back to them.
As for your dilema, if it was me i would get rid of the 13 and get the 8 because i dont like odd numbers lol. But the 8 is a great drum, you can tune it to any pitch and it really makes some great sounds, used to have the 8 and 10 working very well together for fills and the 12 makes a great bridge to the 16. But if you have a 14 aswel i think the 8 is worth giving a go.

[Chase David]

Ok....now I remeber this thread. It does look interesting. I'm still left curious as to how it sounds.

[moshpitmike]

Quick update, got a cover plate from pearl to replace the tom mounts on the base drum. Must say, im quite dissapointed with the quality, it's just a plastic cover and up close it doesn't look great. Granted i got it free from my local store due to some persuasive talking but i was expecting a bit more. Still, here's what it looks like anyway


Looks better from far away haha

[moshpitmike]

Ok....now I remeber this thread. It does look interesting. I'm still left curious as to how it sounds.

Yea chase, working on the sound uploading thing, i don't get to a computer often so i do everything from my iphone and i can't upload sounds from it

[kookadams]

Ok, so this is my kit. Its a Pearl VBX ina clear birch finish. Stock heads which are pearl protones and stock resos. Cymbals are assorted sabians and my throne is a kitchen chair because i forgot to pack my throne after a gig lol.





The next pic is one of my 8" tom which i converted to a single head snare, sounds really cool!!


So thats it really. Specs are:
Pearl VBX clear birch shells, 8, 10, 12, 16, 18, 22, 14 x 5.5.
Sabian 10" aax splash, 12" hh splash, 14" aax stage hats, 14" aax mini china, 16" hhx x-plosion crash, 16" aax stage crash, 19" vault chad smith china, 20" aax metal ride.
Pearl 900 series boom stands x 2, pearl 900 series straight stand, pearl 890 series boom stand x 2, pearl cymbal arm, pearl 900 series snare stand, pearl 900 series bass pedal, pearl 900 series hi-hat stand.
Stagg mountable tamberine, lp cowbell small, lp cowbell large.

Prob left a few things out but i think thats about it. Just waiting for my 22" omni to replace the 20" aax and will look into some kind of 18" crash in the future.

I gotta know how you made the single head snare out of that tom man; I'm tryin to make one from a 13" premier tom; I've seen how a couple other dudes did it but I like the way yours looks, looks easier. If you see this post and can give me some input my email is joshthekook@gmail.com
thanks, Josh.

[steve-o]

Nice looking drums