Dad3353

'Old school' drummers (I'm one...) can use brushes (very, very old school, which give a totally satisfactory 'thwack' when handled properly...), and/or 'hot-rods', an excellent compromise between the brush technique (admittedly a bit different to sticks...) and ornery sticks. They, too, can make quite a din, but one has to really work hard for that; normally they're very positive as a feeling, but produce less volume. Of course, real drummers can play well, even hard rock, without excess volume, but that's another can of worms, I suspect.

Oi..! More than half-deaf, but not completely deaf, y'know..! Any louder and you might even wake me up..!

No, I wuz only joshin'. Bellow all you want; I'm more than half-deaf anyway.

WHO'S SHOUTING..! We'll have none of that here, thank you very much, Mods or no Mods..! Polite 'banter', 'to-ing and fro-ing, an exchange of opinions... That's acceptable, and even healthy, in moderate doses, but SHOUTING..? That won't last long, believe you me..! ... ...

Changes nothing, just a bit bulkier from all the popcorn.

(... although the prancing about is a bit 'over the top'...).

No indeed; Blu Tack is not transparent (it's blue..!) ...

Probably hard to believe, I know, but I suspect that Bilbo is, in fact human..! He probably (not 'certainly', but 'probably'...) has feelings and emotions, just as outlandish, illogical and contradictory as most of us (well, me, at least...). I, for instance, don't approve of folks burning up fossil fuels in guzzling vehicles. I'll be going to the shops, however, in a few minutes in my car. Hypocrite..? Yup..!

Have you tried 'phoning or mailing K&K for an other set of stick-on tape for the pads..? They must have surely come across the case before. What glue did you use..? I hope you didn't glue directly to the pick-up pad itself; did you put the glue on the old (no longer sticky...) pad tape..? Here's what they say about using the tape... Using Double-sided Adhesive Tape ...

Fully loaded or empty..?

Good evening, JP, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

After using my Hofner President guitar as bass, I finally invested the princely sum of £20 for a Vox Clubman ... Supposedly new, from a sort of pawn shop in Addlestone, Surrey. It had an odd socket, rather like a TV aerial socket, on the pick-guard, not the side as in the photo, which I had to change. It got little use, and was taken in part exchange for a Vox Continental organ that my good lady at the time was to learn to play. That, too, had a short life with us, being traded for a Hohner Pianet M. It mattered little to me at the time, as I was already playing drums by then. Do I regret that bass..? Not one bit. The Hofner President, yes. I was a fool to let that go (I've been looking since for another: Hofner President, two pick-up, single Florentine cut, violin burst...).

Good evening, John, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share. You may like to post your skills in the 'Tutors Available' section ..., giving your location. That's where folks go when wanting tuition near them. Hope this helps.

Interesting; worth watching.

Doesn't that ruin the bow's varnish..?

I'd like to know just how he manages to get all those clean shirts, jackets and stuff into such a small tote bag.

I don't buy it. Real musicians practise and study in their 'downtime'. ...

Maybe, but I use sticks now; it's less expensive.

Impossible..! Musicians never visit forums. Fact.

A nice idea, but the bow's ruined after just a few hits. ...

Ah, but that's the key, you see. Hickory. I must have tried, over the years, most sticks, including aluminium, fibreglass, maple and more. Japanese White Oak is where it's at, is all. I actually used the Tama ones for a very long time, but by the time I wanted to renew (not broken, just a bit too ragged, chipped, dented and worn out from much use...), they didn't make 'em any more..! If I'd bought a dozen pairs at the time, I'd still have some left..! D'oh..! Not much in it between 5A and 7A, but I prefer the slightly longer reach (am I lazy..? You betcha; it's a quality I panegyrize..!); the nylon tips mark cymbals and heads less than wood, too. StickChat will be one of the sections in the new DrumChat.co.uk when the Admins get back from their hibernation. I may not live to see it, but it's programmed.