Suitcase drum

[Nail Soup]

Made a suitcase bass drum- well attached a bass drum pedal to a suitcase.  Will be part of a ‘busking’ kit.  Not that I have any drumming skills or anyone to busk with !

 

[Waddo Soqable]

Shudda fitted a double pedal... Wudda been good for metal...

[Waddo Soqable]

Do you envisage being the drummer in a busk-ensemble, or is it to accompany yourself playing a guitar or whatever a'la traditional 'one man band' type of thing ?

[Happy Jack]

Without soundclips, this thread means NOTHING ...

[Nail Soup]

2 hours ago, Waddo Soqable said:

Do you envisage being the drummer in a busk-ensemble, or is it to accompany yourself playing a guitar or whatever a'la traditional 'one man band' type of thing ?

Probably going to use it while playing an acoustic. Plus I've been acquiring some other bits e.g. a snare/floor tom over the last few years, and will use then to record a drum track to some songs into the DAW.

So only for solo projects at the moment, but maybe collaborations some day.....

[Waddo Soqable]

With your acoustic gig, i hope you'll have the old cymbals strapped between yer knees thing too 👍

[Waddo Soqable]

If you substitute a Ukulele banjo or something for the guitar, it'd fit nicely into the suitcase too

Handy when running away from the police etc...

[Beer of the Bass]

A friend I played with for years did something similar, though theirs was a plastic Samsonite type job.

 

Edited August 30, 2021 by Beer of the Bass

[Nail Soup]

3 hours ago, Waddo Soqable said:

If you substitute a Ukulele banjo or something for the guitar, it'd fit nicely into the suitcase too

Handy when running away from the police etc...

Good idea… just tried it and the uke case fits inside the suitcase (along with the pedal and space to spare!).

[Nail Soup]

21 minutes ago, Beer of the Bass said:

A friend I played with for years did something similar, though theirs was a plastic Samsonite type job.

 

Wow, that was really good! 
Any clips with the drummer using the whole kit?

[Beer of the Bass]

36 minutes ago, Nail Soup said:

Wow, that was really good! 
Any clips with the drummer using the whole kit?

 

Usually the uke only came out for that song and the rest was on the whole kit, but sadly I can't find a clip. Later he changed to a cajon as the kick, and a little miniature snare that packed a bit smaller and wasn't so loud.

[Nail Soup]

7 hours ago, Happy Jack said:

Without soundclips, this thread means NOTHING ...

 

4 hours ago, Waddo Soqable said:

If you substitute a Ukulele banjo or something for the guitar

OK, here's a soundclip I recorded this afternoon. It's first take, with one rehearsal so a bit rusty. Recorded straight to Zoom recorder with no post processing (except trimming).

And it features a Ukulele!

 

 

[Waddo Soqable]

Fck me, that's quality right there...👍

Well worth a £ coin of anyone's money chucked in the paper cup on the deck

[Happy Jack]

Ha! I've played with worse drummers, and heard worse drums too ...

 

😂

[DanOwens]

On 30/08/2021 at 15:27, Beer of the Bass said:

A friend I played with for years did something similar, though theirs was a plastic Samsonite type job.

What bass are you playing there? It looks tiny!

[Beer of the Bass]

1 hour ago, DanOwens said:

What bass are you playing there? It looks tiny!

 

 

I've never really thought of it as a small bass, it's a fairly standard 3/4 size old flatback, probably Czech or German. I'm about 6'1", and I think the spike there is slightly higher than I usually have it - I'd probably set it before I put the piece of wood underneath.