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[peter]

On Brian said

On peter said

Zildjian? Wait, was there a time you played drums? I had a Sabian and Tama t-shirts in my playing days. If they still exist in some box in my house, I strongly suspect they would not fit. I was a small to a medium back in the day. Not so much, these days. I did come across a cymbal necklace recently — I used to wear it all the time back in the day (yes, a necklace with a cymbal). I’m pretty sure that still fits.

Your friend who keeps the beat.

When I was 12 years old I really wanted to play drums, but guitars were much cheaper (my folks gave me a Tiesco Del Rey for Christmas- $29 at Gibson’s Discount Store).  My Dad helped me build a Heathkit amp for it  Once I started playing in bands I got to play drums when we would swap instruments (also played in percussion section in HS and college).  I finally bought a small Yamaha electronic drum kit about 25 years ago (rubber pads) and had enough fun with it that I upgraded to an Alesis DM-10 kit with “real” heads that I later replaced with  mesh.  Supposedly mesh is quieter and easier on your hands.  Maybe a little quieter, but the best thing I did for my arthritic hands was to use thick leather wraps on the sticks and wear gloves.  LOL  The gloves and t-shirt are the only Zildjian things I own (maybe some sticks). 😛

 

Very nice. Regarding the mesh heads, I’ve found, with my tendinitis, it’s a lot easier — pain wise — to play on mesh heads that regular drum heads. I can go for several minutes on mesh heads without the pain stopping me (as long as the tempo isn’t too fast; I can’t do 16ths on one hand without encountering pain very quickly), whereas it’s difficult to even get through a few of minutes on an acoustic kit without the pain being a show stopper. And still, I have two acoustic drum kits and two electronic kits in my basement.

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