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Awesome sound, can't wait to try this one out myself :-)

I haven't played the drums in like, 20 years.

I'm looking for a digital set of drums for me to play on.

Edit: Thank you for all the replies, I'll check out my local music shop and see what they stock!

Never really been into signature gear, in most cases your are just paying xtra for a name, but I love that Anika got her own Tama snare, she's a great drummer and a super nice person that deserves all the good press she's getting these days.

It's a Paiste 2002 20" ride from 1976. I been using a Zildjian ZBT 20" ride as my main for a couple of years, so this quite an upgrade :-)

It is a bit nasty, but other than removing the crusty tape residue on the bottom side, I don't think I'll be cleaning it, it sounds great as it is.
btw. lamp-oil is great for dissolving old tape residue

It's a broken Paiste ride turned into a 6.25" bell.
I really like the idea of repurposing old stuff like this.
I use it mounted on top of a splash:

I have an ION audio drum rocker set for rock band and the Wii, but outside of my rock band career I’ve only ever played guitar. However as Freddie Mercury once put it, I want to break free.

I want to say that when I purchased it a couple of decades ago I did so under the belief that it was mostly a real electronic drum set. It certainly elevated my rock band fun.

It is basically what is pictured in the listing, but with three cymbals and two kicks. Each piece is connected to the gaming module with a guitar cable connector.

My question: If I want to turn this into an actual set, is there a decent module that I can pick up that will act as an amp and (I suppose) synthesizer? I’d love to just spin up some tunes without worrying about the Wii and get better with them as actual drums.

Thanks!

Just did a little comparison test to see how my new favourite sticks (Tama Oak Japanese Fire 7A) are holding up against my old favourite (VicFirth American Hickory 7A).

I played the same 12 songs with each pair, and there is a clear winner (IMO), the VicFirth stick looks frayed and the tip is damaged, while the Tama stick looks fine:

(Above image is of the two right hand sticks)

I just hope they doesn't destroy my cymbals :-)

After testing a lot of them, I landed on this one:
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.moekadu.metronome/

Perhaps not the most advanced metronome, but it's open-source and have all the things I need.

It's a must have tool for any drummer (imo), even if you don't use one to practise, having a metronome behind the kit can save many lengthy arguments ;-)
I don't use it live that much, but for songs that require sync with an echo or similar situations I use it for count in.

I also tested a few commercial ones, at best they had annoying popups, and some didn't even keep the beat.

My cheat sheet for Foo Fighters Pretender, I haven't even added fills, there's a lot going on for such a relatively simple song, now I understand why our former drummer was a bit reluctant to add it to our repertoire :-)

Our drummer quit the band I was playing guitar in, so the bass-player became guitarist and I got my favourite chair back :-)

It's a bit bitter-sweet, cause we where finally beginning to come together as a band, but as they say, when life gives you lemons...

It's an old Asama kit with a couple of additions, a Tama 14" floor-tom, a set of no-name octobans and a popcorn-snare.

Never had a drum-throne break like this

Tired of how bad is the original one, I made a proper Alesis Nitro / Nitro Max hi-hat controller. This works much better than the original one and it can play Closed / Half Open /Open and Chik properly, without crazy pressing on the pedal but in a more normal drum kit way.

I have been using it for 3-4 months now and Iove it! Since many people already showed interest, I decided to make a pre-order campaign, if at least 10 people order it, I will make a batch of them!

Interested? Look Here

Is this what they call "hybrid drummer"?