Next year I'm moving into an apartment and playing an acoustic kit is out of the question. So far my plan is to buy a small shell pack to outfit with mesh heads, use my existing hardware and pedals, and buy plastic cymbals to practice on. Does this seem like a reasonable way to practice playing regularly? Does anybody have any suggestions or better ideas?
Posted Dec 4, 2013, 12:05 AM UTC
Why not just buy the mesh heads for your kit and set that up?
NOTE: When you do, put masking tape on the bearing edges as the mesh is well known to cut them up.
Ideally, I'd like to still play my acoustic kit in other settings. Thanks for the tip about the heads.
If it's just a practice kit with mesh heads, buy used on Craigslist.
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It's what I'm doing right now. It works. The stomping might upset your downstairs neighbors though.
put towels over all your drums and use rims as cymbals
I did this for a whole, wasn't the same obviously but it did the job. Those plastic cymbals were horrible!
I'm definitely not thrilled about the idea of them but I don't want to use mutes and I can't think of anything else.
Yeah, I mean it's better than anything. I wish you the best