I have been playing a 28 inch 1960s ludwig marching drum for a kick and it sounds great but sides all overt the place
I would really like to keep the drum intact and not have to put any holes in the thing
does anyone have any alternatives to drilling holes?
i've tried weights, amps, bunched up carpet, even a bass player- which worked but she gets tried standing infront of my kick drum
any recommendations on which pair of spurs i should buy? any old pair wouldn't be long enough would they?
You could also build your own "cradle" for the drum if you are handy with a few tools.
I saw a guy one time who tied a rope onto two of the t-rods on the lower portion of the batter side of his bass drum and then looped the rope through his throne so that when the bass drum wanted to slide forward the rope would anchor it in place with him sitting on the throne playing. He didn't even use any spurs at all. He mounted the tom onto a snare drum stand so there was no issue of tipping.
And I just realized the website I provided is German. But you can Google clamp-style bass drum spurs and probably find an American source, too.
Hi, I have a set of these they are called "bulldogs" they are like the ones on that web site,the ones i have are made by ludwig from the 40s in nickel they are 4" long clamp to rim and are spike at the end...P.M. if you like thanks Mikey
Back when everybody used hoop mounted spurs large kicks like 28" were common, and I never saw spurs for different sizes of kicks.
Because of that I would suspect that "any old pair" would work, the length isn't that crucial because you can just mount them closer to each other to raise the drum up.
If you go to precisiondrum.com they have Danmar's clamp on hoop mounted spurs available. I have a pair of these on my 26" Leedy and a friend of mine who plays a 32" Ludwig marching snare for his "Bonham" kit uses them. No issues of the drum going anywhere, so I think if they work on my 26 and his 32 they should work on your 28 with no problems. They're like 40 bux for the pair if I remember correctly.....
As far as SLIDING the spurs may do the trick.
However, if not, don't dispair, just put some HOOK side Velcro on the bottom of your pedal, and it'll stay put on the RUG!! If your pedal doesn't slide, and your bass drum is attached to the pedal . . . I think you can see where I'm going with this.
I've done this for YEARS, in fact, DW has Velcro installed from the factory on their pedals.
It's quite foolproof.
As far as SLIDING the spurs may do the trick. However, if not, don't dispair, just put some HOOK side Velcro on the bottom of your pedal, and it'll stay put on the RUG!! If your pedal doesn't slide, and your bass drum is attached to the pedal . . . I think you can see where I'm going with this.I've done this for YEARS, in fact, DW has Velcro installed from the factory on their pedals.It's quite foolproof.
genius, thanks
