on Saturday and asks me to look at one of his drums. He was following the Ever Ring kit from up close and I guess it gave him confidence. He owns a really nice set of TAMA StarClassics, about 5-8 years old in a discontinued color. He added, at some point, a 14" tom. There was not a mount anywhere, so I guess it was set up with a RIMS or similar. Now, this is a very nice drum, and has a tag of Oh My God, because it was a special order and discontinued. $650.00. He wanted a 14" floor tom. He could not purchase one, not for love or money. We set about the layout. This is an 8 lug drum with a thin 6 ply shell, about the thickness of the old 3 ply shells, but with no rings. Anyway, we dicked around with the layout, moving around because of lugs, but never could find a layou that avoided lugs in 2 panels. It is only a 9 inch drum, so we don't have much room to move vertically. we finally get them were he said do it. I have a drill, and some layout tools. And the balls to do it. So after all the tape is laid and the lines are drawn, we get ready to drill to the pilot holes. I look at Charlie and say "Are you sure this is what you want, because in a bout 3 seconds, it's gonna be too late to say no" and he says yes. So I get all the holes drilled and lo and behold, they are off 16th, my fault for not looking at the tape a little closer, but no big, just wallow out the top and done. The brackets are Gibraltar, with gaskets. We installed the first one, in the middle of a panel, no problem. Then the next one, close to a lug, and damn, the gasket is giving us greif, right up on the edge of the lug. Same for the next one. Moral of the story? Don't forget the gaskets, especially on an irreplacable $650.00 drum, that you cant pay for. After it was all done, he was happy and relieved. Now he has the 14" ft that matches his set. And I have drilled holes in someone elses drums for a change. And I didn't [EMAIL="f@%"]f@%[/EMAIL]! it up.
May be I'll post a pic Sunday....
