My orphan drum set is finally finished. I got the last piece today !!!
And this kit turned out differently than I had expected.
I was inspired by Matt Bo Eder’s Frankenstein kit that he put together from orphan drums. I though it was a great idea.
I wanted to put together a kit using individual drums that I felt sounded good. I had hoped to find some expensive drums at a low price.
I started out with a Tama Starclassic Performer B/B Exotix 22 inch Bass Drum. I purchased it on EBay for $250.00. It was brand new but had a small crack in the shell from a shipping accident, which I repaired. I traced the serial number and found out that it is one of only 32 made with the Quilted Bubinga outer ply. A perfect orphan to start my project.
The next drum I found was a floor tom that also was new and also was damaged in shipping. It was a Yamaha Live Custom 15 x 16 inch amber shadow sunburst. The black chrome matches the black chrome on the Tama bass drum. There is a dent in one of the lugs. I purchased it on EBay. The normal price for this drum is $449.00. They were asking $399.00. I offered $300.00 and they accepted my offer. It matches the color of my bass drum really well. I had the opportunity to test drive a Live Custom set at the Yamaha showroom in California. Great sounding drums.
I kept cruising EBay and I found a brand new Yamaha Live Custom 8 x 12 rack tom in amber shadow sunburst. They were asking $280.00. I got it for $200.00. I did not set out to have matching toms but these are great sounding drums.
So the Frankenstein kit, drums of different colors and manufacturers, idea was slowly disappearing. But I guess I still had orphans.
So there I was with a very nice three piece shell pack that cost me $750.00. I had to buy the Tama tom mount brackets that cost me another $100.00.
At this point I had to make a special plate so that the Yamaha tom would mount to the Tama duel tom mount bracket. Here is what the plate looks like.
Here is the Yamaha tom mount.
On the right is the Tama tom mount.
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And this kit turned out differently than I had expected.
I was inspired by Matt Bo Eder’s Frankenstein kit that he put together from orphan drums. I though it was a great idea.
I wanted to put together a kit using individual drums that I felt sounded good. I had hoped to find some expensive drums at a low price.
I started out with a Tama Starclassic Performer B/B Exotix 22 inch Bass Drum. I purchased it on EBay for $250.00. It was brand new but had a small crack in the shell from a shipping accident, which I repaired. I traced the serial number and found out that it is one of only 32 made with the Quilted Bubinga outer ply. A perfect orphan to start my project.
The next drum I found was a floor tom that also was new and also was damaged in shipping. It was a Yamaha Live Custom 15 x 16 inch amber shadow sunburst. The black chrome matches the black chrome on the Tama bass drum. There is a dent in one of the lugs. I purchased it on EBay. The normal price for this drum is $449.00. They were asking $399.00. I offered $300.00 and they accepted my offer. It matches the color of my bass drum really well. I had the opportunity to test drive a Live Custom set at the Yamaha showroom in California. Great sounding drums.
I kept cruising EBay and I found a brand new Yamaha Live Custom 8 x 12 rack tom in amber shadow sunburst. They were asking $280.00. I got it for $200.00. I did not set out to have matching toms but these are great sounding drums.
So the Frankenstein kit, drums of different colors and manufacturers, idea was slowly disappearing. But I guess I still had orphans.
So there I was with a very nice three piece shell pack that cost me $750.00. I had to buy the Tama tom mount brackets that cost me another $100.00.
At this point I had to make a special plate so that the Yamaha tom would mount to the Tama duel tom mount bracket. Here is what the plate looks like.
Here is the Yamaha tom mount.
On the right is the Tama tom mount.
.
The Orphan Drum Factory II
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