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I'm still down to bolt stuff to the floor.

Just put a 50 lb weight in front of it.

Or sandbags for coolness

Yea could work. I use the 50lb weight for when I go play shows to keep my kick in place it's handy since I already had that already.

For the practice room's thick carpet, I took a trip with John to Home Depot to pick up some bass-stabilization items. I got one 3x5' low-pile, rubber backed mat. A 3x5' section of 1/4" plywood to match and a one foot section of 4x4" to add to the front of the mat to act as a bass brake. I will used the plywood to create a hard and stable platform with the mat on top. This should be enough to anchor the bass to keep it from dancing when I play it.

This Saturday was the first time playing out with the new kit. It was nice because I didn't have any PA support to speak of. With this monster bass drum, I was able to hear what the hell I was playing pretty well considering the hundreds of watts I was competing against.

Snapped another bad photo of the kit before we played.

Well at least you got all the drums in the shot!


I normally don't play with PA support. Even live, that's also leads to why I hit my bastards so hard. I have to naturally play louder to be heard.

I've always brought a cinder block on tour for my kick problems.

I tried that before and actually would still move regardless of the block, had to have the heavier weight.

ShaolinLambKiller wrote:Well at least you got all the drums in the shot!

I know right? Now I won't have John trying to give me photography lessons. I would have to be an expert contortionist to get this kind of unblocked shot in our practice room. lolza.

just man up and push their shit out of the way and then reset.

WOOT! Bass drum creep fix! Thanks to a trip to Home Depot to pick up a 4x4 block of wood, a strip of metal backing, some nuts and bolts, and some holes drilled by John, I now haz bass drum brake! That's right bass drum.. Stay right there. Just one less dumb thing to have to worry about as shows AND practice. I couldn't feel comfortable bashing the bejebus out of it because halfway through a song, my bass pedal and bass drum filed for divorce.

I also took the little rubber feet off the curved spurs and have a very cruel looking curved spike for offensive action.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1YB8oOLsjw

Cool deal, I did that once with an older rug, worked well till the rug started ripping which lead me to get a new rug.

ShaolinLambKiller wrote:Cool deal, I did that once with an older rug, worked well till the rug started ripping which lead me to get a new rug.

Well, If it happens, it was like a $20 rug. No big deal. But I think it should hold out for a while. There is a metal back plate on the bottom side of the rug so that I am not just pounding against a thin strip of rubber backed carpet. We'll see.

Oh I'm not saying it won't work for you. I'm just saying I did pretty much the exact same thing and that was my result. including the metal plate underneath. ended up getting a bit thicker stiff rug and angling my kicks with just the spikes at the end, worked far better for me.

I think this will stand up to some serious abuse. The rug is a rubber industrial mat. I expect him to get his $20 out of it and then some. Was a bitch to drill through the rubber.