Pack up your guitar, in your old kit bag....

Flint · 07-31-2006, 09:03 AM

"Nesting Kits" are big in drums right now, as popularized by Yamaha's Hip Gig http://www.drumcentral.com/drumsetpics90.htm

The whole kit, shells, hardware, eveything, packs into #1 the bass drum, which unhinges on one end to become a big "suitcase" and #2 the same-sized cannister-style throne.

Personally, I need bigger shells, but the idea is still a cool one. I just got a rolling hardcase for golf clubs, which I can pack all of my gigging hardware into. This portability and convenience thing becomes a real priority once you reach a certain point in your musical maturity (and don't have roadies.)

Historical sidenote: 20" bass drums became "traditional" in a jazz kit because they fit in the trunk of a New York City cab!

07-31-2006, 09:03 AM	#5
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	"Nesting Kits" are big in drums right now, as popularized by Yamaha's Hip Gig http://www.drumcentral.com/drumsetpics90.htm The whole kit, shells, hardware, eveything, packs into #1 the bass drum, which unhinges on one end to become a big "suitcase" and #2 the same-sized cannister-style throne. Personally, I need bigger shells, but the idea is still a cool one. I just got a rolling hardcase for golf clubs, which I can pack all of my gigging hardware into. This portability and convenience thing becomes a real priority once you reach a certain point in your musical maturity (and don't have roadies.) Historical sidenote: 20" bass drums became "traditional" in a jazz kit because they fit in the trunk of a New York City cab! __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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