As stated in my last post, I ordered a set of practice cymbals to convert to eCymbals. They were on clearance as blemished items, but I couldn’t find much wrong with them. The holes on a couple seemed like maybe they were a little ragged, and the 18″ seemed slightly warped, [...]

In my last post I mentioned I was investing some more into my set. The weakest link in my kit to date was the hi hat contoller. I was using continuous controller/volume pedal, which worked, but it was backwards (down was open and vice versa) and not spring loaded. Hardly effective on [...]

Well, some birthday money, and a need to my own kit at church on a rather regular basis, has prompted me to put some more money into my DIY eKit. Maybe you know how it is; you get on Musician’s Friend to buy some strings or a pair of drum sticks, but you realize it would be silly to spend $5 on shipping $10 worth of gear. So you find a couple other cheap items, and before you know it, you need “just” $50 more dollars to qualify for free shipping,