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Re: [DTXpress] NEW USER

2000-03-13 by Andrew Tay

hi , i still have severe problems with that.
But i use a large piece of cardboard. Mount the screws on top of them. It should stay firm in the place you want. 
You need to have the drums facing a wall though.
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Regards,
Ndroo
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On Tue, 07 Mar 2000 15:29:44   pdk wrote:
>From: pdk <pdk@...>
>
>Mark,
>
>About the kick.  Even with a carpet under my kit I was not satisfied.
>Eventually I fastened both my pedal and kick tower to a 3 by 3 foot piece of
>masonite using mirror mounting clips and some nuts and bolts. I put a long
>strip of velcro at the leading edge underneath and a screw or two beneath
>for added grip to the carpet. It works great. No wobbling, no
>movement...rock solid, even looks cool.
>
>For live tips you might want to go into the archives and read my experiences
>posted last week. Beware the existing PA! Arrive early.
>
>
>=========================================================================
>
>pete
>
>Hot Java, Cool Tunes: Visit Cafi Pierre www.geocities.com/SoHo/Cafe/4024/
>
>> From: mark.bickenbach@...
>> Reply-To: DTXpress@onelist.com
>> Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 16:03:08 -0000
>> To: DTXpress@onelist.com
>> Subject: [DTXpress] NEW USER
>> 
>> Hi Everybody!
>> 
>> I've bought my DTEXPRESS last week and I'm pretty amazed how many
>> posibillities this drumset offers.
>> 
>> However I'm still struggling with the best way to get the kickpad
>> fixed on the  
>> floor without moving around. What are you experiences? (I can't use
>> the screws because this would distroy my floor...)
>> 
>> I guess a carpet under the whole set would be best or trying to fix
>> the pad with some extrastrong adhesive tape...
>> 
>> Does someone have other brilliant ideas?
>> 
>> Another challenge: I would like to use the DTEXPRESS LIVE next week
>> on a privat gig together with my band. I plan to use my own regular
>> cymbals together with the Yamaha. A mixer and a PA is exsisting.
>> Does anybody have some experiences and tips for an easy LIVE Event?
>> 
>> OK, that's it...I can't wait to get back to my new Drums...
>> 
>> Thanks in Advance
>> 
>> Mark
>
>


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