Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@y..., Jim Tonak <ratzo@t...> wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Oct 2002 19:56:21 -0000, you wrote:

> 
> Why nylon tip sticks? 

>>>>>>>I should have clarified that point...the nylon is to ease the 
head wear/crumbling

> I use a TP60 for my ride.  I find the PCY80 and PCY80S fine for
> crashes.

>>>>>>>just mentioned it as something to try

> >4)upgrade the kick to an inverted beater.  I have both the S&S & 
the pintech ergo kick.

>>>>>>>again, a suggestion.  also takes up less room & is quicker to 
setup.  I play live fairly regularly, so every simplification helps.

> Something I haven't worked out yet to my satisfaction is how to
> route/wrap/secure all the cables in a neat and orderly fashion.  I
> hate the look of all those cables just hanging from the rack, 
drooping
> to the floor...I'm talking about where they meet the trigger brain.
> What's everyone else doing with all of their cables?

>>>>>>>if you have access to Ikea, go there & buy the cable 
management thing they sell.  it is a flexible corrugated plastic tube 
w/ a slit down the side, about an inch in diameter.  comes w/ cable 
ties & is available in black, white & silver.  similar solutions are 
available elsewhere, but i find Ikea to be cheapest.  I think its 
around $3.00.  I have 9 trigger cables plus 2 other cables in 
mine...looks very cyber/H.R. Giger-ish :)