Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

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.


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pete

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> 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