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RE: [DTXpress] Re: KP60 inovative fix?

2003-03-24 by Creighton Higgins

good lord ed-
I feel bad cause I'm 52 and my youngest is 10. Sometimes we just put 1 foot in front of the other , move forward and hope for the best. I do stay on top of their school performance tho- because scholarships are essential. So far the kids have not let me down. The plus side is that I think us older guys make great dads. 4-year-olds are great and there is something special about little girls and their dads. Sadly none of mine seem to get the drum thing- ah well.
-----Original Message-----
From: liberatusvirus [mailto:liberatusvirus@...]
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 1:14 PM
To: DTXpress@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [DTXpress] Re: KP60 inovative fix?

Creighton,

I'm the 52-year-old proud father of a girl who's turning four next
month. What do you think I'll be paying for her college education?
My estimate is roughly $7.000.000 per year, that is, if she gets a
scholarship.

Ed

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "creighton_higgins"
wrote:
> Hey Ed
> Actually- 1 complete, 1 finishes this spring and 2 more to go.
Good
> idea on the rubber layer. I am enjoying the response of the pad-
> wonder how it will feel? I'll let you know soon as I can raise the
> money for a couple inches of double-sided tape.---
>
> In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "liberatusvirus"

> wrote:
> > Creighton,
> >
> > Nice ingenuity. You have two kids in college? How on earth did
you
> > ever afford the Remo practice pad? Is there any possibility of
> > covering the pad with a thin layer of rubber, say, from a mouse
pad
> > to cut down on the noise?
> >
> > Ed
> >
> > --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "creighton_higgins"
> > wrote:
> > > I have been one of the folks moaning about problems with the
KP60
> > > which shipped with the original DTXpress. Current
circunstances
> > have
> > > prohibited me from replacing it with something excellent-
(kids
> in
> > > college, etc.).
> > >
> > > This weekend when the leads disintegrated on the piezzo for
the
> > third
> > > time I built a trigger pad based on a Remo tunable practice
pad.
> > > (just like many of the DIY articles show.)I removed the rubber
> > > striking surface from the kick tower and installed the Remo. I
am
> > > finding that my double triggers are gone, that I have much
more
> > > dynamic range, and that the pad feels much more "natural" than
> the
> > > rubber block. The pad is, however, much louder than the
original
> > and
> > > maybe projects 1/2" or so closer to the beater than the
original.
> > >
> >; > If anyone is interested, I'll take some pictures of the setup
and
> > > will let you know how it endures.



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