Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Creighton,

What's odd for me is that my daughter missed my heavy musical years. 
I tried without much success to hunt down some of the tapes of 
concerts and sessions that I did back in the Dark Ages. I never 
thought about them much at the time, and now it seems a little sad 
that Cate won't know that part of my history, especially since, for 
some strange reason, she is an enormous fan of the Beatles. 

Ed

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Creighton Higgins" 
<creighton@l...> wrote:
> 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@y...]
>   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"
>   <creighton@l...> 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"
>   <liberatusvirus@y...>
>   > 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"
>   > > <creighton@l...> 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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