Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

While we're on the subject, has anyone noticed the variation in 5As 
across different makers? I use two brands mainly, Pro Mark 
Millennium IIs and Zildjians, and they are so different in feel that 
I consider the Pro Marks to be my rock sticks and the Zildjians my 
precision ones. 

What we old bastards need from our kits is enough give to keep these 
brittle bodies from breaking down. The polymer coating of the ZB 
cymbal should help, but the meshes, or even mylars, are a godsend in 
that regard. Proper posture, grip, and technique helps, too. I've 
been learning about that recently.

Stephen, I had one of those Gretsch jazzy kits for years (still have 
it)--actually a Walberg and Auge, the OEM manufacturers--with a 
Ludwig chrome shell snare from the sixties handed down by Buddy 
Miles of all people. I loved it so much that I kept adjusting it 
myself to accommodate new sounds. At the end of the road, it was so 
riddled with tape and muffling that it looked a little like 
mummified Egyptian drums.


--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "brown8700" <brown8700@a...> wrote:
> Creighton:
> 
> I started playing the DTX a little over a year ago. After 34 years 
of 
> continuous playing without any joint problems, I started to get a 
> pain in my left elbow. I suspected it was either CTS or just 
bruising 
> from the sheer shock of slamming a stick on the TP snare. In 
> February, I switched over to Pintech mesh-headed drums and the 
pain 
> is all but absent. I also switched to the Zenbals and started 
using 
> AHEAD aluminum drumsticks, which seem to help as well.
> I continue to use a TP pad for both my HiHat and Ride, but to date 
I 
> have experienced no pain in the joints of my right elbow or wrist. 
> However, these are soon to be replaced by Zenbals as well 
(hopefully).
> 
> On a side note, what's with all us old guys playing e-drums? 
Aren't 
> we supposed to purists, playing little Gretsch jazz kits and using 
> brushes? Maybe if we did we wouldn't have all these aches and 
pains!
> 
> Stephen