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RE: [DTXpress] Re: Zildjian antivibes (was: Pintechs - dual or stereo?)

2003-05-02 by Creighton Higgins

Afro-Celt is great! (sometimes I get her to listen to it)
-----Original Message-----
From: liberatusvirus [mailto:liberatusvirus@...]
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 1:53 PM
To: DTXpress@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [DTXpress] Re: Zildjian antivibes (was: Pintechs - dual or stereo?)

Creighton,

Introduce her to the Afro-Celtic Sound System. That should give her
a jolt (right, Stewart?). TP is Yamaha's trademark for their gum-
rubber pads--tom pad or trigger pad.

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Creighton Higgins"
wrote:
> Stephen:
> Like many of us old guys- I am married to an (careful here) older
gal. Her
> musical taste has devolved to quiet Celtic stuff, (easy on the
bodran).
> Phew.
> Can you imagine her response to having to hear that old Gretch
kit? Now all
> she hears is clickety clickety %$#$#, clickety clickety %$#$#. She
seems to
> be able to live with that.
>
> Now will someone tell me what TP stands for?
>
> Creighton
> -----Original Message-----
> From: brown8700 [mailto:brown8700@a...]
> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 1:27 PM
> To: DTXpress@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [DTXpress] Re: Zildjian antivibes (was: Pintechs - dual
or
> stereo?)
>
>
> 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
>
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