Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Ain't NOTHING a little Celebrex and a shot of
cortisone won't fix!....I am living proof!
Jade
--- liberatusvirus <liberatusvirus@...> wrote:
> 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
> 
> 


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