Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "SKWatson" <skwatson@b...> wrote:
> Played with one of the pads last night to see how it worked with 
the 
> DTXxpress II.  Triggering was ok, but they do make a lot of noise 
> with the regular heads.  In my situation, it probably won't be 
> acceptable (child sleeping in the room above).  So I'm thinking of 
> changing out the head to mesh on the snare, and selling off the 
rest 
> of the pads (which is really why I snagged them in the first 
> place)...
> 
> The pads fit the hex rod mounts (but were meant for the YESS ball 
> type mounts), but the rods are way to long.  As such, I'd have to 
> modify the rods to make them work, and the DTXtreme pads are a lot 
> heavier than the rubber ones...
> 
> But they look so nice, it's hard to think about getting rid of 
> them.  Also picked up a new RS80 rack at the same time (deal was 
too 
> good to pass up) since I wanted to expand a little on the DTXpress, 
> and it was almost cheaper to buy the whole rack than just the 
> parts...

Steve,

I'll bet it's hard to imagine giving them up. Can you afford the rest 
of the YESS hardware? Did you get three toms or four, and which 
sizes? I wish we could think of a way to adapt without breaking the 
bank. The right hardware plus the mesh transformation wouldn't be 
cheap, but it wouldn't be negligible either. Selling your almost new 
Xpress pads could help. Anyway, not too long ago, someone at DTXtreme 
was looking for pads; I hope it doesn't come to that.

Ed