Hey all. My move to Spain is going fab but it'll be another month or so until my office/studio is ready for playing again. I'm coming up on three months without being able to play properly now. I've kept my membership going though :) It's getting pretty damn frustrating not being able to play (although I've joined a classic rock band here, we rehearse once a week and that's all the playing I'm managing at the moment). Anyway...
Whilst my Yamaha kit has come with me to Spain (the Spaun is in a lock up in the UK for Floyd band gigs), I've decided to go electronic for my everyday studio kit. I know loads of you drummers here have electric kits and I'd appreciate your opinions.
I could stay with an acoustic kit for recording but I'm trying to be considerate about noise, at least initially whilst I figure out what the neighbours might think. My initial measure is they'll be grumpy sods because they got crappy about my drone (funnily enough, my immediate neighbours are bloody Brits and the whiners! typical, I go 1600km to get away from them to end up next door to some!). Anyway, I'm pretty sold on an electronic kit. At the moment, my choice is Gewa - an acoustic-looking electric kit as I'll probably gig it too. It's mesh heads, etc., but hardly cheap. I'll be using it with real cymbals, recorded or gigged, so am less worried about any cymbal pad shortcomings. The Roland 'acoustic' kits look fab but make my wallet cry.
I'm definitely going for mesh heads but talk to me. Tell me the good. Tell me the bad. Tell me all! I'm a bit out of touch!
Whilst my Yamaha kit has come with me to Spain (the Spaun is in a lock up in the UK for Floyd band gigs), I've decided to go electronic for my everyday studio kit. I know loads of you drummers here have electric kits and I'd appreciate your opinions.
I could stay with an acoustic kit for recording but I'm trying to be considerate about noise, at least initially whilst I figure out what the neighbours might think. My initial measure is they'll be grumpy sods because they got crappy about my drone (funnily enough, my immediate neighbours are bloody Brits and the whiners! typical, I go 1600km to get away from them to end up next door to some!). Anyway, I'm pretty sold on an electronic kit. At the moment, my choice is Gewa - an acoustic-looking electric kit as I'll probably gig it too. It's mesh heads, etc., but hardly cheap. I'll be using it with real cymbals, recorded or gigged, so am less worried about any cymbal pad shortcomings. The Roland 'acoustic' kits look fab but make my wallet cry.
I'm definitely going for mesh heads but talk to me. Tell me the good. Tell me the bad. Tell me all! I'm a bit out of touch!